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PIERCE  GENEALOGY, 

BEING  THE 

RECORD  OF  THE  POSTERITY  OF  THOMS  PIERCE, 

AX  EARLY  IXHABITAXT  OF 

CHARLESTOWN, 

AXD  AFTERWARDS  ChAHLESTOWN  VILLAGE    (TTOBrEX) , 

IN  NEW  ENGLAND, 

WITH 

WILLS,  IXTEXTOEIES,  BIOGRAPHICAL  SKETCHES,  ETC. 

By  FREDERIC  BEECH  PIERCE,  or  Boston. 

ASSISTED  AN-D  EDITED  BY 

FEEDERICK  CLEFTOX  PEERCE,,  Esq., 

Author  of  the  Peiece  Genealogy,  History  of  Grafton,  History  of 
Barre,  Co:\ipiler  of  the  Gibson  and  Harwood  Genealogies,  Resident 
Me2*iber  of  the  Xew  England  Historic-Gentealogical  Society, 
AND  Corresponding  ^Iezslber  of  the  TTisconsin  antd 
ELvNSAS  State  Historical  Societies. 


WORCESTER : 
PRESS   OF   CHAS.  HAMILTON, 
311  :Main  Street. 
1  8  8  2. 


Copyright,  1882, 
By  FREDERIC  BEECH  PIERCE, 
47  Broad  Street, 
Boston,  Mass.,  U.  S.  A. 


J.  S.  Wesby  &  Son, 
Binders. 


Edition  Limited. 


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JE^E   PIERCE  E^EQILY, 

THIS  WOEK  IS 

MOST   EESPECTFULLY  DEDICATED 

BT  THEm  FEIESTD, 

THE  AUTHOR. 


Concerning  this  nepular  history,  then  ; 


IS  it  a  human  invention  or  is  it  a 


DIVINE  RECORD.      Is  IT  "a  TALE  TOLD  BY 


AN  IDIOT  SIGNIFYING  NOTHING,    OR  IS  IT  A 


PLAN  OF  INFLNITE  IMAGINATION  SIGNIFYING 


IMMORTALITY  ? 


Prof.  BENJAMIN  PEIECE, 

of  Harvard  University. 


AUTHOR'S  PREFACE. 


Two  years  ago  I  obtained  of  Frederick  C.  Pierce,  Esq.,  of 
Barre,  Mass.,  all  the  papers  wliich  he  had  compiled  in  relation  to 
the  family  of  Thomas  Pierce  of  Charlestown,  who  was  admitted 
to  the  church  there  21  (12)  163^5,  and  who  was  probably  born 
in  England  in  1596.  He  had  collected  a  mass  of  matter  to 
wliich  has  been  added  as  much  more,  at  great  expense,  time  and 
trouble.  In  the  task  of  compiling  the  new  matter  and  properly 
arranging  the  whole  for  the  printer,  Air.  F.  C.  Pierce  has  ren- 
dered valuable  assistance.  He  has  also  corrected  the  proof 
sheets  and  attended  to  other  minute  details  of  the  work,  for 
which  he  has  my  sincere  thanks. 

I  take  this  opportunity  to  tender  my  thanks  and  acknowledg- 
ments to  all  those  who  have  so  kindly  furnished  me  with 
information  and  statistics.  My  thanks  are  especially  due  to 
Miss  Mary  F.  Pierce  of  Cambridge,  and  John  Ward  Dean, 
the  efficient  and  courteous  librarian  of  the  Xew  England  His- 
toric-Genealogical Society. 

The  matter  of  spelling  the  name  of  Pierce  or  Peirce,  has  been 
the  subject  of  considerable  writing  and  discussion,  as  will  be  seen 
in  the  article  by  Prof.  James  Mills  Pierce  below.  It  is  entirely  a 
matter  of  fancy  or  preference.  There  are  in  existence  autographs 
of  the  original  Thomas,  as  being  spelled  in  three  different  ways — 
Pierce,  Peirce  and  Pieirce.  By  following  down  the  autographs 
of  the  family,  which  the  author  at  much  pains  and  cost  has  col- 
lected, it  will  be  seen  that  different  members  of  the  same  family 
have  spelled  it,  and  do  spell  it,  in  different  ways.  Some  of  the 
descendants  of  SamueP,  Benjamin^,  sons  of  Sergt.  Thomas,  of 
Wobm-n,  one  of  the  descendants  of  Benjamin,  being  the  Miss  Mary 
F.  above  alluded  to,  have  always  spelled  it  Peirce.    The  descend- 


vi. 


author's  pkeface. 


ants  of  Isaac,  of  Boston,  who  married  Grace  Tucker,  have  inva- 
riably spelled  it  Peirce.  The  matter  of  not  belonging  to  the 
same  family  on  account  of  not  spelling  the  name  the  same  way, 
as  has  been  brought  forward  by  some  of  my  correspondents,  has 
no  force  whatever. 

The  author  has  always  spelled  his  name  Pierce,  and  hoping 
that  he  has  not  given  any  great  offence  to  the  members  of  the 
family  spelling  it  the  other  way,  has  decided  to  publish  his  work 
under  the  name — Pierce. 

Very  respectfully, 

FEEDERIO  B.  PIEECE. 

47  Broad  JStreetj  Boston. 


Note  on  the  Spellixg  and  Peonttnciation  of  the  Name  of 
Pierce,  by  Pkof.  James  M.  Peirce  of  Harvard  University, 
taken  FR03I  the  Genecilogical  Register. 

The  spelling  of  the  name  of  Pierce  is  generally  supposed  to  have  no  signifi- 
cance in  determining  relationships.  Certainly  a  great  variety  in  this  regard 
will  be  found  in  printed  and  written  documents,  from  the  settlement  of  New 
England  until  now.  But  my  observation  leads  me  to  believe  that  a  high 
degree  of  uniformity  exists  in  the  spelling,  as  used  by  persons  bearing  the 
name,  in  any  one  family  connection.  Thus  the  descendants  of  Eobert  of 
Woburn,  and  I  believe  nearly  the  whole  body  of  the  descendants  of  John 
of  Watertown,  from  the  beginning  to  the  present  day,  almost  everywhere  use 
the  spelling  Peirce  ;  though  John  himself  appears  to  sign  his  will  Fers  or  Perss 
in  an  antiquated  hand  resembling  German  ScJuift.  The  spelling  Pearse  in 
the  will  of  his  wife  Elizabeth  is  not  written  by  the  testator,  who  signs  only 
by  mark.  On  the  other  hand,  the  descendants  of  Samuel  of  Charlestown  and 
of  Sergt.  Thomas  of  Woburn  most  commonly  employ  the  spelling  Fierce, 
which  is  also,  I  thiiik,  that  of  the  signature  of  the  will  of  Thomas,  senior,  of 
Charlestown,  which  may,  however,  be  Feirce  or  Feerce.  In  the  old  pronun- 
ciation of  the  name,  according  to  the  tradition  prevalent  in  several  branches 
of  the  family  of  John  of  Watertown,  the  vowel-sound  was  the  same  that  we 
now  hear  in  the  words  pear,  heir  and  their  ;  and  this  pronunciation  is  remem- 
bered by  living  persons  as  having  been  sometimes  used  by  old-fashioned 
people.  This  was  probably  quite  independent  of  the  spelling.  The  same 
sound  was,  according  to  A.  J.  Ellis,  used  in  the  verb  to  pierce,  in  the  17th 
century,  and  by  some  in  the  18th  century.  On  the  other  hand,  the  verb  may 
be  occasionally  heard  with  the  pronunciation  perce  (or  purse),  which  is  now 
the  prevalent  pronunciation  of  all  forms  of  the  surname  in  the  neighborhood 
of  Boston. 

Let  me  add  that  the  great  number  of  families  of  this  name  among  the  early 
settlers  of  New  England  makes  it  exceedingly  difficult  to  trace  the  different 
lines.  Savage  is  guilty  of  many  omissions  under  this  name,  and  has  committed 
some  decided  mistakes.  The  perplexity  in  which  all  printed  authorities 
leave  the  subject  make  the  matter  very  difficult  for  the  author. 

JAMES  MILLS  PEIRCE. 

Cambridge,  Mass. 


THE  ENGLISH  FAMILY. 


In  the  History  of  the  "  Peirce  Family,  of  Watertown,"  written  by  my 
friend  Mr.  Frederick  C.  Peirce,  of  Barre,  Mass.,  he  alludes  to  John  Pers, 
the  ancestor  of  that  branch  in  this  country,  as  being  "  John  Pers,  of 
Norwich,  Norfolk  County,  England,  weaver." 

As  yet  the  ancestry  in  England  of  the  Peirce  family  has  not  been 
followed  out  in  an  authentic  manner ;  but  in  the  "  History  of  Norwich, 
Norfolk  County,  England,"  under  the  head  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  in 
that  town,  we  find  the  following  in  relation  to  the  family  living  there 
then  : — "Sparks  Chantry,  in  this  church  was  granted,  July  23rd,  in  the 
4th  of  Edward  VI.,  with  all  its  lands  and  rents,  &g.,  in  the  tenure  of 
Robermore,  to  Nicholas  le  Strange.  And  in  the  23rd  of  Elizabeth, 
Peter  Perse,  cousin  and  heir  of  Humphrey  Cony,  late  of  this  town,  held 
part  of  these  lands,  being  son  of  Thomas  Perse,  son  of  Margaret  Perse, 
sister  of  John  Cony,  father  of  Humphrey." 

It  will  be  seen  by  this  that  there  was  a  family  by  the  name  there  at 
that  time,  and  that  also  there  was  a  Thomas  in  the  family.  It  is 
reasonable  to  suppose  therefore  that  our  Thomas  was  of  this  family, 
and  that  he  was  brother  of  the  John  alluded  to,  and  also  of  Robert,  of 
Dorchester,  as  the  same  coat  of  arms  is  found  in  that  family. 


IRISH  BRANCH  OF  PIERCES. 


There  was  one  branch  of  the  Pierce  family  which  went  into  Ireland 
from  England  during  the  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth.  This  branch 
went  from  Northumberland  County,  England.  Several  of  the  mem- 
bers were  soldiers  with  Oliver  Cromwell,  and  went  with  him  to  Ireland 
in  1649,  and  settled  at  Glencanny  on  Hilly  water,  two  miles  from 


JOHN  PIERCE  OF  LONDON. 


ix. 


Enniskillen,  and  the  farm  upon  which  they  located  is  still  in  the  pos- 
session of  the  family — owned  and  occupied  by  William  Pierce,  Esq. 
Seven  members  of  this  family  were  in  the  battle  of  the  Boyne,  in 
]690.  Four  or  five  were  members  of  the  celebrated  Enniskillen 
Dragoons.  In  the  old  family  bible  at  Enniskillen,  translated  by  Beza 
and  published  by  Barker,  London,  1599,  is  the  following  record: — 
"Sarah,  b.  Nov.  16,  1694;  Elizabeth,  b.  April  22,  1698;  Edward,  b. 
July  23,  1701;  Henry,  b.  April  9,  1704;  John,  b.  Aug.  17,  1707; 
William,  b.  Nov.  14,  1709;  Mary,  b.  May  14,  1712;  Cromwell,  b. 

  18,  1715;  Peter,  b.    16,  1718."    The  early  family  records 

and  also  the  early  parish  records  at  Glencanny  I  am  informed  were 
destroyed.  The  family  were  members  of  the  Church  of  England. 
Edward,  b.  1701,  m.  in  Dublin,  Frances  Brassingtin,  dau.  of  Marma- 
duke.  In  1737,  with  his  wife  and  three  children  he  sailed  for  America 
— two  of  the  children  died  on  the  passage  over — and  he  landed  in 
Philadelphia.  He  purchased  a  farm  in  Delaware  County,  Pa.,  and 
finally  settled  in  Paoli,  Chester  County,  Pa.,  where  he  died.  His 
descendants  now  reside  in  Pa. 


JOHN  PIERCE  OF  LONDON. 


The  first  patent  granted  by  the  Council  of  Plymouth,  of  land  in 
New  England,  was  to  John  Pierce  of  London,  and  his  associates, 
dated  June  1,  1621.  This  was  a  roaming  patent  granting  100  acres 
for  each  settler  already  transplanted  and  such  as  should  be  transported  ; 
the  land  to  be  selected  by  them  under  certain  restrictions.  Pierce 
located  at  Broad  Bay,  and  afterwards  found  one  Brown  at  N.  Harbor, 
with  an  Indian  deed  of  the  territory,  and  they  joined  their  titles  and 
continued  the  settlement  already  begun  at  N.  Harbor  and  Pemaquid, 
which  became  prosperous  and  populous  as  the  extensive  remains  at 
these  points  strongly  indicate. 

Thomas  Weston  was  associated  with  Pierce  in  this  enterprise,  and 
both  were  doubtless  men  of  influence  in  those  days.  John  Pierce's 
son  Richard  Pierce  was  a  resident  at  Pemaquid,  or  rather  Muscongus, 
and  married  Elizabeth  Brown.  Richard  Pierce's  children  were  Richard, 
William,  Joseph,  Elizabeth  who  m.  Richard  Fulworth,  George,  Mar- 
garet who  m.  Nathaniel  Ward,  and  Francis. 

B 


X. 


PIERCE  PROCLIVITIES. 


PIERCE  PROCLIVITIES. 


A  prominent  and  distinguishing  trait  of  character  in  the  Pierce 
Family  is  casually  exposed  to  view  by  the  Historian  Babson,  in  his  de- 
scription of  the  tumultuous  proceedings  occasioned  by  the  violent  party 
spirit  that  prevailed  in  the  country  after  the  embargo  of  President 
Jefferson  in  1806.  "At  a  town  meeting  held  in  Gloucester,  the  two 
political  parties  struggled  for  the  mastery  through  the  day  and  amid 
darkness  until  half-past  ten  at  night,  and  the  floor  of  the  church 
wherein  the  meeting  was  held  he  describes  as  presenting  a  scene  of 
wild  confusion  and  discord  worthy  of  Pandemonium  itself.  The 
leaders  of  each  party  entertained  their  friends  with  unbounded  hos- 
pitality, and  each  had  its  own  place  of  refreshment  for  general  resort." 
But  he  adds : — "  The  Democrats  not  unreasonably  expected  success  as 
they  had  the  influence  of  the  Pierce  family."  Young  ducks  do  not 
take  to  the  water  more  naturally  than  the  Pierce  family  throughout 
the  country  to  democratic  principles.  Indomitable  perseverance  is 
also  a  trait  that  marks  their  character  in  every  department  of  life,  and 
has  generally  crowned  their  efforts  with  ultimate  success,  though 
attained  after  repeated  and  sometimes  very  mortifying  failures. 


Gen.  E.  W.  Peirce. 


A  GENEALOGICAL  DTCTIOXAEY 


Of  the  First  Settlers  in  Xew  Exglaxd,  by  the  Xame  of  Pierce  (howe^-er 

spelled),  shoeing  three  generations  of  those  who  CA3IE  BEFORE 

May,  1692,  on  the  basis  of  Fae^ler's  and  Savage's  Registers. 


Abraha3l  Plvmonth.  1623,  had  <hare  in  the  division  of  cattle  1627  ; 
one  of  the  original  purchasers  of  ancient  Bridgewater  in  1645,  by  wf. 
Rebecca  had  Abraham,  b.  Jan.,  1638  ;  Isaac,  b.  1661  [1]  ;  Rebecca ; 
Mary ;  Alice,  bap.  Barnstable.  July.  21,  1650.  d.  Duxbury.  1673.  Haz. 
I.,  326  ;  Baylies  II.,  254.  Peirce  Genealogy  by  Gen.  Peirce.  Davis, 
Morton's  X.  E.  Mem.,  382.  2  Coll.  Mass.  Hist.  Soc,  VIL,  138. 

Abraham,  Jr.,  s.  of  the  preceding,  of  Duxbury,  ad.  freeman  1670, 
by  wife  Hannah  had  Abraham  ;  John  ;  S:imuel.    He  d.  Jan.,  1718. 

Anthony.  Watertown,  eldest  s.  of  John  of  Watertown,  b.  in  Eng- 
land, ad.  freeman  Sept.  3,  1634.  he  had  two  wives,  Sarah  and  Ann, 
the  first  d.  1633.  and  the  second  Jan.  20,  1682-3.  He  d.  May  0,  1678. 
Ch.  John,  ^-eldest  son;  "  Mary,  b.  Oct.  20,  1633  :  3Iary,  b.  1636,  m. 
Ralph  Read  of  Woburn  ;  Jacob,  b.  Sept.  15,  1637  ;  Daniel,  b.  Jan. 
1,  1639-40,  d.  Watertown,  1723;  Martha,  b.  April  24,  1641  ;  Joseph; 
Benjamin,  b.  1649  ;  Judith.,  b.  July  18,  1650,  ra.  John  Sawin,  16 
Feb.,  1667.    Feirce  Genealogy,  F.  O.  Feirce,  pp.  21-2. 

AzERiKAM.  or  AzRAKTM,  TTaTwick.  came  from  Weymouth,  s.  of 
Ephraim,  b.  Jan.  4,  1672.  Ch.  Samuel  and  Tabitha,  and  perhaps 
others. 

Benjamls-,  Scituate,  s.  of  Capt.  Michael,  m.  1678,  Martha,  dau.  of 
James  Adams,  had  Martha,  Jerusha,  Benjamin,  Ebenezer,  Bersis, 
Caleb,  Thomas,  Adayns,  Jeremiah,  and  Elisha,  all  b.  between  1679 
and  1699. — Deanes  Scituate. 

Benjamin.  Watertown.  s.  of  Anthony,  b.  1649.  m.  Jan.  15,  1677-8, 
Hannah,  dau.  of  Joshua  Brooks  of  Concord.  Ch.  Hannah,  b.  Dec. 
25,  1679  ;  Benjamin,  b.  April  29.  1682,  d.  Xov.,  1683  :  Grace,  b. 
Jan.  4,  1685  ;  Sarah,  b.  Jan.  1,  1687-8  ;  Samuel,  b.  Aug.  22.  1689  ; 
Lydia,  b.  Oct.  3.  1692;  Hannah,  b.  Jan.  2,  1699-1700.  freeman.  1690. 
— Brooks  Medford.    Feirce  Genealogy,  F.  C.  Feirce. 2^-  28. 


xii. 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


Benjamin,  Sr.  of  Wobiirn,  s.  of  Thomas,  Jr.  (or  John)  of  the  same, 
by  wf.  Mary  (dau.  of  Benjamin  Reed),  had  Benjamin,  b.  Aug.  28, 
1689,  d.  27  Nov.,  1713  ;  3fary,  b.  Jan.  29,  1691-2  ;  Esther,  b.  Oct. 
25,  1696;  Rebecca,  b.  Oct.  10,  1698;  Deborah,  b.  Dec.  5,  1700  ; 
'Thomas,  b.  Nov.  23,  1702  ;  ZurishadcUi,  b.  June  22,  1705.  He  d. 
1739,  leaving  widow  Mary. 

Daniel,  Watertown  and  Newbury,  blacksmith,  came  in  the  Eliza- 
beth, from  Ipswich,  Suffolk  County  (called  of  London  by  Coffin  in 
History  of  Newbury,  p.  314),  in  1634,  aged  23  ;  freeman  May  2,  1638, 
by  wife  Sai-ah  had  Daniel,  b.  May  15,  1642  ;  Joshua,  b.  May  15, 
1643  ;  Martha,  b.  Feb.  14,  1648.  He  sw.  fidel.  J  652,  and  in.  2nd, 
Dec.  26,  1654,  Ann  (Goodale),  wid.  of  Thomas  Milward,  and  d.  leav. 
good  est.  Nov.  27,  1677.  His  wid.  d.  Nov.  27,  1690,  and  wife's  dau. 
(not  his  dau.  as  Savage  says)  Rebecca  Milward  m.  a  Thorpe. — Gen. 
Beg.,  Vol.  XXIX,  No.  115. 

Daniel,  Groton,  afterwards  of  Watertown,  s.  of  Anthony,  by  wf. 
Elizabeth  had  Elizabeth  (m.  Mixer),  b.  May  16,  1665  ;  Daniel,  b. 
Nov.  28,  1666  ;  John,  b.  Aug.  18,  1668  ;  Ephraim,  b.  Oct.  15,  1673  ; 
Josiah,  b.  May  2,  1675;  Joseph  ;  Abigail,  b.  Jan.  3,  1681 ;  Hannah 
(m.  Smith),  bap.  and  Benjamin,  bap.  Jan.  16,  1686-7  ;  Mary,  who  m. 
a  Scripter  (see  Daniel's  will). — Bond's  Watertown.    Butlers  Groton. 

Daniel,  Newbury,  s.  of  Daniel,  same,  by  wife  Elizabeth,  had  Daniel, 
b.  Dec.  20,  1663;  Anne,  h.  May  22,  1666;  Benjamin,  b.  Feb.  20, 
1668-9  ;  Joshua,  b.  Oct.  16,  1671  ;  Thomas,  b.  May,  1674  ;  Martha, 
b.  Feb.  26,  1676-7  ;  Sarah,  b.  Oct.  3,  1679  ;  George,  b.  March  5, 
1682-3  ;  Mary,  b.  April  14,  1685  ;  John,  b.  Oct.  16,  1687  ;  Katherine, 
b.  Sept.  18,  1690;  was  a  Captai  i,  Rep.  1682-3,  of  the  Council  of 
Safety  on  the  Rev.  1689,  Col.  of  one  of  the  Essex  Regts.,  Rep.  under 
the  new  Charter  in  the  import,  yr.  1692,  and  d.  April  22,  1704,  accord, 
to  his  gr.  Stone,  and  not  as  Farmer,  Savage  and  Hutchinson  say,  viz. 
(Jan.  22,  and  April  4),  Gen.  Beg.  Vol.  XXIV.,  No.  115.  His  wid.  d. 
Dec.  9,  1709,  and  his  s.  Daniel,  and  his  wf  Joanna  and  dau.  Joanna  all 
d.  1690.  Savage  is  in  error  about  his  dau.  Joanna,  he  had  none — and 
also  the  date  of  his  wf 's  death  (1690),  for  he  d.  1704,  and  men.  in  will 
his  "loving  wf  Elizabeth." 

Edward,  Watertown,  and  Wethersfield,  Conn.,  1639,  died  in 
Simsbury,  Conn.,  s.  p.,  Conn.  Pub.  Rec.  May,  1743. — Bond's  Water- 
town. 

Ephraim,  Weymouth,  prob.  s.  of  Capt.  Michael  of  Scituate,  by 


GENTIALOGICAL  DICTIONARY. 


xiii. 


wf.  Hannah,  daii.  of  John  Holbrook.  had  Azri/cam,  b.  Jan.  4,  1672  ; 
prob.  Ephraim  ;  and  perhaps  others. 

George.  Boston,  a  smith,  m.  Marv.  dau.  of  Richard  TToodhouse, 
had  JIari/.  b.  June  20.  1660.  and  he  d.  Dec.  7,  1661. 

Geoege,  Portsmouth.  R.  I,  m.  April  7.  1687.  AUce,  dan.  of  Richard 
Hart,  had  Susanna,  b.  Aug.  21,  1688  ;  and  per.  others. 

Giles.  Greenwich,  R.  I..  1687. 

Isaac.  Boston,  tailor,  s.  of  Samuel  of  Woburn,  b.  March  22.  1687, 
m.  Grace,  dau.  of  Lewis  Tucker  of  Casco,  May  5,  1708.  She  was  b. 
16S0. 

Jaaies,  Boston,  killed  in  youth  by  lightning,  at  Plymouth.  ]  660. 

James,  TS^oburn.  s.  of  Thomas.  Jr..  b.  1659.  m.  Elizabeth  Kendall, 
and  bad  Ulizaheth,  b.  Oct.  11,  1688  ;  James,  b.  Feb.  28,  1690  ; 
Rebecca,  and  Mary. 

Jekemiah,  East  Greenwich.  R.  I.,  b.  in  Eng.  prob.  Feb.  7.  1679,  m. 
Abigail  Long,  and  had  eight  ch. 

JoHx.  the  patentee  under  the  Pres.  and  Counc.  for  X.  E.,  June  1, 
1621.  though  connected  with  the  Pilgrims  of  Plymouth,  never  came, 
in  my  opinion,  to  this  shore,  yet  Willis  seems  contrary,  I.,  13.  After 
most  respectful  consideration  of  the  document  referred  to  in  his  note 
I  aui  constrained  to  express  a  confidence,  that  the  London  clothworker 
never  succeeded  in  accomplishing,  though  he  undertook,  a  voyage  to 
Plymouth,  the  ship  being  pr*  back  in  distress.  My  judgement  seems 
to  have  confirmation  by  what  is  read  in  Bradford,  140,  his  son  Hichard 
came  over  and  settled  in  Pemaquid.  or  rather  Muscongus. 

JoHX,  Dorchester,  mariner,  came  from  Stepney.  Middsx.  Co..  Eng., 
by  wf.  Parnell  had  Josejjh.  b.  Sept.  30.  1631  ;  Abigail,  b.  July  17, 
1633  :  .fohn.  b.  March  3.  1634.  d.  March  30.  1634;  Nehemiah,  b. 
July  12.  1637.  d.  Sept.,  1639.    His  wf.  Parnell  d.  Sept.,  1639. 

John.  Dorchester,  adm.  freeman  1631,  selectman  1633-6-41,  prop,  of 
lands,  1656.  Rep.  Mar..  1639.  rev.  to  Boston.  1642;  his  first  wife  Mary 
d.  July  12.  1647.  and  he  m.  then.  Aug.  10.  1654,  Rebecca  Wheeler, 
wid.  of  Thomas  Wheeler.  Ch.  Xehemiah  ;  Samuel  ;  JleJiitable  ; 
Mary ;  Marcy ;  and  Exercise.  He  was  a  cooper  and  d.  Sept.  17. 
1651.  See  Hist.  Dorchester,  p.  71.  Savage  has  these  two  last  Johns 
confounded. 


xiv. 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


John,  Waterlown,  freeman,  March,  1638,  a  man  of  good  estate,  pro- 
jected settlement  at  Sudbury  and  Lancaster,  d.  May  9,  1661  ;  and  his 
will  of  March  4,  1658,  was  pro.  the  Oct.  1,  following.  In  it  he  pro- 
vides for  wf  Elizabeth,  eldest  s.  Anthony,  and  other  ch.  which  he 
does  not  name  ;  but  his  wid.  in  her  will  of  March  15,  1666-7,  pro. 
April  2,  supplies  the  deficiency,  naming  ch.  Anthony,  John,  Robert, 
Esther  Morse,  wf.  of  Joseph,  Mary  Coldam  prob.  res.  in  Lynn,  besides 
gr.  chil.  Mary  Ball,  and  ano.  Ball,  Esther  Morse,  and  the  chil.  of 
Anthony  and  Robert ;  he  also  had  ch.  Judith,  who  m.  Francis  Wy- 
man  ;  and  Elizabeth,  who  m.  John  Ball,  Jr.  ;  the  two  latter  d.  bef. 
their  tather.    See  Peirce  Gen.  by  F.  C.  Peirce^  Esq. 

John,  Boston,  Woburn,  Wethersfield,  Conn.,  s.  of  John,  Water- 
town,  by  wf.  Elizabeth  had  John  and  Elizabeth^  tws.  b.  June  16, 
1643,  d.  young;  John,  b.  Nov.  23,  1644  ;  Joseph,  b.  Sept.  12,  1646  ; 
Thomas,  b.  May  3,  1649. 

John,   Gloucester,   husbandman,  freeman,  1651,  he   ra.  Nov.  4, 

1643,  Elizabeth  ,  who  d.  July  3,  1673,  he  then  m.  Sept.  12,  1673, 

Jane  Stanwood  who  d.  Aug.  18,  1706,  his  ch.  were  Mary,  b.  Sept., 
1650,  and  John,  b.  July  14,  1653.    He  d.  Dec.  15,  1695. 

John,  Boston,  s.  of  Anthony,  cannot  be  the  one  adm.  as  an  inhabt. 
Feb.  28,  1643,  as  Savage  states  ;  m.  April  15,  1656,  Ruth,  dau.  of 
Nathaniel  and  Alice  Bishop,  b.  April  14,  1639,  and  had  Hannah,  b. 
June  30,  1660,  d.  July  28,  1662  ;  Muth,  b.  Nov.  22,  1662  ;  Hannah, 
b.  Nov.  1,  1665  ;  Sarah,  b.  June  1,  1668,  d.  young  ;  Ell  [?],  b.  April 
15,  1670  ;  Rebecca,  b.  April  12,  1672,  d.  infant  ;  Nathaniel,  b.  April 
10,  1678  ;  Rebecca,  b.  Feb.  15,  1679  ;  Sarah,  b.  Sept.  9,  1682.  His 
will  is  dated  Oct.  21,  \<6'^2.—Suff.  Prob.        p.  389. 

John,  Hartford,  Conn.,  1640,  a  youth  who  prob.  rev.  soon. 

John,  Charlestown,  1652,  s.  of  Thomas,  Sen.,  of  same,  but  I  do  not 
think  (as  Savage  suggests)  that  he  is  the  one  who  had  a  wife  Elinor 
and  rev.  to  Kittery,  for  John  and  Elinor  were  inhabitants  of  the 
Colony  as  early  as  1639  ;  but  it  seems  to  me  prob.  that  he  died  soon 
after  his  father  (1666)  and  that  he  is  the  "unkle  John"  named  in  the 
will  of  Samuel,  Charlestown. 

John,  Boston,  mason  or  bricklayer,  by  wf.  Isabell,  had  Samuel,  b. 
Jan.  14,  1659,  d.  same  day  ;  31a.ry,  b.  March  13,  1661,  m.  William 
Wilson  ;  Sarah,  b.  Aug.  10,  1665  ;  Jacob,  and  d.  June  20,  1664  ; 
J oseph. 


GE^TEALOGICAL  DICTIONARY. 


XV. 


John,  Woburn,  yeoman,  ensign,  s.  of  Thomas,  Jr.,  b.  1643,  m.  July 
5,  1663,  Deborah  Convers,  dau.  of  James,  had  Deborah,  b.  Oct.  30, 
1666  ;  John,  b.  Jan.  26,  1671,  m.  Mary  Parker  ;  Thomas,  b.  Dec.  23, 
1673  ;  James,  b.  Aug.  6,  1674,  d.  Sept.  13,  1685  ;  Daniel,  b.  Oct  7, 
1676,  m.  Dinah  Holt  ;  James,  b.  Oct.  8,  16S6  ;  Ebenezer,  b.  1687  ; 
Joseph,  b.  Aug.  24,  1688,  m.  Mary    ;  Ruth,  b.  1690. 

John,  Salem,  lieut,  1675,  See  Felt.,  II.,  497. 

John,  Springfield,  m.  1677,  Lydia,  dau.  of  Miles  Morgan,  had 
Nathaniel^  b.  1679;  John,  b.  1683;  Jonathan;  rev.  to  Enfield, 
there  had  Lydia,  b.  1693,  and  he  d,  Sept.,  1696,  leaving  the  wf.  and 
these  ch. 

John,  York,  1680,  took  o.  of  alleg.  next  yr.,  had  sevl.  yrs.  bef.  m. 
Phebe  Nash,  wid.  of  Isaac. 

John,  Gloucester,  s.  of  John,  same,  m.  Mary,  dau.  of  Robert  Ratchell 
of  Boston,  had  Rachel,  John,  Stephen^  and  Silas  ;  he  rev.  from  G.  in 
1682. — Babson. 

John,  Woodbury,  s.  of  John,  Jr.,  of  Wethersfield,  b.  1644,  m.  Ann 
Huthwitt,  the  defrauded  orphan,  had  John,  b.  Sept.  10,  1683,  m.  Com- 
fort Jeuner  ;  Elizabeth,  b.  Aug.  10,  1685,  he  d.  Nov.  19,  1731. — 
Cothren. 

John,  Scituate,  s.  of  Capt.  Michael,  same,  m.  1683,  Patience,  dau. 
of  Anthony  Dodson,  had  3Iichael,  John,  Jonathan,  Ruth,  Jael, 
David,  and  Clothier,  b.  bet.  1684  and  '98. — Deane. 

Jonathan,  Wobm-n,  s.  of  Robert,  of  same,  b.  1663,  m.  Nov.  19, 
1689,  Hannah  Wilson,  had  Sannah,  b.  March  8,  1691,  d.  Sept.  13, 
1693  ;  Jonathan,  b.  May  11,  1693,  d.  July  7,  1694  ;  he  d.  June  17, 
1694. 

Joseph,  Woburn,  s.  of  Thomas,  Jr.,  m.  June  24,  1681,  Mary 
Richardson.    He  d.  s.  p.  1716  ;  soldier  in  1675. 

Joseph,  Watertown,  s.  of  Anthony,  had  wf.  Martha,  and  m.  2nd, 
1698,  Elizabeth  (Kendall)  Winship,  freeman  1690,  April  18.  Ch. 
Joseph,  b.  1669  ;  Francis,  b.  1671  ;  John,  b.  1673  ;  Mary,  b.  1674  ; 
Benjamin,  b.  1677  ;  Jacob,  b.  1678  ;  Martha,  b.  1681  ;  Stephen,  b. 
1683  ;  Israel,  b.  1685  ;  Elizabeth,  b.  1687. 

Joshua,  Newbury,  s.  of  Daniel,  Sen.,  m.  May  7,  1668,  Dorothy,  dau. 
of  Maj.  Robert  Pike,  had  >^amA,  b.  March  18,  1668-9,  m.  Dr.  Hum- 
phrey Bradstreet ;  Joshua,  b.  Jan.  14,  1670,  m.  Elizabeth  Hall. — 
Gen.  Reg.,  July,  1875,  p.  278. 


xvi. 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


Marmaditke  (Percy),  Salem,  1639,  charged  with  killing  his  appren- 
tice. Winthrop  L,  318-19.  He  came,  1637,  from  Sandwich  in  Kent, 
with  wf.  Mary  and  servt. — Boyd 8  Sandwich,  p.  752  ;  Felt,  I.,  169  ; 
lb.,  IL,  458. 

Capt.  Michael,  Hingham,  Scituate.  Ch.  Per  sis,  Benjamin,  John, 
Ephraim,  Elizabeth,  Deborah,  Ann,  Abia,  Ruth;  he  m.  a  second 
wf.  Ruth,  was  a  capt.  of  great  bravery,  in  command  of  50  Eng.  and 
20  friendly  Indians  from  Cape  Cod,  in  Philip's  war,  and  was  with 
most  of  them  killed  March  26,  1676,  at  Pawtucket  fight  in  Rehoboth — 
Deanes  Scituate,  pp.  122,  325. 

Nathaniel,  Woburn,  s.  of  Robert  of  the  same,  was  sol.  in  K. 
Philip's  War  and  was  in  the  memorable  battle  at  the  falls  of  the  Conn. 
River,  May  19,  1676  ;  m.  Dec.  27,  1677,  Hannah  Convers,  had 
Nathaniel,  b.  Feb.  2,  1678-9  ;  his  wf  d.  Mar.,  1678.  He  m.  2nd, 
Elizabeth  (Pierce)  Foster,*  wid.  of  Hopestill  of  Charlestown  and  dau. 
of  Thomas  Pierce,  Jr.,  and  had  Mary,  Hannah,  Ichabod,  Robert. 

Nehemiah,  Boston,  cooper,  1661  ;  art.  Co.  1671 ;  m.  1684,  Ann,  wid. 
of  Samuel  Mosely,  eldest  dau.  of  Isaac  Addington  and  d.  1691. 
Admr.  was  giv.  Apr.  28  of  this  yi*.  to  his  wid. 

Nehemiah,  Boston,  by  wf.  Phebe  had  Fhebe,  b.  Aug.  31,  1663  ; 
Mary,  b.  Aug  21,  1673. 

Richard,  Portsmouth,  R.  I.,  had  prob.  other  ch.  besides  Susanna, 
who  m.  Dec.  4,  1673,  George  Brownell. 

Richard,  Pemaquid,  s.  of  John,  ra,  Elizabeth  Brown.  He  was  a 
carpenter  ;  he  is,  I  think,  the  man  to  whom  in  Jan.,  1642,  an  Indian 
Sagamore  made  large  gr.  of  lands  and  islands,  as  may  be  seen  in  Genal. 
Reg.  XIII.,  365  ;  took  o.  of  fidel.  1574.  Ch.  Richard,  William, 
Joseph,  Elizabeth  who  m.  Richard  Falmoth,  George,  Margaret  who 
m.  Nathaniel  Ward,  and  Frayicis. 

Richard,  Boston,  printer,  ra.  Aug.  27,  1680,  Sarah,  dau.  of  Rev. 
Seaborn  Cotton.  Thomas  Hist.  I.,  282.  For  Benjamin  Harris,  book- 
seller, he  pub.  Sept.  25,  1690,  the  first  No.  of  a  newspaper,  of  wh.  the 
sec.  never  appeared.    See  Felt,  II.,  14. 

Richard,  Tiverton,  R.  I.,  m.  Susannah  Wright  and  had  12  ch. 
His  will  prov.  1677.  He  is  the  ancestor  of  nearly  all  the  R.  1. 
Pearces. 


*She  had  been  prev.  m.  to  Thomas  Whittemore,  of  Woburn. 


GENEALOGICAL  DICTIONARY. 


xvii. 


Robert,  Dorchester,  m.  Ann,  dan.  of  John  Greeinvay,  and  had 
Deborah,  b.  Feb.,  1640,  d.  few  wks.  :  was  freeman  May  18,  1642,  and 
d.  Jan.  6,  1665,  leav.  only  s.  Thomas,  and  Mary  who  ra.  Apr.  15,  1650, 
Thomas  Hearing  (not  Haven),  town  records  of  Dedham  see.  His 
wid.  d.  Dec.  31,  1695,  "the  oldest  person  prob.  that  ever  liv.  in  Dor." 
says  the  History,  p.  261,  aged  "  about  104  years."  Of  his  will  good 
abst.  is  in  Gen.  Reg.  XHL,  154.  Some  of  the  bread  brot.  over  fi'om 
Eng.  by  him  is  still  in  the  poss.  of  his  des.  in  Dor. 

Robert,  Ipswich,  m.  Abigail,  dau.  of  Mark  Symonds  of  the  same. 

Robert,  Watertown,  s.  of  John,  same,  freeman  1650  ;  rev.  to 
Wobm-n  ;  m.  Mary  Knight.  Ch.  JudWi,  Mary,  J^aAhaniel,  Eliza- 
beth, Jonathan,  Joseph,  John,  and  Benjamin. 

Robert,  Charlestowu,  s.  of  Thomas,  Sen.,  same,  m.  Feb.  18,  1657, 
Sarah  Eyre. 

Samuel,  Maiden,  s.  of  Thomas,  Sen.,  of  Chast.,  by  wf  Mary,  had 
Mary,  b.  June  20,  1656  ;  Thomas,  b.  Jan.  7,  1658,  m.  Elizabeth  Hall; 
John,  b.  Aug.  10,  1659,  d.  ;  Joseph,  b.  Aug.,  1660,  d.  bef  1678  ; 
Jonathan,  b.  1661,  m.  Mary  Lobdell  ;  John,  b.  1664,  m.  Elizabeth 
Mudge  ;  Elizabeth,  b.  Oct.  16,  1666;  Persis,  b.  Jan.  30,  1668; 
Abigail,  b.  Apr.  16,  1670,  d.  bef  1708  ;  Hannah,  b.  Dec.  28,  1671  ; 
Benjamin,  b.  Aug.  15,  1675,  d.  bef.  1678  ;  Samuel,  m.  Mary  Orton. 

Samuel,  Boston,  cooper,  1672. 

Samuel,  VToburn,  s.  of  Thomas,  Jr.,  same,  freeman  1634;  m.  Dec. 
9,  1680,  Lydia  Bacon,  and  had  Samuel,  b.  Xov.  25,  1681,  m.  Abigail 
Johnson  ;  Lydia,  b.  May  25,  1683  ;  Joseph,  b.  Mar.  28,  1685,  d. 
young  ;  Isaac,  b.  Mar.  22,  1687,  m.  Grace  Tucker  ;  Abigail,  b.  Feb. 
27,  1689;  Sarah,  b.  June  22,  1691;  Ruth,  b.  Feb.  14,  1693;  Tabitha, 
b.  Aug.  28,  1697,  d.  Sept.  30,  1697  ;  Tahitha,  b.  Mar.  10,  1700. 

Stephen,  Chelmsford,  s.  of  Thomas,  Jr.,  Charlestowu,  by  wf.  Tabitha 
Parker,  had  Jacob,  Benjamin,  Sarah,  Tabitha,  Stephen. 

Stephen,  Chelmsford,  s.  of  Stephen,  same,  by  wife  Esther  Fletcher, 
had  Robert,  Oliver,  Esther,  William,  Stephen,  Tabitha,  Remem- 
brance, Sarah,  Mary,  and  Benjamin,  the  gr.-father  of  Pres.  Franklin 
Pierce  of  the  U.  ^.—Gen.  Reg.  YIL,  10. 

Thomas,  Charlestowu,  from  England,  adm.  to  Church  1634,  freeman 
1635,  by  wf.  Elizabeth  had  John,  Samuel,  Thomas  b.  1618,  Robert, 
Mary,  Elizabeth,  Bersis,  and  Abigail.    He  d.  Oct.  7,  1666. 
c 


xviii. 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


Thomas,  Charlestown  Village  alias  Woburn  ;  ra.  May  6,  1635, 
Elizabeth  Cole,  often  styled  "  Sergt.  Thomas,"  selectman,  Woburn, 
1660  ;  had  ch.  Ensign  John,  b.  Mai'.  7,  1643  ;  Thomas,  b.  June  21, 
1645  ;  Elizabeth,  b.  Dec.  25,  1646  ;  Joseph,  b.  Sept.  22,  1648,  d.  Feb. 
27,  1649  ;  Joseph,  b.  Aug.  13,  1649  ;  Stephen,  b.  July  16,  1651  ; 
Samuel,  b.  Feb.  20,  1654,  d.  Oct.  27,  1655  ;  Samuel,  b.  Apr.  7,  1656  ; 
William,,  b.  Mar.  7,  1658  ;  James,  b.  May  7,  1659  ;  Abigail,  b.  Nov. 
20,  1660  ;  Benjamin,  m.  Mary  Reed. 

Thomas,  Setauket,  L.  L,  1661,  had  that  year  a  commission  as  a 
magistrate  of  Conn. 

Thomas,  Dorchester,  only  s.  of  Robert  of  Dorchester,  m.  Mary,  dau. 
of  George  Proctor,  and  had  nine  ch.,  of  wh.  were  Thomas,  bap.  Oct. 
26,  1662  ;  Mary,  b.  Apr.,  1665  ;  John,  b.  Oct.  26,  1668  ;  besides 
Samuel,  killed  Dec.  16,  1698,  by  the  fall  of  a  tree.  His  wf.  d.  Mar. 
22,  1704,  62,  and  he  d.  Oct.  26,  1706,  se  71.  He  was  the  ancestor  of 
the  late  well-beloved  Rev.  John  Pierce,  D.D.,  of  Brookline,  Harvard 
Coll.  1793. 

Thomas,  Gloucester,  had  wf.  Ann,  who  d.  Jan.  26,  1668,  perhaps 
dau.  Elizabeth  d.  July  3,  1673. 

William,  Boston,  a  distinguished  shipmaster,  made  more  voyages 
than  any  other  person  in  the  same  years  to  and  from  Boston,  was 
killed  by  the  Spaniards  at  Providence  in  the  Bahamas,  July  13,  1641. 
Winthrop  11.,  33.  Prince  says  in  Annals  H.,  69,  he  was  the  ances- 
tor of  Rev.  James,  a  distinguished  theologian  of  Exeter,  Eng.,  who 
d.  1730. 

William,  Boston,  came  in  the  Griffin  and  arrived  Sept.  4,  1633, 
with  Cotton,  Hooker,  Gov.  Haynes,  and  other  churchmen  ;  was  made 
freeman  May  14,  following  ;  often  a  selectman  ;  d.  1661.  He  had 
early  ra,  Sarah,  dau.  of  William  Colbron,  had  dau.  Sarah,  nam.  Sarah 
Colpit  in  the  will  of  her  gr.-f  But  I  fear  that  name  is  wrong,  at 
least  such  name  is  not  known  in  Boston.  See  the  note  in  Winthrop 
I.,  109. 

William,  Barnstable,  1643. 

William,  Boston,  1653,  a  mariner,  d.  1669,  leaving  small  property  to 
his  wid.  By  wf  Esther  had,  William,  Nathaniel,  Moses,  Mary 
b.  Dec.  10,  1656,  d.  young;  Martha  and  Mary,  tws.,  b.  May  16,  1659, 
both  d.  young  ;  Ebenezer,  b.  Mar.  16,  1661  ;  Esther. 


GENEALOGICAL  DICTIONARY. 


xix. 


William,  Falmouth,  1680,  on  the  second  destruction  of  the  town, 
1690,  rev.  to  Milton.     miUs  I.,  163. 

William,  SufReld,  m.  1688,  Esther  Spencer,  had  Thomas,  b.  1688. 

William,  Wobiirn,  s.  of  Thomas,  Jr.,  m.  Apr.  8,  1690,  Abigail 
Sommers  nee  Warren  ;  was  a  soldier  in  1675,  and  d.  1720,  leaving  ch. 
Somrners,  b.  Feb.  16,  1697,  m.  Martha  Holt  of  Andover,  and  Eve,  b. 
Oct.  30,  1694,  d.  Aug.  1,  1695. 

Fifteen  of  this  name,  in  its  various  forms,  had,  in  1834,  been  gr.  at 
Harvard,  five  at  Yale,  and  ten  at  other  New  England  Colleges. 


COLLEGE  GRADUATES  BY  THE  NAME  OF  PEIRCE,  ETC. 


HARVARD  UNIVERSITY. 


Name. 

GRAD. 

Name. 

Grad. 

Nathaniel  Peirce, 

1775 

William  Ambras  Peirce, 

1860 

Benjamin  Peirce, 

1801 

Benjamin  Mills  Peirce, 

1865 

Henry  Peirce, 

1808 

Edward  Foster  Peirce, 

1866 

Cyrus  Peirce, 

1810 

Warren  Peirce, 

1869 

Warren  Peirce, 

1811 

Richard  Peirce, 

1724 

Proctor  Peirce, 

1814 

Daniel  Peirce, 

1728 

Augustus  Peirce, 

1820 

JosiAH  Peirce, 

1735 

Daniel  H.  Peirce, 

1820 

Charles  Peirce, 

1744 

Benjamin  Peirce, 

1829 

John  Peirce, 

1793 

Charles  Henry  Peirce, 

1833 

John  Tappan  Peirce, 

1831 

Thomas  Nelson  Peirce, 

1836 

Jacob  Peirce, 

1849 

James  Robinson  Peirce, 

1838 

Edward  Lillie  Peirce, 

1852 

George  Washington  Peirce, 

1846 

Louis  Peirce, 

1853 

Joshua  Rindge  Peirce, 

1851 

Albion  Peirce, 

1860 

James  Mills  Peirce, 

1853 

George  Winslow  Peirce, 

1864 

Charles  Saunders  Peirce, 

1859 

Humphrey  Peirce, 

1866 

Benjamin  Franklin  Peirce, 

1860 

Gardner  Carpenter  Peirce, 

1866 

YALE  COLLEGE. 

John  Peirce, 

1777 

Thomas  Wilson  Peirce, 

1868 

Seth  Peirce, 

1806 

D WIGHT  Edward  Peirce, 

1875 

George  Edmund  Peirce, 

1816 

Amos  Peirce, 

1783 

Moses  Peirce, 

1816 

Cyrus  Peirce, 

1802 

John  Gilkey  Peirce, 

1825 

John  Barnard  Peirce, 

1861 

Leonard  Peirce, 

1826 

Luther  Hills  Peirce, 

1858 

George  Taber  Peirce, 

1843 

Franklin  Williams  Peirce, 

1876 

Granville  Toucey  Peirce, 

1855 

Reuben  Henry  Peirce,     In  College 

XX. 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


DARTMOUTH  COLLEGE. 


George  Peirce, 

1780 

Maris  Bryant  Peirce  (Indian), 

1840 

Benjamin  Franklin  Peirce 

1795 

Epaminondas  James  Peirce, 

1845 

Proctor  Peirce, 

1796 

John  Sarin  Peirce, 

1851 

Warren  Peirce, 

1799 

Edwin  Peirce, 

1852 

David  Peirce, 

1811 

Claudius  Buchanan  Peirce, 

1854 

Charles  Peirce, 

1825 

George  Peirce, 

1860 

Samuel  Peirce, 

1835 

Gardner  Carpenter  Peirce, 

1863 

WILLIAMS 

college. 

Charles  Peirce, 

1857  1  Edward  Arthur  Peirce, 

1858 

AMHERST  COLLEGE. 


Nehemiah    p.    Peirce  of  Enfield, 
Conn. 

Asa  C.  Peirce  of  Hinsdale. 

George  Alexander  Otis  Peirce  of 

Watertown. 
Henry  R.  Peirce  of  Nortliampton. 
William  Martin  Peirce  of  Hadley. 


Edward  Willard  Peirce  of  North 
Abington. 

Gardner  Carpenter  Peirce  of  Nortli 
Abington. 

Henry  Thompson  Peirce  of  Lancas- 
ter. 

Otis  Peirce  of  Stoughton. 


PHILLIPS  EXETER  ACADEMY. 


Mark  Went  worth  Peirce, 

1798 

James  Peirce, 

1845 

Oliver  P.  Peircic, 

1820 

Herbert  H.  D.  Peirce, 

1864 

Charles  H.  Peirce, 

1828 

William  Peirce, 

1868 

Silas  S.  Peirce, 

1842 

Joshua  Rindge  Peirce, 

George  H.  Peirce, 

1843 

Robert  Cutts  Peirce, 

1856 

Joshua  Winslow  Peirce, 

Joseph  Went  worth  Peirce, 

The  following  is  a  list  of  places  in  the  Unite<l  States  named 
Peirce : — 


Peirce,  DeKalb  Co.,  Illinois. 
Peirce,  Will  Co.,  Illinois. 
Peirce,  Callaway  Co.,  Missouri. 
Peirce,  Washington  Co.,  Indiana. 
Peirce,  Page  Co.,  Iowa. 
Peirce,  Morrison  Co.,  Minnesota. 
Peirce,  Stone  Co.,  Missouri. 
Peirce,  Texas  Co.,  Missouri. 
Peirce,  Peirce  Co.,  Nebraska. 
Peirce,  Clermont  Co.,  Ohio. 
Peirce,  Stark  Co.,  Ohio. 
Peirce,  Armstrong  Co.,  Pa. 
Peirce,  Kewanee  Co.,  Wisconsin. 


Peirce  City,  Shoshone  Co.,  Idaho. 
Peirce  City,  Lawrence  Co.,  Missouri. 
Peirce,  Goochland  Co.,  Virginia. 
Peirce's  Bridge,  Grafton  Co.,  N.  H. 
Peirce  Station,  Obion  Co.,  Texas. 
Peirceton,  Anderson  District,  S.  C. 
Peirceville,  DeKalb  Co.,  Illinois. 
Peirceville,  Ripley  Co.,  Indiana. 
Peirceville,  Van  Buren  Co. ,  Iowa. 
Peirceville,  Wyoming  Co.,  Pa. 
Peirceville,  Kansas. 
Peirce's  P.  O.,  New  York. 


ILLUSTRATIONS. 


PAGE. 

Frederic  B.  Pierce,  Lithotype  .  .  Frontispiece 

Frederick  C.  Pierce,  '*  " 

Pierce  Coat  of  Arms,  Wood-cut  17 

EzEKLEL  P.  Pierce,  Lithograph  164 

Gen.  James  Pierce,  Steel  Plate  186 

Lafayette  W.  Pierce,  Esq.,  Lithograph  260 

Jonas  J.  Pierce,  Lithotype  278 

Walter  Pierce,  "   278 

Wallace  Pierce,  "   278 

Frank  Pierce,  "   278 

Jajies  B.  Pierce,  "   278 

Hon.  James  F.  Pierce,  "   314 


FAMILY*  HISTORY. 


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PIERCE  COAT 


Three  Ravens  rising  sable. 
Fesse-hummette. 

Motto— Dixit  et  Fecit:  (He  said  and  he  did). 
Crest— Dove  with  olive  branch  in  beak. 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE 


OEIGIN  OF  THE  NAME  OF  PIEECE  IN  ENGLAND. 

Peter  claims  our  attention  next.  When  we  consider  how  important 
has  been  the  position  claimed  for  him  it  is  remarkable  that  in  an  age 
when,  so  far  as  England  was  concerned,  this  respect  was  more  fully- 
exacted  than  any  other,  his  name  should  be  so  rarely  found,  rarely 
when  we  reflect  what  an  influence  the  ecclesiastics  of  the  day  them- 
selves must  have  had  in  the  choice  of  the  baptismal  name,  and  what  an 
intei-est  they  had  in  making  it  popular.  It  is  to  them,  doubtless,  we 
must  refer  the  fact  of  its  having  made  any  mark  at  all,  for  "  Peter  " 
was  odious  to  English  ears.  It  reminded  them  of  a  tax  which  was  the 
one  of  all  least  liked,  as  they  saw  none  of  its  fruits.  It  is  to  country 
records  we  must  look  for  the  "Peters"  of  the  time.  The  freer  towns 
would  none  of  it.  Among  the  rude  peasantry  ecclesiastic  control  was 
wellnigh  absolute ;  in  the  boroughs  it  was  proportionately  less.  I 
have  already  quoted  an  instance  of  133  London  names  where  Peter 
is  discovered  but  once  to  thirty-five  Johns.  In  the  Norwich  Guild 
already  mentioned,  the  proportion,  or  rather  disproportion,  is  the  same. 
To  128  Johns,  forty-seven  Williams,  forty-one  Thomases,  thirtj^-three 
Roberts,  and  twenty-one  Richards,  there  are  but  four  Peters.  On  the 
other  hand,  in  Wiltshire,  out  of  588  names  we  find  sixteen  Peters  to 
ninety-two  Johns.  This  wide  difi'erence  of  ratio  I  find  to  be  fully 
borne  out  in  all  other  groups  of  early  names.  Thanks  then  to  the 
ecclesiastics  it  did  exist,  and  its  I'elics  at  any  rate  are  numerous  enough. 
It  is  hence  we  get  the  shorter  Parr,  Piers,  Pierce,  Pears,  Pearse, 
and  Peers.  It  is  hence  with  the  patronymic  added  we  get  Parsons, 
Pearsons,  Pierson,  and  the  fuller  Peterson.  It  is  hence  once  more 
with  the  pet  desinences  attached  we  get  our  Perrins  and  Perrens,  our 
Perrets,  Perretts,  Parrots,  and  Parrets,  our  Peterkins,  Perkins,  Parkins 
and  Parkinsons,  besides  our  Perks  and  Perkes  innumerable. — {English 
surnames^  their  sources  and  significations^  hy  Charles  Wareing 
Bardsley,  A.  Jf.,  1875],  pp.  88-9. 

1.  Thomas  Pierce,  the  emigrant  ancestor  of  this  branch  of  the 
Pierce  family,  came  from  England  to  this  country  in  1633-4,  with  his 
wife  Elizabeth  Pierce,  and  settled  in  Charlestown,  Mass.  He  was  b. 
in  England  in  1583-4;  d.  Oct.  7,  1666.  His  wife  Elizabeth  was  b.  in 
England  in  1595-6. 
3 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


The  wife  of  Thomas  was  admitted  to  the  church  at  Charlestown 
Jan.  10,  and  he  Feb.  21,  1634-5.  He  was  freeman  May  6,  1635. 
Sej3t.  27,  1642,  he  was  one  of  the  twenty-one  commissioners  appointed 
by  the  Great  and  General  Court,  "  to  see  that  Saltpetre  heapes  were 
made  by  all  the  farmers  of  the  colony." 


Inventory:  House,  etc.,  £60;  12  acres,  £48;  8  acres  commons,  £32;  6 
acres,  £20;  10  acres  marsh,  £30;  5  commons,  £30;  total,  £413. 

Children,  b.  in  Charlestown  : — 
2.  i.      John,  probably  the  one  admitted  to  the  Church  of  Charlestown 


Aug.  22,  1652.  He  is  not  the  one  (as  Savage  suggests)  who 
had  a  wife  Elinor  and  removed  to  Kittery,  for  John  and  Elinor 
were  inhabitants  of  the  colony  as  early  as  1639.  He  was  a 
"Mariner,"  and  probably  returned  to  England  and  died  there, 
as  nothing  can  be  found  of  his  children  in  this  country.  He 
signed  a  deed  in  "Charltowne"  the  27th  of  the  6th  mo.,  1655, 
as  "  John  Pierce,  Mariner,  Doe  for  my  selfe,  my  wiffe,"  &c. ; 
in  this  property  conveyed  was  "  a  quarter  of  a  cows  common, 
which  I  bought  of  my  sister,  widdow  Persis  Bridges." 

There  was  a  Capt.  "  John  Pierce,"  who  made  several  voyages 
between  the  colonies  and  England,  who  is  supposed  to  be  this 
one. 

It  seems  to  me  very  probable  that  John  died  in  England  soon 
after  his  father,  and  that  he  is  the  "  Unkle  John"  named  in 
Samuel's  will. 


Estate. — John  Pierce  of  London,  mariner,  buys  of  Grace  Smith,  house  and 
garden,  late  of  I.  Cole — s.,  street;  w.,  common;  e.,  John  Waif;  n.,  James 
Brown  :  1648.  To  R.  Mousal,  house  :  also  |  common  "  bo't  of  widow  Bridges, 
my  sister"  and  hay-lot:  1655.  John  Pierce  of  Wapping,  Middlesex,  mariner, 
of  W.  Bates,  power  to  sell,  1669. 

3.  ii.     Samuel;  m.  Mary  . 

4.  iii.    Thomas,  Jr.,  b.  1608  [?]  ;  m.  May  6,  1635,  Elizabeth  Cole. 

5.  iv.    Robert;  m.  Feb.  18,  1657,  Sarah  Eyre. 

6.  V.     Mary;  m.  Peter  .Jeffs  and  had  child  Elizabeth. 

7.  vi.    Elizabeth;  m.  Randall  Nichols. 

8.  vii.   Persis;  m.  William  Bridge  and  had  a  child  Mary.    She  m.  2nd, 

John  Harrison.  She  was  admitted  to  the  church  of  Charles- 
town, Nov.  30,  1643. 

9.  viii.  Abigail,  b.  June  17,  1639. 

Estate. — Grant,  4  acres  planting  ground,  1635-6. 

Possessions,  1638,  10  lots:  (1)  5  acres  in  West  end — bd.  w.,  Richard 
Sprague;  e.,  Edward  Burton,  common;  n.,  highway;  s.,  church  land;  with 
dwelling-house.  (2)  1  acre  South  Meade — e.,  creek;  w.,  church  land;  n.,  E. 
Burton;  s.,  Nowell.  (3)  1  acre  South  Meade — s.,  Camb.  fence;  e.,  John 
Woolrich;  N.  w.,  M.  Bastow.  (4)  4  acres  Liuefield— s.  w.,  Camb.  line;  s.  e., 
Will  Baker;  n.  w.,  common,  swamp;  n.  e.,  Brooks.  (5)  4  cow  commons. 
(6)  5  acres  woods  Mystic  field.  (7)  3  acres  Mystic  marshes — w.,  North 
River;  e.,  woods;  n.,  widow  Nash ;  s.,  Chubuck,  J.  Brimsmead.  (8)  1  acre 
Mystic  Long  Meadow.  (9)  15  acres  woods  Mystic  field — n.  e.,  Mrs.  Coyte- 
more;  s.  w.,  E.  Richardson,  J.  Hodges;  n.  w.,  R.  Palgrave;  s.  e.,  J.  Hubbard. 


FIRST  GE^sTERATION. 


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(10)  62  acres  Waterfleld — x.  w.,  Joshua  Tedd,  Rice  Morrice,  J.  Hodges, 
George  Felt;  s.  w.,  E.  Frothingham ;  s.  w.,  James  Hubbard;  N.  e.,  R. 
Palgrave. 

THOMAS  PIERCE'S  WILL. 

Cambridge  in  Neio  England^  No-oemh.  1th,  1665. 

I,  Thomas  Pierce  of  Charlestown,  aged  about  82  years,  being  throw 
the  goodness  of  Lord  of  sound  judgment  &  memory,  and  in  some 
measure  of  bodily  health,  do  ordaine  &  hereby  declare  my  last  Will 
and  testament,  in  manner  and  form  following;  viz:  my  soul,  which  I 
believe  is  imortall,  I  do  desire  humbley  and  believeingly  to  resign  it 
unto  the  father  of  spirits,  who  gave  it  to  mee,  and  to  remit  both  body 
and  soul  into  the  everlasting  raercyes  of  God,  the  father,  Sonne,  and 
Holy  Ghost.  My  body  I  desu'e  it  may  be  decently  interred,  at  the 
discretion  of  my  loving  wife  whom  I  do  ordaine  and  make  sole 
Executrix  of  this  my  Will.  And  for  my  outward  Estate  wherewith 
the  Lord  hath  gratiously  blessed  mee,  I  do  dispose  thereof  as  follows, 
viz:  to  Harvard  College  twenty  shillings  to  be  payed  within  one 
year  after  my  decease.  To  Mar}^  Bridge,  and  Elizabeth  Jelfs,  two  of 
my  grand-children  now  dwelling  with  mee  I  do  give  ten  pounds 
apiece,  to  be  paid  by  ray  Executrix  as  soon  as  she  can  with  conve- 
nience, but  not  to  be  compellable  thereto  for  and  during  to  years  after 
my  decease.  The  residue  of  my  estate,  my  just  debts  and  funerall 
expenses  being  first  payed,  I  do  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  loving 
wife  Elizabeth,  to  have  and  to  hold  the  same  during  her  life,  and  at 
her  pleasure  to  be  helpfuU  to  any  of  my  children  as  shee  shall  see  meet 
in  her  discretion,  by  giveing  or  lending  to  them  any  part  thereof : 
And  before  her  deceased  I  do  give  her  power  to  make  her  will,  and  by 
the  same  to  bequeath  any  part  thereof  by  gift  or  legacy  as  shee  shall 
see  meet,  and  after  her  decease  such  part  thereof  as  shall  be  by  her 
"unexpended,  and  not  disposed  of  by  her  before  her  decease,  I  do  will 
and  bequeath  y®  same  in  manner  following — viz :  To  all  my  grand- 
children I  do  give  ten  groates  apeece,  and  the  remainder  to  be  equally 
divided  among  my  children.  My  will  is  that  the  younger  shall  have 
eaquell  with  the  eldest,  I  formerly  done  for  them  according  to  my 
ability :  Finally  I  do  nominate  my  loving  friends,  Mr.  Ri :  Russell 
&  Mr.  Thomas  Danforth*,  and  my  sonne  Jno.  Pierce  overseers  of 
this  my  will  ;  by  whose  advice  and  consent  of  them  or  the  more  part 
of  them  I  do  give  my  Executrix  full  power  to  settle  all  my  lands  on 
such  of  my  sonnes,  as  shall  approve  themselves  in  the  feare  of  God, 
and  duty  to  their  aged  mother,  and  on  such  conditions  as  they  shall 
meet  /also  I  do  nominate  Lift.  Randall  NichoUs  [this  name  is  4ii  place 


*A  note  at  time  of  proof  shows  that  this  will  was  executed  at  Thomas  Dan- 
forth's  house  in  Cambridge.  Thomas  Danforth  was  Treasurer  of  Harvard 
College,  1650-68.  The  iiiveutorj  of  Thomas  Pierce's  property  taken  Oct. 
23,  1666,  £413  5  s.,  was  filed  Mar.  22,  1666-7  by  his  widow  Elizabeth  Pierce 
aged  about  71,  appd.  by  Richard  Lowdeu,  Richard  Jackson,  Thomas 
Welch  (?). 


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PIERCE  PEDIGKEE. 


of  ODe  erased,  I  think — Lowden]  to  be  added  to  my  overseers  above 
named,/  pi-ovided  always  it  is  my  declared  will  y*  my  Executrix  shall 
not  a=:lienabe  or  dispose  of  any  of  my  Lands  so  as  to  deprive  all  my 
sonnes  of  the  same,  but  I  do  give  her  power  by  the  advice  of  my  over- 
seers as  above  is  expressed  to  dispose  of  the  whole  to  any  one  of  my 
sonnes  according  to  her  discretion,  but  not  to  divide  the  same  into 
parcels.  In  witness  whereof  I  do  hereunto  sett  my  hand  and  scale  the 
day  and  year  first  above  written. 

3.  Samuel^  Pierce  {Thom,as^)\  m.  Mary  — — ,  b.  1631,  d.  July 
17,  1705,  of  small-pox.  He  d.  Sept.,  1678.  He  was  of  Maiden,  but 
removed  to  Charlestown  between  1666  and  1669.  He  joined  the 
Charlestown  church  Dec.  5,  1669  (Savage)  and  Jan.  16,  1670,  brought 
to  baptism,  Samuel,  Thomas,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John,  Mary,  Elizabeth, 
and  Persis.  His  wife  Mary  joined  the  churcli,  Mar.  27,  1670.  Their 
son,  Samuel,  is,  I  think,  the  one  to  whom  the  widow,  Mary,  gave  the 
land  in  Charlestown,  as  he  moved  from  Maiden. 

Children  : — 

10.  i.      Mary,  b.  June  20,  1656;  m.  John  Lynde  and  d.  Dec.  22,  1690, 

leaving  issue. 

11.  ii.     Samuel,  Jr. ;  m.  Marv  Orton,  b.  27  (6),  1648. 

12.  iii.    Thomas,  b.  Jan.  7,  1658;  m.  Elizabeth  Hall,  b.  18  (7),  1658;  and 

she  m.  2nd,  John  Oldham,  b.  1652,  d.  Oct.  14,  1719.    He  d. 
Aug.  4,  1693,  of  fever. 
IS.  iv.    John,  b.  Aug.  10,  1659;  d.  "very  soon"  (Savage). 

14.  V.     Joseph,  b.  Aug.,  1660;  d.  bef.  1678. 

15.  vi.    Jonathan,  b.  1661 ;  m.  Dec.  4,  1683,  Mary  Lobdell. 

16.  vii.   John,  b.  1664;  m.  Feb.  4,  1691,  Elizabeth  Mudge. 

17.  viii.  Elizabeth,  b.  Oct.  16,  1666;  m.  Jan.  3,  16—,  John  Cuttice.  They 

had  one  child,  Elizabeth.  After  the  death  of  Cuttice  the  widow 
m.  Isaac  Cleveland  of  Charlestown. 

18.  ix.    Persis,  b.  Jan.  30,  1668;  m.  Mar.  26,  1690,  John  Sheppard;  m. 

2nd,  William  Rand  of  Charlestown,  who  was  wounded  at 
Quebec,  and  d.  Feb.  9,  1746.    She  d.  June  25,  1748. 

19.  X.    Abigail,  b.  Apr.  16,  1670;  d.  before  May  31,  1708. 

Abigail  Pierce  of  Charlestown^  spinster,  will  dated  Apr.  23, 
1707,  proved  May  31,  1708,  leaves  all  her  "  goods  and  estate  " 
to  "  my  three  sisters,  viz  :  Elizabeth  Cleveland,  Persis  Rand 
and  Hannah  Counce."    Total  Inventory  of  Estate  £77—19—09. 

20.  xi.    Hannah,  b.  Dec.  28,  1671 ;  m.  Jan.  29,  1695,  Samuel  Counce,  b. 

July,  1671.    She  d.  1714. 

21.  xii.  Benjamin,  bap.  Aug.  15,  1675 ;  d.  bef.  1678. 

Estate. — Samuel  Pierce  of  Maiden  buvs  of  T.  Brigdeu,  2^  acres,  1666.  To 
A.  Hill,  2  acres,  1670-1,  rec.  1698-9.    Of  James  Goodin,  house,  etc.,  1677. 

Will,  Sept.  8,  pro.  17  (10),  1678,  devised  to  son  Thomas,  house  and  two 
acres — n.  w.,  on  highway;  and  all  meadow  from  Sprague's  marsh  to  Ballard's 
bridge.  4  acres  plowland  before  door — two  lots,  two  acres  each.  Hay-lot  at 
Camb.  line.  Meadow  adj.  BuUard  bridge— e.,  common;  w.,  creek.  To 
Thomas,  four  cow-commons,  he  to  pay  to  Joseph  and  the  four  daus.  To 
Jonathan,  great  lot — w.,  Camb.  line;  s.,  widow  Gold;  n.  w.  and  n.  e.,  Chas. 
common.  Marsh  bet.  widow  Lynde  and  Bullard  bridge — w. ,  T.  Welch;  e., 
creek.    Two  commons.    To  John,  house  and  malt-house  at  Neck,  and  land 


SECOND  GENERATION. 


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except  honse-plot  for  Joseph,  30  by  40,  between  dwelling-honse  and  creek — 
X.  E.,  Sprague's  marsh;  x.  w.,  C.  Goodwin.  One  acre  bo't  of  James  Goodin, 
formerly  of  E.  Drinker.    Two  cow  commons. 

WiDOW^  Mary  grant  eight  commons,  1681.  Eleven  acres  in  three  parcels, 
two  by  her  house,  other  between  James  Russell  and  the  watering-place  and 
Thomas  Danforth,  ]681.    Consents  to  Jonathan  Pierce  sale,  1700. 

EXTRACT  FROM  SAMUEL  PIERCE'S  WILL. 

Samuel  Pierce  of  Charlestown  (draught  of  will  Sept.  3,  1678,  signed 
but  not  sealed,  and  witnessed  by  Christopher  Goodwin  and  Benjamin 
Sweetser ;  will,  almost  a  transcript  of  the  other,  Sept.  5,  1678,  signed 
and  sealed  and  witnessed  by  Benjamin  Sweetser  and  Ale.  Roper, 
proved  Dec.  17,  1678)  names  his  wife  (Exec),  his  sons  Thomas,  Jona- 
than and  John,  his  "  dafters  "  Elizabeth,  Percis,  Hannah,  Abigaiell  (all 
these  daughters  under  age),  his  d.  Mary  (not  named  in  the  draught, 
and  last  in  the  will),  his  s.  Joseph  (for  whom  he  only  provides  that 
Thomas  shall  have  £5  and  John  shall  pay  him  £10),  his  son's  "Unkle 
John",  as  having  given  John  Jr.  £lO  (only  in  draught),  and  Edward 
Wilson  and  Samuel  Frothingham  overseers.  Inventory  of  Estate  of 
Samuel  "  deceased taken  Sept.  27,  1678,  contains  among  other  items 
the  following : — 


A  Bible  and  other  books  £1—00—00 

Dwelling  lious  &  barn  &  orchard  &  26   axkars  of  upland,  7 

axkars  of  marsh   331—00-00 

By  his  arms   2—00—00 


Total  £659-10-00 


Apprized  by  John  Cutter,  Lawrence  Dowse,  Nov.  20,  1699. 

A  petition  of  John  Lynde  of  Maiden  who  marryed  with  Mary,  one  of  the 
daughters  of  Samuel  Pierce,  late  of  Charlestown  deceased,  of  William  Eand 
of  Charlestown  who  m.  with  Persis,  another  of  the  dau.  etc.,  of  Samuel 

^  Counts,  who  ra.  with  Hannah,  another  of  the  daus.,  and  of  Abigail,  a 

fourth  daughter — shewith  that  whereas  the  said  Samuel  Pierce  dyed  intestate 
and  at  his  death  left  a  very  valuable  estate  both  Keal  and  Personall,  of  which 
Administration  hath  not  yet  been  committed  to  any  person  according  to  Law, 

nor  any  Legal  settlement  made  of  the  same,  Wee  therefore   pray  that 

administration   may  be  committed  to  the  widow  of  the  deceased  who 

yet  survives  or  to  some  other  of  next  of  kin,  that  so  y''  Petrs.  who  have  been 
many  years  kept  out  of  their  right,  may  have  their  portions."  Hereupon  the 
Judge  of  Probate  ordered  Mary  Pearse  and  Jonathan  and  John  Pearse  of 
Charlestown,  "the  surviving  souns,"  to  appear  before  him  on  Nov.  28,  1699, 
when  he  appointed  a  farther  hearing  for  Dec.  4,  of  which  I  find  no  record. 
But  John  Pierce  was  probably  appointed  admr.  Mar.  9,  1705,  John  Pierce  of 
Charlestown  admr.  de  bonis  non,  cum  test,  annexo  of  Samuel  Pierce  late  of  C. 
deceased,  gives  bonds  in  £300,  with  Jno.  Cutter  and  James  Lowdeu,  both  of 
C,  to  render  account  of  admr.  on  or  before  Mar.  9,  1706,  and  the  same  day  he 
exhibited  inventory  of  Est.  not  administered  £25 — 10 — 00.  Mar.  14,  1706, 
Abigaill  Pierce  rendered  her  account  for  nursing  her  mother  in  her  sickness 
from  1698  to  her  death,  Jan.  17,  1705-6,  £10—12—0.  May  12,  1707,  John 
Pierce  admr.  de  bonis  non,  renders  account  of  which  he  speaks  of  Mary  as 
relict  of  the  deceased. 

•  4.  Thomas^  Pierce,  Jr.  {Thomas^),  b.  1608  :  m.  May  6,  ]635,  Eliza- 
beth Cole,  d.  Mar.  5,  1688.  He  d.  Nov.  6,  1683.  They  res.  in  Charles- 
town Village,  now  Woburn.    He  was  often  styled  Sergt.  Thomas. 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


Sergt.  Thomas  Pierce  was  admitted  into  the  church  at  Charlestown, 
Feb.  21,  1634;  was  in  Woburn  as  early  as  1643;  was  taxed  there, 
1645  ;  was  selectman  of  Woburn,  1660,  and  repeatedly  afterwards  of 
the  committee  for  dividing  the  common  lands  in  Woburn  ;  he  was  one 
of  "the  right  proprietors,"  chosen  Mar.  28,  1667;  and  also  of  the 
General  Courts'  Committee  appointed  for  the  same  purpose  in  1668. 

Children  : — 

2\h.  oi.    Abigail,  b.  Au^.  17,  1639. 

22.  i.      John,  b.  Mar.  7,  1643;  m.  July  5,  1663,  Deborah  Convers. 

23.  ii.     TmwAS,  b.  June  21,  1645;  m.  Eliza  ;  m.  2acl,  Mar.  24, 

1680,  Rachel  Bacon. 

24.  iii.    Elizabeth,  b.  Dec.  25,  1646;  m.  Nov.  9,  1666,  Thomas  Whltte- 

more*,  d.  Mar.  10,  1670,  leaving  Joseph,  b.  Aug.  14,  1667;  m. 
2dc1,  Hopestill  Foster;  m.  3rd,  Mar.  23,  1680,  Nathaniel  Peirce. 
See  Peirce  Genealogy,  by  Frederick  C.  Peirce,  Esq. 

25.  iv.    Joseph,  b.  Sept.  22,  1648;  d.  Feb.  27,  1649. 

26.  V.     Joseph,  b.  Aug.  13,  1649;  ra.  June  24,  1681,  Mary  Richardson,  b. 

Jan.  15,  1657,  d.  1720.  He  d.  1716,  leaving  no  issue.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  1675.  They  had  an  adopted  dau.,  Hannah,  who  m.  a 
Nichols  and  a  Lynde. 


Joseph  Pierce,  senior,  of  Woburn,  husbanclraan  (will  dated 
May  27,  1715,  entered  for  probate  Nov.  28,  1716),  names  his 
wife  Mary  (exec);  bis  wife's  father,  Theophilus  Richardson, 
late  of  Woburn,  deceased ;  the  three  eldest  ch.  of  his  adopted 
dau.  Hannah  Lynde,  formerly  Hannah  Nickols;  his  "cozen" 
Nathan  Richardson,  "that  now  liveth  with  me";  his  bro. 
Benjamin  Pierce ;  his  bro.  Samuel  Pierce;  his  "cozen"  Ichabod 
Pierce;  his  "cozen"  Sumors  Pierce,  s.  to  his  bro.  William  and 
his  "  cozen"  Deborah  Richardson,  "who  now  liveth  with  me." 
Witnesses,  Samuel  Baker,  Sen.,  Timothy  Snow,  John  Russell, 
Jun. 

Mary  Pierce,  widow  of  Joseph,  late  of  Woburn  (will  dated 
Jan.  20,  1716-17,  pro.  June  16,  1721),  names  cousin  Nathan 
Richardson,  "that  now  liveth  with  me  "  (Exec);  cous.  Deb- 
orah Richardson,  "  that  now  liveth  with  me  " ;  cous.  Thos.,  s.  to 
her  bro.  Benjamin  Pierce.  June  8,  1721,  Articles  of  agreement 
between  John  Ricliardson  of  Woburn  and  his  s.  Nathan,  on  the 
one  part,  and  the  heirs  of  Joseph  Pierce,  late  of  Woburn,  on 
the  other.  The  former  giving  bonds  to  James  Pierce,  Benjamin 
Pierce,  Joseph  Whittemore  and  Timothy  Snow,  all  of  Woburn. 
The  administration  of  the  will  of  Mary  Pierce,  Joseph's  widow, 


*  Thomas  Whittemore  was  taxed  in  the  Rate  of  the  Country,  assessed  in 
Woburn  Aug.  26,  1666,  and  is  reckoned  among  those  who  were  entitled  to  a 
share  of  the  common  lands  of  the  town  in  1668,  but  not  being  taxed  in  the 
Rate  for  the  Meeting-house  in  1672,  he  appears  to  have  previously  removed 
to  some  oth*^r  place ;  or,  more  probably  as  Mr.  Savage  thought,  to  have  died 
in  Mar.,  1670,  for  the  "5th  of  Apr.  that  year  his  wife  had  administered." 


THIRD  GENERATION. 


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•was  committed  during  the  miDority  of  the  Exec,  to  James 
Pierce,  John  Pierce  and  Timotlij'  Snow. 

Savage  calls  this  Joseph,  "  prob.  s.  of  Thomas."  The  opin- 
ion seems  to  me  correct,  for  the  following  reasons  :  John  of 
Woburn  is  not  known  to  have  had  any  sou  Benjamin,  Samuel 
or  William  :  Thomas  of  Woburn  had  sous  Samuel  and  William. 
The  parentage  of  Benjamin  of  Woburu,  who  had  a  son  Thomas, 
is  doubtful.  He  is  not  a  son  of  Robert,  and  may  have  been 
son  of  either  Thomas  or  John — probably  the  former.  Again, 
the  only  Ichabod  Pierce  we  know  v^as  the  son  of  Nathaniel, 
a  son  of  Robert  and  his  second  wife  Elizabeth  Foster,  v^ho  was, 
says  Savage,  "perhaps  the  widow  of  Hopestill  Foster."  If 
this  conjecture  is  correct,  she  was,  before  her  first  marriage  to 
Thom.as  Whittemore,  Elizabeth  Pierce,  "prob.  d.  of  Thomas 
Pierce,"  and  this  relationship  would  explain  Joseph's  calling 
Ichabod  "■cozen"  (i.  e.,  as  commonly  used  at  that  day, 
Kephevj).  On  the  whole,  therefore,  it  appears  that  the  hypothe- 
sis of  Joseph's  being  the  son  of  Thomas  is  that  which  best 
■  explains  the  various  facts  of  the  case.  At  the  same  time,  we 
must  regard  Benjamin  who  m.  Mary  Reed,  William  who  m. 
Abigail  Somers,  and  Elizabeth  the  second  wife  of  Nathaniel 
Peirce,  as  children  of  Sergt.  Thomas  Pierce. 

27.  vi.     Stephen,  b.  July  16,  1651  ;  m.^Nov.  18,  1676,  Tabitha  Parker. 

28.  vii.    Samuel,  b.  Feb.  20,  165-1;  d.  Oct.  27,  1655. 

29.  viii.  Samuel,  b.  Apr.  7,  1656;  m.  Dec.  9,  1680,  Lydia  Bacon. 

30.  ix.    WiLLL^M,  b.  Mar.  7,  1658;  m.  Apr.  8,  1690,  Abigail  Sommers  nee 

Warrin. 

31.  X.     Ja:mes,  b.  May  7,  1659;  m.  Elizabeth  Kendall. 

32.  xi.    Abigail,  b.  Nov.  20,  1660;  m.  Feb.  18,  1684:,  Georse  Reed,  Jr.,  b. 

Sept.  14,  1660,  d.  Jan.  20,  1756.  She  d.  Sept.^7,  1719,  and  he 
m.  2nd,  May  24,  1721,  Mrs.  Sybil  Rice.  Ch  Abigail,  b.  Feb.  6, 
1686;  Ebenezer,  b.  Mar.  6,  1690;  George,  Jr.,  b.  Aug.  2,  1697, 
d.  Oct.  6,  1697;  Eliza,  b.  June  4,  1700,  m.  Christopher  Paige. 

33.  xii.   Benjamin;  m.  Mary  Read.    (Not  named  by  Savage). 
Inventory  of  the  Estate  of  Sergt.  Thomas  Pierce,  late  of  Woburn,  who 

deceased  upon  the  6th  of  Nov.,  anno  dom.  1683.  Amount  £440.  Appraisers: 
Matthew  Johnson  and  James  Convers. 

Estate. — Thomas  Pierce  of  Woburn  sells  Thomas  Richardson,  forty  acres 
formerly  of  John  Cole — s.  e..  Mount  Discovery;  n.,  Mr.  Graves;  w.,  T.  R. ; 
E.,  Samuel  Richardson,  Aberjona  river;  ack.  11  (8)  1650.  Of  T.  Burgess,  20 
acres,  1662.  With  R.  Lowden,  of  J.  Smith  Exr.,  four  and  one  half  acres, 
1674.  Same  to  J.  Dexter,  1677,  rec.  1684.  Of  R.  Lowden,  two  acres,  1680. 
Of  B.  Davis,  three  acres,  1682. 

11.  Samuel''^  Pierce  {Samuel^,  Thomas^)  ;  m.  Mary  Orton,  b.  June 
26,  1648.  Res.  in  Charlestown.  His  estate  was  inventoried  March 
30,  1691,  at  £169.    Children  :— 

34.  i.      Mary,  b.  Dec.  1,  1683. 

35.  ii.     John,  b.  Feb.  17,  1686. 

36.  iii.    NEHEMLm,  b.  Nov.  11,  1688. 

37.  iv.    BARLm,  b.  Feb.  7,  1689. 

15.  Jonathan^  Pierce  {Samuel^.  Thomas^),  b.  1661  ;  m.  Dec.  4, 
1683,  Mary  Lobdell,  b.  1663,  d.  Dec.  18,  1744,  buried  at  Copp's  Hill. 
They  res.  in  Charlestown,  where  he  d.  July  4,  1722;  on  the  16th  of 
July  of  this  year,  adm'n  of  his  estate  was  given  to  his  widow  Mar3^ 
The  persons  interested  in  the  estate  were.  May  23,  1723-4.  the  widow 
Mary;  Joseph,  the  third  son,  '-the  eldest  now  aliv^e  ";  Benjamin  and 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


Isaac,  of  full  age ;  John  and  Stephen,  minors  (Isaac  Smith  guardian); 
Mary,  who  m.  Isaac  Smith ;  Martha,  who  m.  John  Steele  of  Boston  ; 
Elizabeth,  who  m.  Abraham  Smith ;  Humphrey  Scarlet,  who  m.  the 
widow  of  Samuel ;  the  eldest  s.  of  Jonathan  who  left  one  dau.;  the 
three  [?]  ch.  of  a  dead  son,  Jonathan,  whose  widow  had  died.  Thos. 
Webb  was  admr. 


Children : — 

38.  i.      Mary,   b.   Sept.  4,  1686;   ra.  Nov.  22,  1709,  Isaac  Smith  of 

Reading.    She  d.  1740. 

39.  ii.     SA3IUEL,  b.  Feb.  19,  1687;  m.  Feb.  5,  1711,  Mehitable  Harrise. 

40.  iii.    Jonathan,  b.  Oct.  18,  1689;  d.  Oct.  18,  1689.    "Dead  born." 

41.  iv.    Jonathan,  b.  Jan.  24,  1690;  m.  Mary  Webb. 

42.  V.     Thomas,  b..  Mar.  29,  1693;  d.  young. 

43.  vi.    Joseph,  b.  Jan.  25,  1694;  m.  May  17,  1715,  Mary  Mellens. 

44.  vii.   Martha,  b.  Jan.  5,  1696;  in.  John  Steele  of  Boston. 

45.  viii.  Benjamin,  b.  Sept.  30,  1698;  m.  Mary  . 

46.  ix.     Sarah;  bap.  at  Cambridge,  July  28,  i699. 

47.  X.     Elizabeth,  b.  June  29,  1700;  m.  Nov.  5,  1720,  Abraham  Smith. 

48.  xi.    Isaac,  b.  June  27,  1702;  m.  Agnes  Kent. 

49.  xii.   John,  b.  Dec.  23,  1703 ;  m.  Elizabeth  and  Mary  Hoppings. 

50.  xili.  Jacob,  b.  Aug.  24,  1705;  d.  Aug.  24,  1705. 

51.  xiv.  Stephen,  b.  Jan.  24,  1706;  m.  May  20,  1728,  Elizabeth  Rand. 
Estate. — Grant,  10^  acres — n.  w.,  range;  n.  e.,  John  Pierce;  s.  e.,  Capt. 

Wheeler;  s.  w..  Thomas  Pierce ;  1685.  Buys  of  B.  Bunker  6  acres,  1699—1700, 
rec.  1708.  To  Samuel  Whittemore,  16-^  acres— w.,  range;  e.,  Mr.  Wheeler; 
N.,  S.  W.;  s.,  John  Pierce;  with  Mary  Pierce,  Sr.;  1700,  rec.  1703.  To  S. 
Counce,  house,  1704,  of  John  Pierce,  three  acres,  1707.  To  Joseph  Kent, 
same,  1707.  With  John  P.  to  W.  Richardson,  wood-lot,  12  acres  No.  56 
between  Burt  and  Wilder,  1707.  To  A.  Ireland,  6  acres  of  Bunker,  1708.  To 
Spencer  Phipps  [27]  lots,  1709,  1710.  To  son,  Samuel,  house  and  30  acres, 
etc.,  1713.  Of  Mehitable,  widow  of  Saml.  P.,  the  same,  1714-15.  To  C. 
Chambers,  mort.  same  lots,  1715-16. 

Admix.— To  widow,  July  16,  1722. 

Inventory.— House  and  10  acres,  being  4  acres  meadow,  3  acres  orchard, 
3  acres  plowland— n.,  road;  s.,  field;  e.,  common;  w.,  D.  Russell.  19.^  acres 
pasture— N.,  field  way;  w.,  Asbury;  s.,  Banister;  s.  b..  Col.  Phipps'  way. 
Two  acres  marsh.  Two  acres  upland— n.,  fleldway;  w.,  Pierce;  s.,  E.  Lynde; 
E.,  creek.  1^  acres  and  6  acres,  being  74  acres  woods,  1st  Div.,  2nd,  range, 
Mystic  side. 

Division:    To  widow,  s.  w.  part  of  house,  Ih  acres  orchard  and  meadow, 
2  acres  of  upland,  2|  acres  woods,  6  acres  of  the  19^. 
Widow  deeds  to  children  all  right  to  husband's  estate,  1728. 

Heirs  sell  to  Joseph  Pierce,  n.  e.  end  of  house,  and  cellar  under  n.  w.  end, 
I  barn  at  w.  end,  and  8|  acres— n.,  road;  e.,  watering-place  to  BuUard's 
bridge ;  s.,  fieldway ;  w.,  Asbury.  13i  acres — w.,  Asbury ;  Russell  and  widow's 
thirds;  s..  Col.  Lynde,  Col.  Phillips  and  Asbury;  s.  w..  Banister.  ^  of  5 
acres  woods^  gr.  Drinker's  house.  No.  45,  3|  acres,  lot,  No.  56,  gr.  Thomas 
Pierce,  1724-5.  Heirs  (by  Joseph  and  John  fierce  attorneys)  to  N.  Tufts, 
li  acres  orchard — n.,  road;  w.,  D.  Russell;  e.,  N.  T.  ;  s.,  brook.  6  acres — n., 
fieldway;  w.,  Asbury;  s..  Tufts;  e.,  way  to  S.  Phipps.  J  of  barn,  the  s.  e. 
part.    2|  acres,  n.  end  of  six-acre  lot,  1728-9. 


THTRD  GENERATION. 


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16.  John3  Pierce  (Samuel^.  Thomas^),  b.  1664  :  m.  Feb.  4.  1691, 
Elizabeth  Madge,  b.  Mar.  12.  1674.  bap.  in  1691.  She  was  adm.  to  the 
church  Aug.  21,  1715.    He  d.  in  Charlestown.  Se^^t.  28,  1716. 

John  Pierce  of  Charlestown,  yeoman  (will  dated  Sept.  27,  1716, 
proved  Xov.  8,  1716),  names  his  w.  Elizabeth  (Exec),  his  three  sons, 
John,  George  and  James  (none  of  age),  and  his  six  daughters.  Eliza- 
beth. Hannah,  Mary,  Abigail,  Sarah  and  Mercy  (all  Pierce),  \yilliam 
Rand  is  a  witness  and  gives  bonds  for  the  Executrix.  [The  widow's 
estate  was  administered  in  1748].  In  1752,  the  following  were  the 
heirs  of  this  estate : — John  Pierce  of  Stow,  housewright :  James 
Pierce.  Charlestown.  yeoman  ;  the  heirs  of  Elizabeth  Lee.  dec'd,  repre- 
sented by  Joseph  Lee  of  Boston,  sailmaker  ;  Hannah  Fillebrown,  w. 
of  Isaac  Fillebrown  of  Charlestown,  yeoman;  Sarah  Prentice,  w.  of 
Ebenezer  Prentice  of  Cambridge,  housewright ;  the  heirs  of  Abigail 
Osborn.  dec'd.  who  m.  Thos.  Osborn  and  had  s.  Thomas  and  dau. 
Elizabeth :  the  heirs  of  Mary  Reed,  dec'd  ;  Mercy  Prentice,  the  w.  of 
Jonas  Prentice  of  Cambridge,  husbandman.  Among  those  interested 
in  the  estate  were  John  Truman,  mariner :  Thomas  Hudson,  carter ; 
and  Samuel  Haley,  goldsmith,  all  of  Boston. 


Children  : — 

52.  i.      Elizabeth;  bap.  Mar.  12,  1693-4;  m.  Dec.  5,  1717,  Joseph  Lee  of 

Boston.    She  d.  prior  to  1725,  for  he  then  m.  his  second  wife. 

53.  ii.     Hannah,  b.  Aug.  4,  1694;  m.  Dec.  25,  1718,  Isaac  Fillebrown  of 

Charlestown.    She  d.  Dec  27,  1773. 

54.  ill.    Mary,  b.  June  11,  1696;  m.  Timothy  Reed,  Jr.,  and  d.  Apr.  7, 

1745,  as  49. 

55.  iv.    John,  b.  Aug.  8,  1698 ;  m.  Susanna  Marrett. 

56.  V.     George,  b.  Nov.  21,  1700;  d.  Oct.  1,  1716. 

57.  vi.    James,  b.  Aug.  12,  1703;  m.  Mary  Prentice  and  Ahce  Fessenden. 

58.  vii.    Sarah,  b.  Oct.  3,  1706;  d.  July  25,  1709. 

59.  viii.  Sarah,  b.  Oct.  29,  1711;  ra.  Aug.  21,  1735,  Ebenezer  Prentice. 

60.  ix.    Abigail;  bap.  Feb.  27,  1708;  m.  Oct.  24,  1734,  Thomas  Osborn, 

and  had  Thomas  and  Elizabeth.    She  d.  prior  to  1752. 

61.  X.     Mercy,  b.  June  22,  1714;  m.  Apr.  22,  1736,  Jonas  Prentice  of 

Cambridge. 

Estate.— Grant  7  acres — n  w.,  range;  n.  e.,  P.  Tufts;  s.  w.,  Timothy 
Wheeler;  s.  e.,  Jonathan  P. ;  1685.  Sells  Isaac  Fowle.  |  acre  near  Training- 
field.  1696-7,  rec.  1734.  To  Jonathan  Fosdick,  house,  1699.  To  Samuel 
Whittemore  8  acres— n.  w.,  rangeway  ;  s.  w.,  Jonathan  P. ;  s.  e.,  Mr.  Wheeler;- 
N.  E.,  Peter-Tufts;  1699,  rec.  1703'.  Of  S.  Counce,  qt.  cl.  his  wife's  share 
estate  that  Samuel  Pierce  left  son  Thomas,  1699,  rec.  1726.  Of  C.  Cross- 
well,  8  acres,  1701,  rec.  1726.  Of  John  Cutler,  1  acre,  1704.  Of  John  Lyude's 
heirs,  W.  Rand,  S.  Counce,  Isaac  Cleveland  by  agent,  and  Abigail  Pierce; 
rights  in  Samuel  and  Thomas  P.'s  estates,  1706.  Of  S.  Counce,  1  acre,  1707. 
To  Jonathan  Pierce,  3  acres,  1707;  with  Jonathan  P.  to  W.  Richardson, 
woods,  1707.  Exchanges  with  Joseph  Whittemore:  gives  li  acres— s.  w., 
road;  n.  w.,  N.  Salisbury,  P.  Fowle,  W.  Brown;  n.  and  n.  e.,  Mystic  river; 


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PIEKOE  PEDIGREE. 


s.  E.,  town;  receives  3|  acres  late  of  Joseph  Frost  and  gr.  ch.  of  Thomas 
White — N.  E.,  highway;  s.  e.,  town,  James  Kussell;  s.  w.,  J.  R. ;  n.  w.,  J. 
Whittemore;  n.,  highway:  1709.  To  William  Smith,  7  acres  2nd  Div.,  com- 
mon—n.  w.,  range;  n.  e.,  W.  S,  ;  e.  s.,  James  Tufts;  s.  w.,  Samuel  Whitte- 
more ;  1709,  rec.  1718. 

Will— Sept.  27  (pro.  Nov.  7),  1716,  devised  to  wife,  the  house  and  lot  bo't 
of  Whittemore,  during  life ;  to  John,  George  and  James,  house  and  land  and 
to  pay  their  six  sisters'  moneys. 

Elizabeth  (widow's)  Admin,  to  son  John,  March  9,  1748.  The  dower  set. 
to  John,  he  to  pay  bros.  and  sisters,  1752. 

22.  Ensign  John^  Pierce  {Thomas^,  Thomas^\  b.  May  7,  1643  ; 
m.  July  5,  1663,  Deborah  Convers,  b.  July  25,  1647.  He  was  a 
resident  of  Wobnrn  and  was  a  yeoman.  His  will  was  dated  Apr.  26, 
1716,  lodged  Friday,  Apr.  8,  1720,  names  his  Dear  and  loving  wife 
Deborah,  his  s.  John,  Daniel,  Ebenezer,  James,  his  dau.  Ruth  and  the 
ch.  of  his  dau.  Deborah  Wilson,  dec'd,  his  s.  Josiah  Exec.  Witnesses, 
Kundul  Goodwin,  Nathaniel  Nickols  and  Ebenezer  Flagg. 


Children,  b.  in  Woburn : — 

62.  i.  Deborah,  b.  Oct.  30,  1666;  m.  a  Wilson. 

63.  ii.  John,  b.  Jan.  26,  1671 ;  m.  1697,  Mary  Parker. 

64.  iii.  Thomas,  b.  Dec.  23,  1673;  d.  bef.  1716. 

65.  iv.  James,  b.  Aug.  6,  1674;  d.  Sept.  13,  1685. 

66.  V.  Daniel,  b.  Oct.  7,  1676;  m.  July  3,  1705,  Dinah  Holt. 

67.  vi.  James,  b.  Oct.  8,  1686.    He  was  taxed  in  Woburn  in  1707-8-11-13, 

and  then  his  name  disappears  from  the  lists. 

68.  vii.   Ebenezer,  b.  1687;  m.  Mary  . 

69.  viii.  Joseph,  b.  Aug.  24,   1688.    He  paid  his  last  tax  in  Woburn 

in  1711. 

70.  ix.    Ruth,  b.  1690. 

71.  X.    JosiAH,  b.  June  10,  1691;  m.  Hannah  Thompson. 

23.    Thomas^  Pierce,  Jr.  {Thomas^^  Thomas^),  b.  June  21,  1645  ;  m. 

Eliza   ;  m.  2nd,  Mar.  24,  1680,  Rachel  Bacon,  b.  June  4,  1652. 

He  d.  Dec.  8,  1717.  They  res.  in  Woburn.  The  following  is  an 
abstract  of  his  will,  dated  Nov.  26,  1717  : — 

Thomas  Pierce,  husbandman,  <fec.    Imps.    After  my  &  ray  wife 
Rachel's  decease  I  give  my  whole  estate  to  my  three  children,  viz : 
To  my  son  Timothy  Pierce  of  Plainfield 
To  my  daughter  Rachel 

"  "  "  Abigil,  All  my  housing  and  lands  in  Woburn, 
both  real  and  personal  estate.    They  to  pay  the  several  legacies. 

To  my  daughter  Abigill  14£  in  6  months  to  make  her  equal  to 
Rachel. 

Item.  With  reference  to  my  son  Thomas'  children,  although  I 
gave  to  my  son  Thomas  in  the  time  of  his  life  his  full  part  and  portion 
out  of  my  esteat,  notwithstanding,  out  of  ray  good  will  and  tender 
affection  which  I  do  bear  towards  them  his  children,  I  do  give  &  be- 


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queath  unto  Thomas  the  eldest  son  of  my  son  Thomas  as  aforesaid 
deceased,  40  shillings,  and  to  Ebenezer  40  shillings,  and  to  Amos  5 
shillings  and  to  Mary  5  shillings,  and  to  Rachel  5  shillings  to  be  paid 
in  one  year  after  my  decease :  And  to  Mary,  she  that  was  the  relicke 
widow  of  my  son,  I  give  5  shillings  in  token  of  my  love  to  her  in  one 
year. 

I  make  Timothy  Pierce,  &  my  son  in  law  David  Roberts  Executors. 

r  Joseph  Knight. 
Witnesses.  X  Jacob  Fowle. 

(^JoHN  Russell. 

Children,  b.  in  Woburn  : — 

72.  i.      Thomas,  b.  Feb.  12,  1670;  m.  Feb.  27,  1692,  Mary  Wyman. 

73.  ii.     Timothy,  b.  Jan.  25,  1673;  m.  May  27,  1696,  Lydia  Spaulding; 

m.  2ncl,  Oct.  12,  1709,  Hannah  Bradhurst. 

74.  iii.    Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  5,  1676;  d.  Feb.  15,  1699. 

75.  iv.    Kachel,  b.  July  24,  1681 ;  m.  Jesse  Osmer. 

76.  V.     Abigail,  b.  Apr.  14,  1685;  ra.  David  Roberts. 

77.  vi.    Isaac,  b.  Dec.  23,  1686;  d.  Dec.  28,  1686. 

78.  vii.   Ebenezer,  b.  Dec.  10,  1687;  d.  May  25,  1688. 

79.  vili.  Phebe,  b.  Feb.  13,  1689 ;  d.  July  12,  1707. 

27.  Stephen^  Pierce  {Thomas^,  Thomas^)^  b.  July  16,  1651  ;  m. 
Nov.  18,  1676,  Tabitha  Parker,  d.  Jan.  31,  1742.  He  d.  June  10, 
1733.  They  res.  in  Chelmsford.  His  will,  dated  June  7,  1732,  proved 
July  23,  1733,  names  his  wife  Tabitha,  his  s.  Jacob,  his  s.  Jacob's 
eldest  s.  Stephen,  Robert  Pierce,  and  Thomas  Pierce,  his  s.  Benjamin's 
s.  Stephen  Fletcher,  his  dau.  Tabitha's  eldest,  his  s.  Stephen,  his  s. 
Benjamin,  his  dau.  Sary  (Sarah),  his  dau.  Tabitha,  his  eldest  s.  Jacob 
(to  whom  he  gives  no  land,  because  he  went  away  when  he  was  young 
and  learned  a  trade  and  so  was  not  profitable  to  the  estate).  He  made 
his  w.  and  his  s. -in-law  William  Fletcher,  his  Execs. 

Tabitha  Pierce,  widow  of  Stephen  of  Chelmsford  (will  Nov.  18, 
1735,  lodged  Dec.  20,  1744,  on  citation  of  Judge  of  Prob.),  names  her 
gr.  dau.  Sarah  Wheeler,  her  dau.  Fletcher,  her  dau.  Wheeler,  her  s. 
Stephen  and  s.-in-law  William  Fletcher  (Execs.),  her  gr.  s.  Oliver 
Pierce.    Witnesses :  Eleazer  Tyng,  Benjamin  Parker,  Tabitha  Fletcher. 

Children,  b.  in  Chelmsford : — 

80.  i.      Stephen,  b.  1679 ;  m.  Jan.  5,  1707,  Esther  Fletcher. 

81.  ii.     Benjamin,  b.  June  4,  1682;  m.  —  . 

82.  iii.    Sary  (Sarah),  b.  Mar.  25,  1686;  m.  a  Wheeler. 

83.  iv.    Tabitha,  b.  Feb.  24,  1689 ;  m.  William  Fletcher.    Ch.  Stephen. 

84.  v.     Jacob  ;  m.  . 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


29.  Samuel^  Pierce  {Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  7,  1656;  m. 
Dec.  9,  1680,  Lydia  Bacon,  b.  Mar.  6,  1656,  d.  Dec.  5,  1717.  They 
res.  in  Woburn,  where  he  d.  July  5,  1721. 

July  28,  1721,  Samuel  Pierce  of  Woburn,  admr.  of  est.  of  his  late 
father,  Samuel,  giving  bonds  with  Benj.  Pierce,  wit.  Ebenezer  John- 
son, and  Isaac  Pierce,  agreements  of  the  children  of  the  dec'd  (July  17, 
1721),  signed  by  Peter  Waite  (as  guardian  to  his  two  ch.),  Ruth 
Pierce,  Hannah  Pierce,  Tabitha  Pierce,  Samuel  Pierce,  Isaac  Pierce, 
Timothy  Snow,  Abraham  Hill.  Witnessed  by  Joseph  Wright,  Eben- 
ezer Peck,  and  Josiah  Converse.  (Joseph  Whittemore  and  Cabel 
Blodget,  to  Peter  Waite  signing).    In  v.  £167 — 17 — 00. 

Children,  b.  in  Woburn : — 

85.  i.      Samuel,  Jr.,  b.  Nov.  25,  1681;  m.  June  14,  1705,  Abigail  Johnson. 

86.  ii.     Lydia,  b.  May  25,  1683;  m.  Timothy  Snow. 

87.  iii.    Joseph,  b.  Mar.  28,  1685;  d.  young;  not  mentioned  in  father's 

will. 

88.  iv.    Isaac,  b.  Mar.  22,  1687;  m.  May  5,  1708,  Grace  Tucker. 

89.  V.     Abigail,  b.  Feb.  27,  1689;  ra.  May  22,  1718,  Peter  Waite,  b.  Jan. 

20,  1689,  d.  Dec.  8,  1721,  in  Medford,  leaving  by  his  2nd  wife, 
Peter,  Jr.,  b.  Apr.  21,  1720,  d.  June  15,  1794,  leaving  a  large 
family,  and  Jonathan,  b.  Mar.  24,  1721. 

90.  vi.    Sarah,  b.  June  22,  1691;  m.  Peter  Waite.    She  d.  Aug.  16,  1717, 

leaving  Sarah,  b.  Jan.  15,  1713,  and  Mercy,  b.  Apr.  28,  1716. 

91.  vii.   EuTH,  b.  Feb.  14,  1693;  m.  Abraham  Hill. 

92.  viii.  Tabitha,  b.  Aug.  28,  1697 ;  d.  Sept.  30,  1697. 

93.  ix.    Tabitha,  b.  Mar.  10,  1700. 

30.  Williams  Pierce  {Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  7,  1658;  m. 
Apr.  8,  1690,  Abigail  Summers  nee  Warrin,  d.  June  4,  1726.  He  res. 
in  Woburn  and  was  a  soldier  in  1675.  He  d.  Aug.  22,  1720.  Nov. 
14,  1720,  articles  of  agreement  between  Abigail  Pierce,  wid.  of  the 
late  William  of  Woburn,  dec'd,  and  her  son,  Summear  (Sommers),  s. 
of  the  same.    Wit.  John  Pierce  and  John  Russell.    Children  : — 

94.  1.      Eva,  b.  Oct.  13,  1694;  d.  Aug.  1,  1695. 

95.  ii.     Sommers,  b.  Feb.  16,  1697;  m.  Mar.  3,  1726,  Martha  Holt  of 

Andover. 

31.  JamesS  Pierce  {Thomas^  Thomas^),  b.  May  7,  1659;  m.* 
Elizabeth  Kendall,  b.  Jan.  15,  1653,  d.  Oct.  16,  1715.  He  res.  in. 
Woburn  and  d.  Jan.  20,  1742. 


Children : — 

96.  i.     Elizabeth,  b.  Oct.  11,  1688. 


*  By  this  marriage  a  lusus  naturoe  of  an  extra  finger  or  toe,  and  sometimes 
both,  was  produced,  and  this  has  ever  since  appeared  in  this  branch  of  the 
family. 


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97.  ii.     James,  b.  Feb.  28,  1690 ;  m.  Hannali  ,  and  Phebe  . 

98.  iii.    Eebeckah,   b.   Sept.  16,    1692;    m.  Feb.  12,  1714,  Nathaniel 

Winship. 

99.  iv.    Mary,  b.  ;  m.  Lea  F.  Kendall. 

33.    Sergt.  Benjamin^  Pierce  Thomas^)',  m.  10  (8), 

1688,  Mary  Reed,  b.  Oct  15,  1670,  d.  June  17,  1746.  He  d.  Sept.  25, 
1739,  in  Woburn. 

Mary  Pierce  of  Woburn,  Mar.  10,  1739,  admit,  admrx.  of  Est.  of  her 
late  husb.,  Benjamin  Pierce,  late  of  Woburn,  dec'd,  int.:  giving  bonds 
in  £1500,  with  Samuel  Richardson  and  Thomas  Belknap,  husbandmen, 
all  of  Woburn.  Inventory  of  estate  taken  20th,  and  presented  24th 
Mar.,  1739-40,  amounting  to  about  £325  (land  £195),  apprized  by 
David  Wyman,  Thomas  Belknap  and  James  Proctor.  Mary  (no  date) 
declares  the  estate  insolvent.  Thomas,  Sept.  30,  1740,  "one  of  the 
heirs,  complains  of  improper  administration,  after  hearing  on  Oct.  6, 
the  Judge  was  of  the  opinion  that  the  inventory  ought  to  be  amended  " 
so  as  to  include  property  not  taken  account  of. 


Children,  b.  in  Woburn  : — 

100.  i.      Benjamin,  b.  Aug.  28,  1689 ;  m.  Martha  . 

101.  ii.     Mary,  b.  Jan.  29,  1692. 

102.  iii.    Esther,  b.  Oct.  25,  1696;  ra.  Mar.  31,  1718,  Edward  Walker,  b. 

1694,  d.  Dec.  6,  1787.  Slie  d.  Sept.  23,  1761,  leaving  nine 
children. 

103.  iv.    Eebecca,  b.  Oct.  10,  1698. 

104.  v.     Deborah,  b.  Dec.  5,  1700;  m.  Sept.  25,  1722,  Samuel  Dunton. 

105.  vi.    Thomas,  b.  Nov.  23,  1702;  m.  Hanuah  Locke  and  Lydia  Gibbs. 

106.  vii.    ZuRiSHADDi,  b.  June  22,  1705 ;  m.  July  24,  1728,  Abigail  Johnson. 

39.  Samuel^  Pierce  {Jonathan'^ ^  SamueP,  Thomas^)^  b.  Feb.  19, 
1687;  m.  Feb.  5,  171 1,  Mehitable  Harrise,  b.  Feb.  8,  1690.  He  d. 
Apr.  24,  1714.  Mehitable  Pierce  of  Charlestown,  May  19,  1714, 
admit,  admx.  of  Est.  of  her  late  husband  Samuel,  late  of  Charlestown, 
intest.,  giving  bonds  in  £200  with  Edward  Thomas  and  Edward 
Stevens,  both  of  Boston.  Wit.  Thos.  Foxcraft  and  Rebeckah  Rost. 
Inv.  £380—04—1],  taken  May  25,  171 4,  by  Edward  Thomas  and 
Joseph  Kent.  A  bond  given  by  dec'd  June  8,  1713,  describes  him  as 
of  Boston,  shipwright.  They  res.  in  Charlestown,  and  she  m.  2ud,  in 
1718,  Humphrey  Scarlet. 

Child  :— 

107.  i.  Rebecca,  b.  Mar.  30,  1713.    (Per  Probate). 

Estate.— Deed  from  father,  house,  etc.,  1713.  To  W,  Brattle,  treasurer 
of  Harvard  College,  mort.  lots,  1713-14,  dis.  by  widow  1714-15. 

Admin,  to  widow,  May  19,  1714. 


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PIERCE  PEDiaEEE. 


41.  Jonathan'*  Pierce,  Jr.  {Jonathan^,  Samuel'^,  Thomas^),  b. 
Mar.  29,  1693;  m.  Nov.  27,  1712,  Mary  Webb,  d.  prior  to  1722-3. 
They  res.  in  Boston  and  he  d.  bef.  1722. 

^^^^ 

Children  \- — 

108.  i.      Sarah,  b.  Sept.  28,  1714. 

109.  ii..    Mary.  b.  Dec.  13,  1716. 

110.  iii.    Susanna,  b.  May  9,  1719;  d.  1721. 

111.  iv.    Jonathan,  b.  July  17,  1721. 

Estate.— Admin,  to  Thomas  Webb,  Nov.  20,  1721. 

2nd,  Admin,  to  widow  Elizabeth  Webb,  May  22,  1729.  (Suffolk  Prob.) 

43.  Joseph'^  Pierce  {Jonathan^ ^  SamueP^  I'homas^),  b.  Jan.  25, 
1694;  m.  Mary  Mellens,  May  17,  1716.  He  d.  1750-2.  He  was  a 
fisherman  and  joiner.    They  lived  in  Boston. 


Children : — 

112.  1.      Elizabeth,  b.  ;  ra.  Robbins. 

113.  ii.     Joseph,  b.  Sept.  21,  1721;  m.  Mary  Pierce. 

114.  iii.    Martha,  b.  Oct.  6,  1723;  m.   Davidson. 

115.  iv.    Susanna,  b.  June  1,  1726;  m.   •  Beach. 

116.  V.     Jonathan,  b.  Oct.  6,  1728;  d.  June  15,  1730. 

117.  vi.    Ruth,  b.  Dec.  30,  1730;  m.   Williams. 

118.  vii.  Jonathan,  b.  Nov.  27,  1735. 

119.  viii.  Mary,  b.  June  23,  1741. 

120.  ix.    JosiAH,  b.  Oct.  19,  1742. 

Estate.— Mort.  to  W.  "feand  and  Nathaniel  Tufts,  |  of  father  Jonathan's 
estate,  30  acres,  made  up  of  house  and  10  acres— n.,  road;  s.,  way  over 
Bullard's  bridge;  n.  w.  and  w.,  J.  Asbury,  D.  Russell.  16  acres -n.,  high- 
way between  house-lot;  e.,  way  to  Spencer  Phipps',  Camb.  line;  w.  and  n. 
w.,  J.  A.  4  acres  marsh— e.,  creek;  s.,  J.  Lynde;  n.  w.,  way  to  S.  P.; 
N.,  way  over  bridge,  k  wood-lot,  1st  Div.,  2^  acres— s.  and  w.,  Jonathan  P., 
dec. ;  w.,  Asburv;  e.,  Lynde;  1723-4.  Mort.  to  C.  Chambers,  lots,  1724.  Of 
Pierce  heirs,  1724-5.  Of  father's  heirs,  1724-5.  To  N.  Tufts,  same,  1724-5. 
With  bro.  John,  of  mother,  all  right  in  father's  estate,  1728.  With  bro.  John, 
and  in  behalf  of  bro.  Benjamin,  to  Daniel  Russell,  2  acres  marsh,  2  upland — 
N.,  fleldway;  w.,  way  to  Col.  Phipps';  s.,  Nathaniel  Tufts,  J.  Lynde,  1728. 

45.    Benjamin'^  Pierce  {Jonathan'^ ^  Samuel^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept. 

80,  1698;  m.  Mary  .    He  was  a  housewright.    They  lived  in 

Stratford,  Conn.    Children  : — 

121.  i.      Mary,  b.  Apr.  4,  1727. 

Estate— -joins  deed  with  father's  heirs  to  bro.  Joseph,  1724-5. 

48.  IsAAc"^  Fierce  {Jonathan^^  Samuel^,  Thomas^)^  b.  June  27, 
1702;  m.  June  21,  1722,  Agnes  Kent.    He  d.  prior  to  1746,  for  in 


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that  year  she  was  published  to  Robert  Stone.  They  res.  on  Deer 
Island,  Boston  Harbor.    He  was  a  fisherman  and  ropemaker. 

Children  : — 

122.  i.      Isaac,  b.  Apr.  3,  1723 ;  m.  Miriam  James. 

123.  ii.     Agnes,  b.  May  17,  1724;  m.  Lobdell. 

124.  iii.    Joanna,  b.  Apr.  6,  1727. 

125.  iv.    John,  b.  June  23,  1729 ;  d.  young. 

126.  V.     Thomazia,  b.  Jan.  8,  1731. 

127.  vi.    Mary,  b.  Jan.  7,  1733. 

128.  vii.   Elizabeth,  b.  Apr.  8,  1736. 

129.  viil.  John,  b.  May  19,  1738. 

130.  ix.    Joshua,  b.  Aug.  28,  1740. 

Estate. — Sells  bros.  John  and  Joseph,  rights,  1728. 

49.    JoHN^  Pierce  {Jonathan^,  Samuel'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  23, 

1703  ;  m.  Elizabeth  ,  who  owned  the  covenant  Mar.  20,  1725-6  ; 

m.  2nd,  Jan.  15,  1735,  Mary  Hoppings,  bap.  June  16,  1717.  Res.  Bos- 
ton.   He  was  a  potter. 


Children  : — 

131.  1.      Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  19  (bap.  Mar.  20),  1725. 

132.  ii.     Mary,  b.  Nov.  19,  1727. 

Estate. — With  bro.  Joseph  buys  of  heirs,  1728-9. 

51.  Stephen^  Pierce  {Jonathan^,  Samuel^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  24, 
1706;  m.  Elizabeth  Rand,  May  20,  1724,  b.  Sept.  22,  1706.  She  d. 
Aug.  15,  1779.  He  d.  Sept.  23,  1785.  He  was  a  leather-dresser. 
Stephen  and  his  wife  were  both  buried  in  Old  Reading.  He  received 
war  aid  at  Reading  se  71  with  his  daughter  ae  45  in  1775.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  Charlestown  church  Feb.  15,  1729-30.  Res.  Charles- 
town  and  Reading.    Children  : — 

133.  i.      Stephen,  b.  Apr.  5,  1729;  m.  Harriet  Gullison. 

134.  ii.     Elizabeth,  b.  Dec.  3,  1731;  d.  unm.  in  1800. 

135.  iii.    Mary,  b.  Mar.  26,  1734:  m.  Samuel  Damon. 

136.  iv.    Jonathan,  b.  1735;  bap.  Eeb.  3,  1735;  d.  soon. 

137.  V.     Jonathan,  b.  1737;  bap.  Oct.  23,  1738. 

138.  vi.     Samuel  :  bap.  Apr.  20,  1740 ;  m.  Harriet  Larkin  and  Jemima  . 

139.  vii.   Martha,  b.  1742;  m.  John  Harrison. 

Estate.— Taxed  1727-1773  (ex.  1738)  :  and  in  1766,  for  son  Samuel.  Buys 
of  John  Griffin,  house,  1732-3.  To  E.  Sumner,  1744,  rec.  1759.  Buys  of 
Thomas  Fluker,  house,  1768.  Of  J.  Hancock,  qt.  cl.  same,  1768.  To  T.  F., 
mort.  1768,  dis.  1771.  To  Abigail  Stevens,  raort.  1769,  dis.  1773.  Claimed 
for  loss  of  1775. 


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PEIRCE  PEDK^KEE. 


Admin.— To  Samuel,  June  3,  1800. 

Inventory. — 1  acre  lot,  bea:in.  at  n.  w.  corner  of  R.  Miller,  run.  n.  w.,  bd. 
w.,  Main  street,  157;  n.  w.,  Oliver  Holden,  312;  n.  e.,  O.  H.,  120;  s.,  R.  M., 
300. 

Heirs.— Samuel,  Elizabeth  and  Mary  Damon  sell  to  J.  Harrison,  1798. 

55.  John^  Pierce  {John'^,  SamueP-^  Thomas^\  b.  Aug.  8,  1698; 
m.  Sept.  27,  1722,  Susanna  Marrett,  b.  1698.  He  d.  April,  1753. 
Res.  Stow.  No  children.  She  m.  2nd,  Jonathan  Loring  of  Marlboro, 
and  d.  there  in  1798.  She  was  the  sister  of  Mrs.  Judah  Morris  of 
Harvard  University. 

Estate. — John  Pierce  added  to  tax  list,  Oct.  2,  1721;  taxed  1727.  Deed 
with  bro.  James  of  S.  Counce  estate,  late  of  Samuel  Pierce,  1738-9. 

Wlll.— April  26,  17.53,  pro.  Mar.  31,  1755,  devised  to  wife  use  during  life  of 
real  estate,  except  that  from  father  occ.  by  bro.  James ;  to  James  \  estate 
from  father  then  to  his  ch. ;  to  John,  son  of  James,  one  farm  land  and  build- 
ings;  to  Thomas  Osborn,  nephew,  the  other  half;  the  niece  Elizabeth  Osborn, 
legacy  ;  Dr.  Samuel  Brigham,  Jr.,  bondsman  for  widow,  the  Ex'x.  Children  of 
bro.  James  shared  his  house  and  9  acres — s.,  Camb.  road;  e.,  James  P.;  n., 
range;  w.,  Menotomy  road. 

57.  James^  Pierce  {Johv?,  SamueP,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  12,  1703  ; 
m.  Mary  Prentice,  Feb.  10,  1731,  b.  Oct.  8,  1705;  ra.  2nd,  Mrs.  Alice 
Fessenden  (pub.)  Feb.  9,  1760.    Res.  Charlestown.    Children: — 

140.  i.      Mary,  b.  Dec.  5,  1731 ;  m.  Oct.  19,  1753,  Nathaniel  Tufts,  and 

2nd,  Abraham  Frost. 

141.  ii.     Abigail,  b.  1732;  m.  June  6,  1764,  Isaiah  Tufts,  b.  1740,  d.  May 

1,  1773. 

142.  iii.    Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  10,  1734 ;  m.  Nov.  15,  1764,  Wra.  Tufts,  b. 

1720,  d.  Nov.  2,  1773. 

143.  iv.    John,  b.  Dec.  14,  1735. 

144.  v.     Susanna,  b.  Oct.  12,  1737;  m.  Samuel  Choate. " 

145.  vi.    James*,  b.  Dec.  27,  1739;  m.  Mary  Frost,  and  d.  Sept.  23,  1815, 

146.  vii.   George,  b.  Oct.  30,  1743.    He  was  a  soldier  in  B.  Locke's  Co.  in 

Rev.  War,  in  1778. 

147.  viii.  Hannah,  b.  Nov.  10,  1745 ;  m.  Mar.  9,  1772,  Caleb  Rand,  b.  1751, 

d.  Oct.  9,  1807.    She  d.  May  13,  1802. 

148.  ix.    Samuel,  b.  Oct.  23,  1748.    He  was  a  soldier  in  B.  Locke's  Co., 

and  prob.  d.  bet.  1778-82,  as  his  estate  (which  he  rec'd  from 
his  father)  was  admin,  to  Samuel  Tufts,  Nov.  7,  1782. 

Estate.— Taxed  1727-1766  (ex.  1738,  1739,  1762);  abated  Dec.  2,  1742. 
buys  of  Joseph  Lynde,  at  Wildredge  hill,  1728-9.  Of  Theophilus  Ivory,  li 
acres,  1732.  Of  W.  Rand,  3-6  of  2  acres— w.,  Camb.  road;  n.  w.,  range;  on 
all  other  sides  by  J.  P. :  1734-5,  rec.  1738.  With  bro.  John  of  S.  Counce, 
1738-9. 

Will,  Jan.  19  (pro.  May  7),  1771,  devised  to  wife  Alice  use  of  real  estate  in 
Chas.  and  Medford;  to  dau.  Hannah  and  "  other  children";  legacy  to  widow 
Abigail  Bodge. 

Inventory. — (1)  20  acres  Wildredge's  hill,  £180.  (2)  h.  of  house  and  17 
acres— s.  e.,  Camb.  road;  w.,  Menotomy  road;  N.,  range;  n.  e.,  J.  P.  :  £181. 
(3)  Lands  in  Medford. 


*  Estate.— Sells  John  Stone,  8i  acres— w.,  range;  n.,  Abigail  Shed  heirs; 
e.,  Nehemiah  Rand,  S.  Shed;  s.,  James  and  John  P.,  1783.  To  S.  Shed,  3 
acres— s.,  road;  n.,  John  Stone;  e.,  S.  S.  ;  w.,  Mary  Frost,  S.  Choate,  1789. 


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Admin,  to  Samuel  Tufts,  April  6,  1781. 

Inventory. — 6  acres  20  rods  mowing— s.,  Camb.  road;  e.,  S.  Shed;  n.,  J. 
P.;  w.,  S.  Choate,  Mary  Frost.  8  acres  45  rods — w.,  range;  n.,  heirs  of  E. 
Shed;  e.,  Nehemiah  Rand,  S.  Shed;  s.,  S.  Choate,  etc. 

Division. — To  Elizabeth,  3|-  acres  6  rods  of  1st  lot.  To  James,  8  acres 
45  r.  To  Mary,  1  acre  5  r.  1st  lot.  To  Susanna,  1  acre  49  r.  1st  lot.  These 
heirs  sold  Jonathan  Hastings,  7  acres  26  poles,  1772.  They  rec'd  of  estate  of 
Uncle  John  P.,  viz.  :  Mary  Frost,  house  and  60  rods  of  land.  Susanna 
Choate,  1  acre  27  rods.  George  P.,  1  acre  14  rods.  Abigail  Tufts,  1  acre  22 
rods.  Hannah  Rand,  1  acre  30  rods.  James  P.,  1  acre  44  rods.  Samuel  P., 
1  acre  61  rods.    Elizabeth  Tufts,  1  acre  62  rods. 

Royal  Morse  and  wife,  heirs  of  Hannah  Rand,  complained  in  1815  that  S. 
Tufts  had  made  no  account.    It  soon  appeared  at  Court. 

63.  John4  Pierce  {John'^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  26,  1671  ; 
m.  Mary  Parker  in  1697.    He  d.  1735.    Res.  Woburn. 


Children : — 

149.  i.      Thomas,  b.  Aug.  11,  1698;  d.  Dec.  18,  1698. 

150.  ii.     Mary,  b.  Jan.  6,  1702;  m.  Solomon  Wyman. 

151.  iii.    Abijah,  b.  Aug.  6,  1716;  d.  Aug.  14,  1716. 

In  the  Name  of  God  Araen,  I  John  peirce  of  Woobourn  in  the  Coun- 
ty of  Middle'^  within  His  Maj*^  province  of  y'^  Massachiissets  Bay  in 
New  England  Husbandman,  being  aged  ;  but  of  perfect  mind  and 
memory  thanks  be  given  to  God  therefor,  calling  to  mind  the  mortality 
of  my  Body  and  knowing  that  it  is  appointed  for  all  men  once  to  Dye 
Do  make  and  ordain  this  my  Last  will  and  Testament,  that  is  to  say 
principly  and  first  of  all  I  give  and  Recomend  my  soul  into  y*^  Hands 
of  God  that  gave  it  hooping  through  y'^  merits  Death  and  passion  of 
my  saviour  Jesus  Christ  to  have  full  and  free  pardon  of  all  my  sins., 
and  to  Inherit  Everlasting  Life,  and  my  Body  I  commit  to  y^  Earth  to 
be  Burried  in  Christian  Decent  Burial  at  y^  Discretion  of  my  Executor^ 
hereafter  Named  Nothing  Doubting  but  at  y*^  Generall  Resurrection  I 
shall  Recive  the  same  Again  by  y®  mighty  power  of  God  ;  and  as 
Touching  such  worldly  Goods  and  Estate  wherewith  it  hath  pleased 
God  to  Bless  me  with  all  in  this  Life  I  give  Demise  and  Disspose,  of 
of  y^  same  in  y'^  following  manner  and  form  :  that  is  to  say 

First.  I  will  that  all  my  Just  Debts  that  I  Do  owe  to  any  parson  or 
persons  whatsoever,  be  well  and  Truly  paid  in  Conveniant  time  by 
Executor''  hereafter  Named.  ...... 

Itefn.  To  Mary  my  Dear  and  well  Beloved  Wife  Whom  I  Likewise 
make  and  ordain  my  only  and  sole  Executor^  of  this  my  Last  Will  and 
Testament  I  give  and  Bequeath  the  use  and  Improvement  of  all  my 
Housing  and  Lands  (not  Dissposed  of)  During  y®  Term  that  she  shall 
Remain  my  Widow  :  And  also  y®  use  and  Improvement  of  all  my 
moveable  Estate  which  I  shall  not  Disspose  of  in  this  my  Last  will  and 
Testament  And  also  she  paying  out  of  y^  same  the  Legacies  that  I 
shall  order  her  to  Do  herein  :  And  if  my  said  Wife  shall  See  Cause  to 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


Mariy  Againe  then  she  shall  have  a  fether  Bead  and  furniture  be- 
longing to  same,  and  also  fifty  pounds  more  att  her  Choice  out  of 
ray  moveable  Estate :  but  if  she  shall  Dye  my  Widow  then  she  shall 
have  y^  Liberty  of  Dissposing  of  my  moveable  Estate  amongst  my 
Grand  Children  Children  of  my  Daughter  Mary  Wyraan  :  that  is  to  say 
y^  Remainder  that  I  do  not  Dispose  of  in  this  my  Last  will  and  Testa- 
ment. 

Item..  To  my  well  beloved  and  Dutyfull  Daughter  Mary  Wyman  I 
give  and  Bequeathe  y^  sum  of  Teen  pounds  or  to  y^  valine  thereoif  to 
be  paid  to  her  out  of  my  moveable  Estate  by  my  afore  Named  Execu- 
tor^. 

Item.  To  my  Grand  Daughter  Mary  Wyman  I  give  and  Bequeath 
a  feather  Bead  with  y^  furniture,  that  is  one  of  my  fether  Beads  that  I 
Now  have.  ......  Item. 

Item.  To  my  Cousen  John  Peirce  son  of  my  Brother  Daniell  peirce 
I  give  and  Bequeath  my  Gunn  or  fire  Lock. 

Item.  To  my  Grand  son  John  Wyman  Eldest  Son  of  my  Daughter 
Mary  I  give  and  Bequeath  all  and  Singuler  my  Housings  and  Lands 
wheresoever  and  whatsoever  to  him  his  heirs  and  assigns  for  ever  he 
paying  out  to  y^  Rest  of  my  Daughter  Marys  Children  to  each  and 
every  of  them  Teen  pounds  apeace  :  upon  mariage  or  when  they  shall 
Arive  to  y^  Age  of  Twenty  and  one  years  but  it  is  to  be  understood 
that  my  afore  said  Grand  son  is  not  to  come  into  possession  of  Any  of 
my  Housing  or  Lands  untill  my  afore  said  Wife  shall  mary  or  at  her 
Decease :  and  if  my  afore  s*^  Gi-and  son  shall  Dye  before  that  he  shall 
Arive  to  ye  Age  of  Twenty  and  one  years  that  then  all  my  Housing 
and  Lands  shall  be  Equally  Devided  Amongst  y®  surviving  children  of 
my  afore  s^  Daughtei-  Mary  Wyman.  .... 

And  further  my  Will  is  that  my  Son  in  Law  Sollomon  Wyman  shall 
have  and  1  give  unto  him  all  my  wearing  apparile — And  I  do  hereby 
utterly  Disallow  Revoke  and  Dissanull  all  and  every  other  and  former 
Testaments  Wills  and  Legacies  Bequests  and  Executors  by  me  in  any 
way,  before  this  Time  Named  Willed  and  Bequeathed  Rectifying  and 
Confirming  this  (and  y^  foregoing  page)  and  no  other  to  be  my  Last 
Will  and  Testament.  In  Witness  where  off  I  y*^  said  John  peirce  have 
hereunto  sett  my  hand  and  seal  this  Teenth  Day  of  Aprile  Annoye 
Domini  one  thousand  seven  hundred  thirty  and  five  and  in  y''  Eight 
year  of  his  Maj^^  Reign  <fec.  .... 
Signed  sealed  pronounced  and  Declared 

by  y^  said  John  Peirce  as  his  Last 

Will  and  and  Testament  in  presence 

of  us  the  Subsci  ibers  viz .      .     \  JOHN  PEIRCE  (Seal) 
SAMUEL  NEVERS 
EBENEZER  JOHNSON 
JOHN  RUSSELL 

66.  Daniel^  Pierce  {John^,  7'homas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  7,  1676; 
m.  Dinah  Holt,  July  3,  1705,  b.  May  23,  1681.  Res.  Woburn,  Wil- 
mington and  Harvard.    Children  : — 

152.  i.      Abigail,  b.  May  18,  1706;  m.  Ephraim  Buck,  Jr. 


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153.  ii.     Thomas,  b.  Oct.  30.  1707:  m.  Hannah  Thompson. 

154.  iii.    Sarah,  b.  May  30.  1709:  m.  Daniel  Albert. 

155.  iv.     Jo>EPH,  b.  ]\Iay  5.  1711:  m.  Abigail  Green. 

156.  V.      Daniel,  b.  June  23.  1714:  m.  Sarah  Buck. 

157.  vi.    John.  b.  ^May  23.  1716:  ra.  Hannah  Stone  and  Hannah  Houghton. 

158.  vii.   Dinah,  b.  Xov.  2.  1719. 

159.  Till.  Keziah,  b.  May  9,  1728. 

68.  Ebexezer4  Pierce  {Johii^.  Thomas^.  Thoynas^),  b.  1687;  m. 

Mary  .  He  d.  May.  1766.  They  res.  in  Woburn  and  Wilming- 
ton. 

Children  : — 

160.  i.      Mary,  b.  Feb.  21.  1708:  m.  July  8,  1730.  Sarauel  TTyman. 

161.  ii.     Deborah,  b.  Xov.  4.  1709:  m.  Mar.  11.  1729,  Increase  TTvnQan. 

162.  iii.    Ebenezer.  b.  Sept.  11.  1711  ;  m.  Feb.  25,  1742,  Marv  Ston'e. 

163.  iv.    Jonathan,  b.  July  28,  1713;  d.  1739. 

164.  fELiZAJBETH,  "1  f  m.    Johnson. 

^-  j  h"^^^''  ^'^"'1  m.  Feb.  24.  1737,  Ephraim 

165.  [Ruth,  J  t  Kendall. 

166.  vi.     Joshua,  b.  May  2.  1718:  m.  Lois   . 

167.  vii.   Eebecca.  b.  Apr.  7,  1720;  m.  Oct.  31,  1740,  Jacob  Barrett. 

168.  viii.  Nathan,  b.  Sept.  12,  1723. 

In  the  name  of  god  Amen  8th  Day  of  September  :  A.  D.  1757  I  Eben 
ezer  peirce  of  Wilmington  in  y*  County  of  Middlesix  Gentleman  being 
weake  of  Bodey  but  of  perlict  mind  &  mimory  thanks  be  givin  to  god 
therefor:  and  calling  to  mind  the  mortality  of  my  Bodey,  and  Knowing 
that  it  is  appointed  to  men  once  to  Die.  Do  make  and  ordain  this  my 
Last  will  &  testement  :  That  is  to  Say  first  of  all  I  Recomend  my  Soul 
into  y®  hands  of  God  who  gave  it :  and  my  Bodey  I  Recommend  to  be 
buryed  in  a  Christian  maner  at  y^  Discretion  of  my  wife  &  my  Executer 
hereafter  named  :  nothing  Doubting  but  at  y^  Generall  Reserrection  I 
shall  Recive  y"  Same  again  by  y"  mighty  power  of  god  :  And  touching 
Such  Worldly  Estate  where  with  it  haith  pleased  god  to  Bless  me  in 
this  Life  :  I  give  Demise  <fc  Dispose  of  y"  Same  in  y^  following  manner 
<fc  form  : 

First  I  will  &  ordain  that  all  !ny  Just  Debts  &  funerall  Charges 
be  paid  by  my  Executer  here  after  named  out  of  my  moveable  Estate  : 

Imprimis  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  true  andLoveing  Wife  Mary 
peirce  the  use  and  Improvement  of  all  my  Real  and  personal  Estate  : 
including  quick  Stock  Husbandry  vtensals  :  money  :  notes  of  hand  : 
book  Debts  &  Bonds  :  where  Ever  any  of  y*^  Same  is  or  may  be  found  : 
During  her  naturall  Life:  and  if  my  Said  Loveing  wife  shall  find  it  of 
necessity  to  Sell  away  aney  of  y°  Said  Real  or  personal  Estate  for  her 
Comforttable  Subsistance  :  I  will  <fc  ordaiue  y^  Same  to  her  &  her 
assigns  for  Ever  and  at  her  Decease  what  of  my  Estate  Remains  I  will 
and  ordain  it  Shall  be  disposed  of  in  y^  following  mannor 

Item.  I  will  and  bequeath  to  my  DutifuU  Son  Xathan  peirce  five 
Shillings  to  be  paid  to  him  by  my  Executor  in  one  year  after  my  Decese 


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and  Reason  why  I  give  my  Dutifull  Son  Nathan  nomore  in  this  ray 
Last  will  is :  because  I  have  already  given  him  his  portion  of  my 
Estate. 

Item.  I  will  and  Bequeath  all  the  Remainder  of  my  Estate  at  my 
wife  Decese  to  be  Divided  to  tfc  among  my  Dutifull  Childeren  whose 
names  is  hereafter  written :  in  Such  mannor  <fc  form  as  y*^  Law  has 
provided  in  Case  of  Intestats.  (Viz)  one  Duble  Share  to  my  Eldist  Son 
Ebenezer  peirce :  one  Single  Share  to  y®  Childeren  of  my  Son  Joshua 
peirs  Decest :  one  Single  Share  to  my  Daughter  Mary  Wyman :  one 
Single  Share  to  y^  Childeren  of  my  Daughter  Debro  wyman  Decest : 
one  Single  Share  to  my  Daughter  Elisabeth  Johnson  ;  and  one  Single 
Share  to  ray  Daughter  Rebeckah  Barritt ;  and  I  will  &  ordain  that  the 
Share  that  might  have  gon  to  my  Daughter  Ruth  Kindal  Shall  be 
Delivered  to  y^  Children  of  y^  Said  Ruth  Kindal  as  they  arive  to  full 
age  :  by  my  Executer :  and  in  Lue  of  my  Said  Daughters  her  porsion 
of  my  Said  Estate  I  will  &  Bequeath  to  her  my  Daughter  Ruth  Kindal 
five  Shillings  to  be  paid  to  her  in  one  year  after  her  mothers  Decese 
by  my  Executor. 

Finally.  I  do  hereby  nominate  &  appoint  that  my  Son  Ebenezer 
peirce  shall  be  the  only  &  Sole  Executer  of  this  my  Last  will  and  tes- 
tement  vtterly  Revokeing  and  making  void  all  other  wills  and  Executers 
by  me  in  anie  wise  made  or  named  heretofore  Declaring  this  and  this 
only  to  be  my  Last  will  and  Testament  in  witness  whereof  I  the  said 
Ebenezer  peirce  Have  hereunto  Set  my  hand  and  affixed  my  Seal  the 
Day  and  yeare  above  written. 
Signed  Sealed  pronounced 

&  Declared  By  the  Said 

Ebenezer  peirce  to  be  his 

Last  will  &  testement 

in  the  presence  of  us  EBENEZER  PEIRCE  (Seal), 

v^  Subsci-ibers — 
REUBEN  BUTTERS 
SAMUEL  FRENCH 
WILLIAM  BUTTERS  Junier. 

71.  JosiAH^  Pierce  (Jb/m^,  Thomas'^^  Thomas^)^  b.  June  10, 
1691 ;  m.  Hannah  Thompson,  b.  June  28,  1691.  They  res.  in  Woburn. 
He  was  styled  "Lieut." 

Children  : — 

169.  i.      JosiAH,  b.  Mar.  30,  1720;  ra.  Aug.  15,  1752,  Ruth  Dorr;  m.  2nd, 

Jan.  15,  1756,  Mrs.  Ruth  (Simonds)  Thompson. 

170.  ii.     John,  b.  Aug.  13,  1724;  m.  . 

171.  iii.    Hannah,  b.  Dec.  6,  1728;  d.  Oct.  23,  1755. 

72.  Thomas^  Pierce  {Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  12, 
1670;  m.  Mary  Wyman,  Feb.  27,  1692,  b.  June  25,  1674.  He  d. 
between  1704  and  1708.  Res.  Woburn,  and  removed  to  Plainfield, 
Conn.,  where  he  was  Deacon  of  the  1st  Church  in  1742. 


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Children  : — - 

172.  i.      Thomas,  b.  Oct.  10,  1696:  m.  Mary  Parkhnrst. 

173.  ii.     EbexezePv,  b.  Sept.  10,  1698:  m.  Lyclia  . 

Hi.  iii.    Elizabeth,  b.  July  23.  1700:  cl.  July  5,  1704. 

175.  iv.    A3I0S,  b.  Aug.  3,  1702;  m.  Marr  Spaulcling  and  T\'idovr  Pyer. 
17G.  V.     JOHX,  b.  Feb.  10,  170i;  m.  . 

73.  TixoTHY-i  Pierce  [Tho7nas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas'^),  b.  Jan.  25, 
1673;  m.  Mav  27.  1696.  Lyclia  Spauldins:.  d.  Mar.  23.  1705  :  m.  2nd, 
Oct.  12.  1709,  Hannah  Bradliurst.  b.  Dec.  14,  1682,  d.  Apr.  2.  1747. 
Thev  res.  in  Plainfield.  Conn.,  and  he  d.  Mav  25,  1748.  The  following^ 
is  a  copy  of  his  will  dated  Apr.  12.  1748 : — 

After  all  my  just  Debts  and  funeral  charges  are  all  paid.  I  giye  and 
dispose  of  the  same  in  the  following  manner.  I  giye  to  the  \yidow 
Mary  Pierce,  my  daughter-in-law.  the  sum  of  forty  shillings  in  Bills  of 
credit  at  tenor,  and  I  give  to  each  of  tlie  children  of  my  son  Timothy 
Pierce,  deceased,  the  sum  of  twenty  shillings  apeace  in  Bills  of  credit 
at  tenor,  with  what  I  haye  given  to  my  son  Timothy  in  his  life-time,  as 
the  full  of  their  portion  of  my  estate.  I  give  to  my  son  Xathanel  Pierce 
the  sum  of  fifteen  pounds  in  Bills  of  credit  at  tenor  with  what  I  have 
already  given  him.  which  makes  the  full  of  his  portion  out  of  my 
estate.  I  give  to  my  daughter  Phebe  Smith  my  ^egvo  girl  Dinah  and 
the  sum  of  one  hundred  pounds  of  my  in  doore  movable  estate  at 
inventory  price  at  the  rate  of  all  tenor  bills  with  what  I  have  given  her, 
which  makes  the  full  of  her  portion  of  my  estate.  I  give  to  the  two 
children  of  my  Grandaughter  Lydia  Cortland,  deceased.  To  each  of 
them  ten  pounds  in  Bills  of  credit  at  tenor,  to  be  paid  by  my  executor, 
to  each  of  them.  The  son  at  twenty-one  years  of  age  and  the  daughter 
at  eighteen  years  of  age  or  at  marriage  day,  and  if  at  eighteen  one  of 
the  s^  two  children  dyes  before  the  time  to  receive,  then  the  surviving 
one  to  have  the  other  ten  pounds,  and  if  both  s'^  children  should  die 
before  the  s'  time  to  receive.  The  s'^  legacies  then  I  give  it  to  my  son 
Ezekiel  and  to  his  hieirs.  I  give  and  bequeath  all  the  remainder  of  my 
estate  Both  Peal  and  personal  of  what  kind  soever  to  my  son  Ezekiel 
Pierce  and  his  heirs  forever,  and  I  do  make  and  appoint  my  s'^  son 
Ezekiel  the  sole  Executor  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament  Ratefying 
and  confirming  this  and  no  other  to  be  my  last  will  and  testament. 
Signed,  sealed,  published,  pronuuced  and  declared  by  the  s*^  Timothy 
Pierce  as  his  last  will  and  testament  the  day  and  year  first  written. 


Children  : — 

177.  i.      Teaiothy,  Jr.,  b.  Oct.  7.  169S;  m.  June  12,  1723,  Mary  Wheeler. 

178.  ii.     2natel^>;iel,  b.  June  3,  1701;  m.  Peb.  20,  1723,  Elizabeth  Stevens 

and  Mrs.  Simouds. 

179.  iii.    jEDEDLm.  b.  Feb.  23,  1703;  d.  Feb.  21,  1716. 

180.  iv.    Lydlv,  b.  Mar.  10,  1705;  m.  Dr.  Joseph  Perkins. 

181.  v.     Bexjamix,  b.  June  7,  1710;  m.  Hannah  Smith;  m.  2nd,  July  15, 

1737.  Xaomv  Richards;  m.  3rd,  Aug.  31,  1758,  Sarah  Mills;  m. 
1th,  Jan.  28^  1762,  Sarah  Holt. 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


182.  vi.    EzEKiEL,  b.  Jan.  8,  1712;  m.  Feb.  11,  1736,  Lois  Stevens. 

183.  vii.   Phebe,  b.  Feb.  19,  1714;  m.  John  Smith. 

184.  viii.  Hannah,  b.  May  8,  1717;  d.  Sept.  3,  1727. 

185.  ix.    Abel,  b.  June  17,  1720;  d.  Sept,  4,  1736. 
185^  X.    Jabez,  b.   ,  m.  Susannah  Sheppard. 

Timothy  Pierce  was  one  of  Plainfield's  most  prominent  men.  Judge 
of  Probate,  Col.  of  Militia,  and  member  of  the  Governor's  Council. 

80.  Stephen^  Pierce  {Stephen"^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  1679 ;  m. 
Esther  Fletcher,  Jan.  5,  1707,  b.  1681.  He  d.  Sept.  9,  1749.  Res. 
Chelmsford,  Mass. 

Children : — 

186.  i.      Eobert,  b.  Jan.  19,  1708;  m.  Mary  . 

187.  ii.     Oliver,  b.  May  15,  1709 ;  ra.  Ann  Hunt  and  Hannah  Adams. 

188.  iii.    Esther,  b.  April  25,  1711;  m.  Nathan  Richardson. 

189.  iv.    William,  b.  May  7,  1713;  m.  Sarah  . 

190.  V.     Stephen,  b.  April  10,  1715 ;  m.  Betsey  Bowers. 

191.  vi.    Tabitha,  b.  Feb.  28,  1716;  m.   French. 

192.  vii.   Remembrance,  b.  Feb.  11,  1719;  ra.   Parker. 

193.  viii.  Sarah,  b.  Jan.  10,  1720;  d.  Jan.  19,  1745. 

194.  ix.    Mary,  b.  Dec.  14,  1722;  unm.  in  1750. 

195.  X.     Benjamin,  b.  Nov.  25,  1726 ;  ra.  Elizabeth  Merrill. 

81.  Benjamin^  Pierce  {Stephen^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  June  4, 
1682  ;  m.  .    He  d.  Sept.  9,  1749.    Res.  Chelmsford. 

Children  : — 

196.  i.      Robert;  d.  Sept.  6,  1783. 

197.  ii.  Thomas. 

84.  Jacob^  Pierce  {Stephen^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^) ;  m.  

 .    Res.  Chelmsford.    Child  :— 

198.  i.      Stephen,  b.  1698 ;  m.  Rachel  Harrod. 

85.  Samuel^  Pierce  {SwnueP,  Thomas^  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  25, 
1681;  m.  Abigail  Johnson,  June  14,  1705.  She  d.  March  16,  1787. 
He  d.  Jan.  26,  1774.  Res.  Woburn  and  Wilmington,  Mass.,  and 
Mansfield,  Conn. 

Children  : — 

199.  i.  Samuel,  b.  June  3,  1706;  ra.  Abigail  . 

200.  ii.  JosiAH,  b.  July  13,  1708;  ra.  Miriam  Cook. 

201.  iii.  Abigail,  b.  Feb.  28,  1711;  m.  Zeph.  Wyman. 

202.  iv.  Esther,  b.  Feb.  7,  1715;  ra.  Shubel  Diraick. 

203.  V.  Seth,  b.  Nov.  30,  1716;  ra.  Elizabeth  Nye. 

204.  vi.  Enoch,  b.  March  22,  1719;  m.  Mary  Mason. 

88.    IsAAC^  Pierce  {Samuel^,   Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  22, 


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1687;  m.  Grace  Tucker,  dau.  of  Lewis  Tucker/of  Casco,  Me.,  May  5, 
1708.    Res.  Boston. 

Children  : — 

205.  i.      Isaac,  b.  Apr.  12,  1709;  d.  June  25,  1709. 

206.  ii.     Sarah,  b.  May  22,  1710. 

207.  iii.    Lydia,  b.  Sept.  1,  1712. 

208.  iv.    Mary,  b.  Dec.  7,  1713. 

209.  V.     Elizabeth,  b.  May  17,  1715. 

210.  vi.    Samuel,  b.  Apr.  11,  1719;  d.  1803;  buried  at  Copp's  Hill,  Boston. 

211.  vii.  Isaac,  b.  Oct.  12,  1722;  m.  Mary  Hardy. 

95.  So:\i:\iERs^  Pierce  (  Willicwi^,  Thomas^,  Thomas'^),  b.  Feb.  16, 
1697  ;  m.  Martha  Holt,  Mar.  3,  1726.  They  res.  in  Andover,  ]\[ass.,  and 
moved  to  Pomfret,  Conn.    Taxed  in  Woburn  to  iSTov.  28,  1726. 

U  7n  ')nj2a/ir  ^^^^  cj2^ 


Child  :— 

212.  i.      William,  b.  Mar.  16,  1727 ;  m.  Hannah 


97.    James^  Pierce  {lames'^,   Thomas'^,   Thoma&%  b.  Feb.  28, 

1690;  in.  Hannah   ;  m.  2nd,  Phebe   .    She  d.  1776. 

He  d.  Dec.  21,  1773.    Res.  Woburn. 


Children  : —  •  " 

213.  i.      Rebecca,  b.  Oct.  8,  1711;  d.  young  probably, — not  mentioned  in 

her  father's  will. 

214.  ii.     Phebe,  b.  Sept.  28,  1713;  ra.  Feb.  1,  1746,  Jona.  Locke,  b.  1717, 

d.  June  10,  1799.  She  d.  Mar.  2,  1793.  Ch.  :  Jonathan,  Jr.,  b. 
Sept.  12,  1746,  d.  infant;  Phebe,  b.  Mar.  1,  1748,  m.  Aaron  Tay; 
Jonathan,  Jr.,  b.  Nov.  29,  1749,  m.  Mary  Frost;  James,  b. 
Apr.  7,  1752,  m.  Sally  Sommers ;  Josiah,  b.  Feb.  3,  1753,  m. 
Elizabeth  Richardson. 

215.  iii.    James;  m.  Mar.  17,  1753,  Phebe  Tottingham. 

216.  iv.    Joshua,  b.  Apr.  1,  1722;  m.  Feb.  18,  1749,  Susan  Reed ;  m.  2nd, 

Oct.  27,  1753,  Esther  Richardson. 

217.  V.     Jacob,  b.'Sept.  15,  1724;  m.  Aug.  18,  1752,  Abigail  Kendall. 

218.  vi.    Keziah,  b.  Oct.  10,  1726;  m.  Julv  2,  1747,  Richard  Cutter,  b.  Mar. 

9,  1725.  She  d.  Dec.  19,  1788.  Ch.  :  Thomas,  b.  May  29,  1748, 
m.  Betsey  Sands;  Ruhumah,  b.  Mar.  6,  1750,  m.  Daniel  Smith; 
Keziah,  b.  Kov.  10,  1751,  m.  a  Wyatt;  Hannah,  b.  Jan.  16,  1754, 
m.  a  Hobbs ;  Richard,  b.  Mar.  26,  1756,  m.  Miriam  Brown ; 
Seth,  b.  Apr.  14,  1758,  m.  Abiah  Tallaut ;  Susannah,  b.  Oct.  14, 
1760,  m.  Wm.  Fletcher;  Rhoda,  b.  Dec.  4,  1762,  m.  Benjamin 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


Teel;  Lucy,  b.  June  19,  1765,  m.  James  Roby  and  Nathan  Flsk; 
John,  b.  Apr.  14,  1767,  m.  Miriam  Butler.  They  res.  in 
Woburn,  Mass.,  and  Hudson,  N.  H. 

219.  vii.   Mary,  b.  June  24,  1730;  m.  July  7,  1750,  Nathan  Richardson,  Jr., 

b.  Apr.  21,  1725,  d.  Sept.  21,  1817.  She  d.  Jan.  11,  1773.  Ch.  : 
Abel,  b.  Jan.  12,  1750,  m.  Ann  Tufts;  Nathan,  b.  1753,  m.  Lydia 
Whittemore;  Mary,  b.  Jan.  24,  1755,  d.  Oct.  10,  1759;  Mary, 
b.  Apr.  16,  1761,  d.  Dec.  8,  1762.    Thev  res.  in  Woburn. 

220.  viii.  Esther,  b.  Mar.  14,  1733;  m.  May  10,  1751,  Ammi  Cutter,  b.  Oct. 

27,  1733,  d.  Apr.  19,  1795.  She  d.  Jan.  8,  1772,  in  Woburn. 
Ch.  :  Esther,  b.  Nov.  10,  1751,  d.  Dec.  18,  1751;  John,  b.  Oct. 
25,  1753,  m.  Lucy  Adams;  Ammi,  b.  Oct.  3,  1775,  m.  Esther 
Winship;  Lydia,  b.  Oct.  26,  1757,  m.  Jonathan  Teel;  James,  b. 
Dec.  14,  1759,  m.  Anna  H.  Russell,  Mehitable  Cutter,  Lydia 
Adams  and  Mrs.  Rebecca  Parlser;  Benjamin,  b.  Nov.  7,  1761, 
m.  Ann  Wyeth;  Jonas,  b.  Oct.  13,  1763,  m.  Lydia  Frost; 
Esther  R.,  b.  Sept.  26,  1765,  m.  Ebenezer  Hall ;  Ephraim,  b. 
Oct.  31,  1767,  m.  Deborah  Locke;  Frances,  b.  Dec.  30,  1769,  m. 
Walter  Russell. 

221.  ix.    Eunice,  b.  Feb.  19,  1735;  m.  Mar.  30,  1756,  Oliver  Richardson,  b. 

Aug.  15,  1706,  d.  Apr.  7,  1795.    She  d.  Apr.  5,  1774.    No  issue. 

222.  X.     Susanna,  b.  May  22,  1736;  d.  May  23,  1736. 

223.  xi.    Susanna  ;  m.  John  Tay. 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen  this  Fifteanth  Day  of  March  one  thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  Nine  and  in  the  Ninth  year  of  his  majestis 
Rain  I  James  Peirce  of  woburn  In  the  County  of  middlesex  and  Prov- 
ince of  the  masichusets  bay  In  Newinglaud  Youman  Being  of  Paifict 
mind  and  memory  Thanks  Beto  God  their  For  yet  calling  to  mind  the 
mortality  of  my  Body  that  it  is  appointed  For  all  men  once  to  Die  Do 
mak  and  ordain  this  my  last  will  and  Testement  whereby  Principally 
and  First  of  all  I  Give  and  Recomend  my  sole  Into  the  Hands  of  God 
that  Gave  it  and  my  Body  I  Recomend  to  the  Durst  to  be  Buiyed  by  a 
Decant  Christen  Buryal  at  the  Dscresion  of  my  Executor  hear  after  to 
be  Named  Nothing  Doubting  butt  I  shall  Reseav  the  same  again  at 
the  General  Reseretion  by  the  mighty  Power  of  God.  and  as  Touching 
my  worly  Estat  it  Flath  Pleased  God  to  Bless  me  with  In  this  life  I 
dispose  of  In  the  Following  manner — 

Imprs.  I  do  Give  and  Bequeathe  unto  Phebee  my  Dearly  Beloved 
wife  the  uce  and  Improvement  of  the  one  half  of  my  Real  Estate  wheai'e 
as  I  have  sold  the  one  half  to  my  sone  Jacob  Peirce  here  to  fore  I  Do 
Give  the  Improvement  of  the  other  half  to  my  d  wife  so  long  as  she 
Remain  my  wido  and  also  the  Improvement  of  all  my  houshold  stuf  or 
In  Dore  movable  that  I  Do  Not  Hear  after  Dispose  of 

I  Give  and  Bequeath  unto  my  Two  sons  each  of  them  one  Shilling 
lawfull  money  Namely  James  and  Joshua  to  be  Paid  by  my  Executer 
Imeadetly  after  my  Deseas  having  Given  each  of  them  their  Full  Por- 
tion hear  to  fore  .  ... 

Itam  I  Give  and  Bequeath  unto  my  Son  Jacob  whome  I  ordain  Sole 
Executer  of  this  my  last  will  and  Testement  to  him  and  his  Heirs  and 
assigns  for  Ever  all  my  Real  Estat  In  woburn  or  Elswhare  my  Right 
in  the  melting  house  in  the  First  Parish  my  Comb  and  Tackling  all  my 
Carpenters  Tolls  Flex  comb  Stilyards  Half  Bushel  half  Peck  and  a 
large  meal  chest  and  all  such  of  my  Parsonell  Estat  that  I  have  Not 


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41 


other  wise  Disposed  of  hy  this  will  He  paying  all  ray  gust  Debts  and 
Funeral  charges  of  me  and  my  wife  and  the  several  Legacies  ordered 
in  this  my  last  will  ...... 

Jta'm  I  Give  and  Bequeathe  unt  ray  six  Daughters  namly  Phebee 
Kesiah  Mary  Easther  Eunice  and  susanah  all  my  houshold  stuf  after 
the  deseas  of  me  and  my  wife  that  is  Xot  otherwise  Disposed  of  in  this 
will  to  be  eaquelly  Dovided  amongst  them,  also  my  will  is  and  I  do 
order  ray  Executter  above  Xaned  to  Pay  unto  my  six  Daughters  above 
Named  Imedatly  after  the  Deceas  of  me  and  my  wife  Towards  their 
Funerah  Habit  six  Pounds  thirteau  shillings  and  Four  Pence  lawfull 
mony  to  be  Equell  Devided  amongst  then 

Itam.  I  Give  and  Bequeath  unto  my  Daughter  Phebee  six  shil- 
lings lawfull  mony  wich  I  order  my  Ex'-  above  Xamed  to  Pay  with  in 
Two  years  after  the  Deseas  of  me  and  my  wife 

Itam.  I  Give  and  Bequeathe  unto  my  Daughter  Kesiah  Twelve 
Shillings  lawfull  mony  which  I  order  my  Executer  above  Xamed  to 
Pay  in  Two  years  after  the  Decest  of  me  and  my  wife 

Itam.  I  Give  and  Bequeth  unto  my  Daughter  Mary  Forty  shil- 
lings lawfull  mony  which  I  order  my  Executter  to  Pay  in  Two  years 
after  the  Decece  of  me  and  my  wife. 

Itam.  I  Give  and  Bequeath  unto  my  Dauhter  Easther  six  pounds 
Seventean  Shillings  lawfull  mony  which  I  order  ray  Executter  to  Pay 
in  Two  years  after  the  Deseas  of  me  and  ray  wife. 

Itaiii.  I  Give  and  Bequeth  unto  ray  Daughter  unice  Forty  Pounds 
lawfull  mony  to  her  her  Heirs  and  asigns  which  I  order  my  Ex^-  above 
aSTaraed  to  Pay  in  one  year  after  the  Deseas  of  me  and  my  wife  also  I 
Give  this  my  Daughter  one  Fether  Bead  and  the  Furnetuer  their  to 
Belonging  the  same  that  she  Xow  loges  upon  also  Two  small  Putter 
Platters  and  three  Putter  Plats  and  I  order  my  Executter  above  Xamed 
to  Provid  and  Bring  in  to  her  Imeadetly  after  the  Decase  of  me  and  my 
wife  Four  Bushels  of  Endion  Corn  and  Two  Bushels  of  Rje  and  one 
hundred  and  20  and  Twenty  Pounds  of  Good  Pork. 

And  wheiras  I  Did  Give  to  my  Daughter  Susanah  In  a  late  will 
which  I  Now  Disnowl  the  sum  of  Five  Pounds  Fourteen  shillings  and 
Two  Pence  lawfull  mony  she  Having  Reseaved  of  ray  Executter  above 
Xamed  that  full  sum  with  lier  Full  Part  of  the  Six  Pounds  Thirtean 
Shillings  and  Four  Pence  which  I  Gave  to  my  six  Daughters  for  there 
Funeral  Habit,  as  by  the  Recip  of  her  Husband  John  Tay  Baring 
Dat  February  the  11,  1769  may  be  mad  more  fully  to  appear  so  that  I 
Give  nothing  to  her  In  this  my  last  will  saving  her  Equall  Part  with 
the  Rest  of  her  sisters  In  my  houshold  stuff. 

further  My  will  is  and  I  Do  order  my  Executter  above  Xaraed  to 
lett  my  wife  have  the  uce  and  Improvement  of  Two  Good  Cows  and 
Find  a  hors  and  cary  my  s'^  wife  to  meeting  and  Elsewhare  as  she  shall 
have  occasion  and  also  lett  her  have  full  liberty  of  setting  In  my  Puee 
In  the  meettin.g  house  so  long  as  she  shall  Remain  my  wido. 

Also  my  will  is  that  my  Executter  above  Xaraed  shall  have  the 
liberty  to  ocepy  and  Improve  that  Part  of  my  Rail  Estat  which  I  have 
Given  the  Improvmeut  of  to  my  s^  wife  Paying  a  Reasnable  Rent  to 
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PIEKCE  PEDIGREE. 


her  yearly  and  Every  year,  and  if  they  Do  Not  agree  how  much  the 
Rent  shall  be  it  shall  be  left  to  ihi-ee  Inditerant  men  to  say  how  much 
the  Rent  shall  be  and  the  s*^  Executte  shall  have  the  Refusel  of  Im- 
proving he  Paing  the  lent  they  sett  it  at  and  if  he  Refuse  to  Give  the 
same  she  shall  have  full  libom  ty  to  lett  the  same  to  sum  other  Parson. 

And  I  Do  Heaiby  utterly  Disallow  and  Nulefye  all  and  Every  other 
Former  Wills  and  Testements  legacies  Bequeats  In  any  manner  by  me 
Named  willed  and  Bequethed  Rattifying  and  Confirming  this  and  and 
only  this  to  be  my  last  will  and  Testement  In  Confii-raation  where  of  I 
have  Hearunto  sett  my  hand  and  afixed  my  seal  the  Day  and  year  First 
mentioned. 

Signed  sealed  Published  and 
Pronunced  by  the  above  said 
James  Peirce  to  be  his  last 

will  and  Testement  In  his 

presence  of  us  JAMES  XI  PEIRCE  (Seal) 

SAMUEL  WYMAN  mark. 

NATHAN  RICHARDSON 

JOSIAH  PARKER. 

100.  Benjamin^  Pierce  {Benjamin^,  Thomas^^  Thomas^)^  b.  Aug. 
28,  1689;  m.  Martha  .    He  d.  Nov.  27,  1713.    Res.  Woburn. 

Children : — 

224.  i.      Benjamin,  b.  Apr.  26,  1712;  m.  Oct.  26,  1732,  Phebe  Thompson, 

b.  1704,  d.  Any;.  11,  1787;  m.  2nfl,  Dec.  9,  1787,  Jerusha  Rich- 
ardson, d.  1799.    He  d.  June  11,  1788. 

225.  ii.     Martha,  b.  Apr.  5,  1714.  (Posthumous.) 

105.  Thomas^  Pierce  {Beiijamin^,  77iomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov. 
23,  1702  ;  m.  Nov.  5,  1722,  Hannah  Locke,  b.  July  11,  1701,  d.  bef. 
Jan.  24,  1743,  for  at  that  time  he  m.  2nd,  Lydia  Gibbs.  He  d.  Mar. 
10,  1768.  He  first  went  to  Leicester,  then  to  Hopkinton.  His  wife 
was  admitted  to  the  church  in  that  town  in  1730,  by  letter  from  the 
church  at  Leicester.  In  1747,  he  resided  in  Franiingham.  Thomas 
Pierce  of  Framingham,  yeoman,  advanced  in  age  (will,  Feb.  22,  1768, 
pro.  Apr.  5,  1768),  names  his  w.  Ledy  (Exec),  liis  children,  vi/:  Jona- 
than, John,  Elizabeth,  Mary,  Martha,  Meliitabie,  his  s.  Thomas,  his  s. 
Benjamin,  the  heirs  of  his  s.  Timothy  dec'd,  his  s.  James,  his  d. 
Hannah  Ballard,  his  dau.  Hephzibah  Dolby  (Dolbier).  Agieeraent  of 
children  and  hi^irs  signed  by  Mary  Pierce,  Thomas,  Martha,  Jonathan, 
John,  Elizabeth  (all  Pieree),  Hannah  Ballard,  William  Ballard,  Hitte 
Pierce.    John  (over  14)  was  put  under  guardianship  A|)r.  5,  1768. 

A  veiy  singular  error  was  five  times  repeated  on  the  Middlesex  Pro- 
bate records  in  1747,  where  guaidians  were  appointed  to  the  children 
of  the  first  wife,  her  father  iiaving  deceased,  leaving  the  children 
propeity.  In  the  records  of  the  a]>pointment  of  guardian,  it  is  recited 
that  they  were  "  the  children  of  Thomas  Pierce,  late  of  Framingham, 


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deceased."  when  in  fact  he  did  not  die  till  twenty-one  years  after.  It 
was  the  wife  who  had  "deceased.'' 


Children  : — 

225a.  i.      Hanxah,  b.  Feb.  1,  1723  ;  m.  Aug.  2.5.  17-il,  William  Ballarcl,*  d.  in 

FramiDghain,  Dec.  10,  1802.    Ch.  :  Beulah,  m.  Sam'l  Ballarcl; 

Auna,  ra.  Epliraim  Pratt;  Esther,  m.  Jona.  Flagg.  Jr.  ;  Eben- 

ezer.  d.  imm.  ;  Sarah,  m.  A.  M.  Chandler. 
225|.  ii.     Bexjamix.  b.  172.j;  m.  Mav  7,  1752.  Mary  Larason. 
225^.  iii.    Thomas,  b.  1727;  m.  Apr.  26,  1750,  .Alary  Haven. 
225b.  iv.    Ebexezer,  b.  Dec.  22,   1728;  d.  bef.   1748;  not  mentioned  in 

father's  will. 

225c.  V.  Hepzibah,  b.  Apr.  18,  1731;  m.  in  King's  Chapel,  Boston,  Feb.  18, 
1760,  Beuiamin  Dolbier.  They  res.  in  Xewton,  Weston  and 
Terapleton.  Ch.  :  James,  b.  Xov.  5.  1760;  Timothy,  b.  Mar.  23, 
1762;  Samuel,  b.  Jan.  13,  1764;  Xathan,  b.  Dec.  23,  1765; 
Lvdia,  b.  Oct.  19,  1767:  Umphre,  b.  Jan.  1,  1769. 

2254.  Ti.    Timothy,  b.  Mar.  81,  1734;  m.  Mar.  27,  1755,  Abigail  Knap. 

225d.  yii.    James,  b.  Oct.  22,  1737. 

225e.  viii.  Phebe.  b.  July  22,  173!)  ;  d.  Mar.  1.  1755. 

225f.  ix.    Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  30.  1744:  m.  Apr.  25,  1771  Silas  Haven. 

225|.  X.     JoxATHAN,  b.  Dec  4.  1745;  m  L\dia   ;  res.  Framingham. 

Ch.  Jonathan,  b.  July  28.  1788. 

225g.  xi.     Mary,  b.  Aug.  7,  1748:  ui.  July  1,  1772.  Amos  Stimpson. 

225II.  xii.    Martha,  b.  June  25.  174'J. 

225^.  xiii.  Johx,  b.  Oct.  2  i,  1751;   m.   Mar.  3,  1773,  Alary  Brown. 
225j.  xiv.  Mehitable,  b.  July  21,  1758. 

106.  Zurishaddai'^  PiERCK  Qiij amli i? ,  Thomas'^.  Thomas^),  b. 
June  22,  1705  ;  ra.  July  24,  1728,  Abigail  Johnson.  They  d.  bef.  1762, 
in  Woburn. 

Josiah  Johnson,  Esq.,  of  Woburn.  was,  Mar.  29,  1762,  appd. 
guardian  to  Benjamin  (15  years  old  in  May.  17G1).  and  Hannah  Pierce, 
ch.  of  Zurishaddai,  late  of  Wobui'n,  died,  giving  bonds  with  Benjamin 
Reed,  Esq.,  of  Lexington. 


Children:  — 

226.  i.      Abigail,  b.  June  22,  1729. 

227.  ii.     Martha,  b.  Jan.  13.  1731;  d.  young. 

228.  iii.    Mary,  b.  Jan.  10,  1733. 

229.  iv.    Joxathax,  b.  May  22,  1737. 


*  AVas  b.  at  Lynn,  the  son  of  William,  gr.  son  of  Xathaniel,  and  gr.  gr.  son  of 
William,  all  of  Lynn.  William,  Sen.,  is^upp^sed  to  have  come  from  England 
in  the  James,  1634,  then  aged  32;  was  made  a  freeman  ^May  2,  1638:  was  a 
meuiber  of  the  Quarterly  Court  at  Salem,  the  same  year.  His  ch.  were  John, 
Xathaniel  and  Elizabeth.  He  d.  before  March  1,  1641,  making  a  nuncupative 
will,  by  which  he  gave  half  of  his  estate  to  his  wf.  and  half  to  his  child.  The 
name  was  sometimes  spelled  Ballord.  (For  a  further  account  of  the  Ballards 
see  Lewis'  History  of  Lynn,  and  Barry's  Hist,  of  Framingham) ,  William,  Jr., 
who  m.  Hannah  Fi.'rce,'was  a  miller;  his  house  was  destroyed  by  tire  in  1797, 
and  he  d.  Dec,  1802,  at  an  advanced  age. 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


230.  V.     Martha,  b.  Sept.  1,  1742;  m.  Aug.  8,  1769,  Samuel  Woolsy. 

231.  vi.    Benjamin,  b.  Apr.  27,  1746. 

232.  vii.  Hannah. 

113.  Josp:rH5  Pierce,  Jr. {J'oseph'^,  Jonathan^,  jSami^eP,  Thomas,'^), 
b.  Sept.  21,  1721  ;  ni.  Mar.  20,  1744,  Mary  Pierce;  d.  Nov.  5,  1807. 
They  res.  in  Chelmsford.    He  d.  June  14,  1796. 


Children : — 

233.  i.      Silas,  b.  July  22,  1744;  m.  Mar.  26,  1771,  Lucy  Spaulding;  m.  2d, 

Apr.  12,  1774,  Elizabeth  Barron;  m.  3rd,  Dec.  7,  1786,  Lydia 
Kichardson ;  ra.  4th,  Dec.  28,  1797,  Sarah  Goodhue ;  m.  5th, 
Sept.  1,  1800,  Bridget  Putman ;  m.  6th,  November  20,  1806, 
Hannah  Littlehale. 

234.  ii.     WiLLAED,  b.  Dec.  1,  1746;  m.  Mar.  23,  1780,  Olive  Kemp. 

235.  iii.    Levi,  b.  Eeb.  20,  1747;  m.  Jan.  3,  1776,  Remembrance  Fletcher. 

236.  iv.    Thankful,  b.  June  9,  1751;  m.  Samson  Walker;  d.  1828,  in 

Audover,  Vt.    Ch.  :  Thankful,  m.  Eli  Burnhap ;  Sarah,  m.  James 

Heald;  Mary,  m.  John  Eelton ;  Hannah,  m.    Gibson; 

Rachel,  m.  Daniel  Lamson ;  Amy,  m.  John  Hall;  Jesse,  m.  Lois 
Holt;  Tierce,  d.  unm. ;  Nathaniel,  d.  uum. 

237.  V.      Mary,  b.  May  16,  1755;  d.  Oct.  28,  1826. 

238.  vi.     Sarah,  b.  Dec.  30,  1759;  m.  Jan.  24,  1780,   Amos  Byam,  and 

2d,  Parkhurst. 

239.  vii.    Rachel,  b.  May  15,  1762;  m.  May  6,  1784,  Nathaniel  Harwood,  and 

2nd,  Bowers. 

240.  viii.  Joanna,  b.  Mar.  24,  1764;  m.  June  16,  1785,  James  Marshall. 

They  res.  in  Chelmsford,  and  had  James. 

In  the  Name  of  God  amen  the  Twenty  second  day  of  April  in  the 
year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  Seven  hundred  and  Ninety  Six  I,  Joseph 
Peirce  of  the  Town  of  Chelmsford  in  the  county  of  middlesex  and 
Coinmonwealth  of  massachusetts  yeoman  being  Infirm  in  Body  but  in 
Perfect  mind  and  memory  and  thanks  be  given  to  God  for  so  Grait  a 
Blessing  but  Bairing  in  mind  the  certenty  of  Death  and  the  uncertenty 
of  the  Time  there  of  but  knowing  it  is  appointed  unto  all  men  once  to 
die  I  do  make  and  ordain  this  as  my  Last  Will  and  Testament  that  is 
to  Say  Principly  and  above  all  I  Give  and  Recommend  my  Sole  into 
the  hands  of  God  that  Gave  it  and  my  Body  I  Recommend  to  the 
Earth  to  be  Buryed  in  a  Decant  and  christian  manner  at  the  Discretion 
of  my  executer  nothing  Doubting  but  at  the  General  Resurection  I 
shall  Receive  the  Same  again  by  the  mighty  Power  of  God  . 
and  touching  Such  Worldly  Estate  where  with  it  hath  Pleased  God  to 
Bless  me  in  this  Life  I  Give  and  Dispose  of  it  in  the  following  manner 
and  form  viz  ....  it  is  my  Will  and  order  that  all  my  Just 
Debts  and  Funeral  Charges  Should  be  payed  and  Satisfied  by  my 
Executor  hear  in  after  Named  to  be  Payed  out  of  my  Estate 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  well  beloved  wife  mary  the 
Improvement  of  all  my  Estate  Borth  Rieal  and  Personal  that  I  shall  die 
Seazed  and  Possessed  of  after  my  Just  Debts  and  Funeral  Charges  are 
Payed  During  her  Natural  Life.  .... 

Item    I  Give  unto  my  Two  Sons  Willard  and  Levi  the  Sum  of 


FITFH  GENERATION. 


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Thirty  three  Dollars  to  Each  of  them  or  their  Heirs  to  be  Payed  by 
ray  Executor  hear  after  named  within  one  year  after  the  Death  of  my 
Said  wife  ....... 

Item  I  Give  unto  my  Daughters  hearafter  named  viz  to  Thankful! 
Mary  Sarah  Rachel  and  Joanna  or  their  Heirs  the  Sum  of  thirty  three 
Dollar  to  Each  of  them  to  be  payed  by  my  Executor  hear  after  Named 
within  one  year  after  the  death  of  my  Said  wife. 

Item  it  is  further  my  will  that  my  Daughter  Mary  before  men- 
tioned have  the  Improvraent  of  my  middle  Room  and  the  Sellr  unter 
the  Same  So  Long  as  She  Shall  Remain  unmarried  after  the  death  of 
my  Said  wife. 

Itam  it  is  my  Will  further  that  at  the  Death  of  my  Said  wife  that 
all  my  Household  furniture  Should  be  Equilly  Devided  among  my 
Children 

Itam  it  is  my  Will  that  my  Executor  Should  pay  the  Funeral 
Charges  of  my  Said  wife. 

Turn  over 

Itam  furthermore  at  the  Deces  of  my  Said  wife  I  do  give  unto  ray 
Son  Silas  or  his  heirs  the  whol  of  the  Estate  Borth  Reail  and  personal 
that  shall  then  be  left  by  my  Said  wife  that  I  Died  Seazed  and  pos 
sessed  of. 

and  I  do  Like  wise  Constitute  and  ordayn  my  Said  Son  Silas  my 
Sole  Executor  of  this  ray  Last  Will  and  Testement  and  I  do  Confirm 
this  and  no  other  to  be  my  Last  Will  and  Testement  in  witness 
wher  of  I  do  hear  unto  Set  my  hand  and  Seal  this  twety  Second  day 
of  April  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and 
Ninety  Six 

Signed  Sealed  and  Delivered 
in  presence  of  us 

Henry  Coburn  JOSEPH  PEIRCE  (Seal) 

Samuel  Procter. 

Benj'*  Spaulding 

A  Copy,  Attest,  J.  H.  Tyler,  Register. 

122.    IsAAc^  Pierce  {Isaac^,  Jonathan^^  SamueP.  Thomas^),  b. 

Apr.  3,  1723  ;  m.  Miriam  James,  Aug.  8,  1746.*    She  d.   .  He 

d.  Jan.  7,  1792.    Res.  Boston. 

Children  : — 

241.  i.      Isaac,  b.  June  23,  1747;  d.  at  sea. 

241  i.  ii.     Erasmus,  b.  Sept.  22,  1748;  ra.  Mrs.  Susan  (Hewes)  Hinckley. 

242.  iii.    Miriam,  bap.  April  7,  1751;  m.  Robert  Hewes. 
242^,  iv.    Agnes,  b.  June  22,  1753 ;  ra.   Lobdell. 


*Miriam  James,  the  wife  of  Isaac  Pierce,  was  a  daughter  of  Demetrius 
James,  a  Scotchman,  who  set  up  a  fishery  at  Nantasl^et.  The  Indians  mur- 
dered all  the  family  but  the  wife  and  Miriam  (aged  8  years),  who  jumped  into 
a  boat  and  fled  to  Boston.  Erasmus  James,  brother  of  Demetrius,  came  with 
him  to  this  country  and  set  up  a  distillery  at  Boston. 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


243.  V.  Betsey,  b.  Oct.  12,  1754;  m.  Benjamin  Thompson. 

2434.  vi.  Joseph,  b.  Feb.  29,  1756;  m.  Sally  Pease. 

244:.  vii.  >Sarah,  bap.  Sept.  4,  1757;  d.  young. 

24:4^.  viii.  Deliverance,  b.  Oct.  11,  1758;  d.  young. 

D^l^vVnc,  ]  b^P-  March  8,  1761.  {  <>•  ^o-^- 

246.  xi.     Joanna,  bap.  July  25,  1762. 

246i.  xii.    John,  bap.  Aug.  14,  1763;  m.  Mrs.  Sarah  Lobdell. 

247.  xiii.  James,  b.  Sept.  7,  1764;  ra.  Polly  Peacock. 
247i.  xiv.  Annie,  b.   ;  m.  Joseph  Daniel  Clark. 

248.  XV.    Sarah,  bap.  Sept.  20,  1767. 

130.    Joshua^  Pierce  [Isaac"^,  Jonathan^^   SamueP^  Thomas^). 
b.  Aug.  28,  1740  ;  m.  Sarah  Saunders,  July  7,  1763.    Res.  Boston. 
Children : — 

248i.  i.    Sarah,  bap.  April  29,  1764. 

249.  ii.  Susanna,  bap.  Jan.  10,  1768. 

250.  iii.  Joshua,  bap.  July  2,  1769. 

133.  Stephen^  Pierce  {Stephen'^,  Jonathan^,  SamiieP,  Thomas^), 
b.  Apr.  5,  1729;  m.  Jan.  3,  1753,  Harriet  Gullison.  He  and  his  dau. 
were  aided  in  Reading,  1780.  She  d.  Jan.  3,  1800.  He  d.  prior  to 
1800.  Children:— 

251.  i.      Hannah,  bap.  Mar.  21,  1756;  ra.   Shepherd. 

252.  ii.     Stephen,  b.  Apr.  18,  1757;  prob.  d.  bef.  1780. 

138.  Samuel^  Pierce  {Stejjhen^^  Jonatharfi^  Samuel^,  Thomas^)^ 
bap.  Apr.  20,  1740;  m.  July  24,  1770,  Hannah  Larkin,  b.  Apr.  3,  1738, 
d.  May  17,  1784,  and  was  buried  on  Copp's  Hill;  m.  2nd,  Jemima 

 He  res.  in  Boston,  and  had  his  store  on  Fleet  street.    He  d. 

1803. 

Children : — 

253.  i.      Samuel,  b.  Aug.  17,  1785;  m.  Abigail  Winslow. 

254.  ii.     Betsey;  m.  Wilder. 

Estate— claimed,  at  Reading,  for  loss  of  1775,  sells  with  heirs  to  James 
Harrison,  1799. 

Admin,  to  B.  Hurd,  May  5,  1803,  left  land  on  Main  street,  next  to  Harrison, 
bounds  15,  19,  3,  52,  12,  71  ft.    Settled  on  widow. 

Admr.  sell  G.  Alexander,  ^  house,  1804. 

Heirs,  Samuel  Pierce,  painter,  of  Boston,  and  Betsey  Pierce,  of  Reading, 
sell  to  N.  R.  Holden,  lot  on  Main  street,  1819. 

153.  Capt.  Thomas^  Pierce  {Daniel^,  John"^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^), 
b.  Oct.  30,  1707;  ra.  Hannah  Thompson,  .July  27,  1732.  She  d.  Aug. 
14,  1767.    He  d.  May  19,  1790.    Res.  in  Wilmington.  Children:— 

255.  i.      Jacob,  b.  Nov.  18,  1738. 

256.  ii.     Esther,  b.  Aug.  27,  1741;  m.  Joseph  Harnden. 

155.  Joseph^  Pierce  {Daniel"^,  Johii^^  Thomas^ ^  Thomas^),  b. 
May  5,  1711  ;  m.  Abigail  Green,  Nov.  10,  1742,  b.  Apr.  2,  1713.  Res. 
Woburn.    Children  : — 


FIFTH  GENERATION. 


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257.  i.  Jonathan,^      .      ,    ^  ,3.  C  m.  Lettice  Warren. 

258.  ii.  Deborah,  /  ^'  ^'^  { 

259.  iii.  Josp:ph,  b.  Apr.  20,  1746. 

260.  iv.  Barzillai,  b.  Nov.  17,  1750;  m.  Isabel  Howe. 

156.  Daniel^  Pierce  {Daniel"^,  J'ohn^,  7'ho7nas^,  Thomas'^),  b. 
June  23,  1714  ;  m.  Sarah  Buck,  Dec.  23,  1741,  b.  Apr.  3,  1717.  She 
d.  May  13,  1758.  He  d.  Apr.,  1795.  Res.  in  Harvard  and  Lunen- 
burg.   Children : — 

261.  i.      David,  b.  Oct.  3,  1742;  ra.  Mrs.  Sarah  Mainer  [?]. 

262.  ii.     Abigail,  b.  Nov.  5,  1744;  d.  Sept.  6,  1746. 

263.  iii.    Reuben,  b.  March  7,  1747;  m.  Mary  Wood. 

264.  iv.     Samuel,  b.  May  21,  1749  ;  m.  Abigail  Carter  and  Elizabeth  Whiting. 

265.  V.     Jacob,  b.  Aug.  3,  1751;  m.  Rebecca  Whitcomb. 

266.  vi.     Sarah,  b.  Aug.  3,  1754;  d.  Mar.  3,  1771. 

267.  vii.   Abigail,  b.  Apr.  1,  1756. 

268.  viii.  Keziah,  b.  May  13,  1758;  m.  Julv  20,  1781,  Jno.  Holt  of  Jaffrey, 

N.  H. 

157.  JoHN^  Pierce  (Daniel'^,  John'^^  Tho7nas^,  Thomas^),  b.  May 
23,  1716  ;  m.  Hannah  Stone,  Nov.  22,  1744.  He  m.  2nd,  1747,  Hannah 
Houghton,  b.  1729.  She  died  Apr.  17,  1811.  He  d.  1779.  They 
united  with  the  Harvard  church  in  1745.  He  left  home  during  the 
Rev.  war,  and  it  was  supposed  he  was  killed  in  New  York  in  1779. 

Res.  Harvard  and  Bolton.    Children  : — 

269.  i.  Hannah,  b.  Aug.  18,  1745;  d.  Oct.  21,  1745. 

270.  ii.  Menieh,  b.  Oct.  19,  1748;  m.  Elisha  Houghton. 

271.  iii.  Hannah,  b.  May  6,  1750;  d.  Oct.  14,  1750. 

272.  iv.  Hannah,  b.  Oct.  25,  1751 ;  ra.  Lemuel  Burnhara. 

273.  V.  Thomas,  b.  Oct.  2,  1754;  d.  June  14,  1757. 

274.  vi,  Luther,  b.  May  16,  1764;  d.  1832;  unm. 

275.  vii.  John,  b.  May  22,  1759 ;  m,  Dinah  Sawyer. 

276.  viii.  Calvin,  b.  Mar.  1,  1766;  m.  Betsey  Brown  and  Mrs.  Lucy  Bridge. 

162.  Ebenezer^  Pierce,  Jr.  {Ebenezer^,  Jokn^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  11,  1711;  ra.  Feb.  25,  1742,  Mary  Stowe,  b.  Mar. 
22,  1719  ;  d.  Aug.  7,  1801.  He  d.  Mar.  2,  1805.  They  res.  in  Sutton 
and  Millbury. 


Children : — 

277.  i.      Mary,  b.  Feb.  4,  1743;  m.  Feb.  21,  1788,  Capt.  Abijah  Burbank 

and  had  no  issue. 

278.  ii.     Ebenezer,  b.  June  9,  1745;  m.  Eunice  Loomis. 

279.  iii.    Sarah,  b.  July  18,  1747;  d.  Dec.  9.  1769. 

280.  iv.    Ruth,  b.  Feb.  27,  1748;  d.  Sept.  30,  1750. 

281.  V.     Ruth,  b.  Nov.  25,  1750;  d.  Oct.  21,  1782. 

282.  vi.    Deborah,  b.  Oct.  28,  1752;  m.  July  5,  1786,  Samuel  Small.    Ch.  : 

Hannah,  m.  David  Phillips;  Sarah;  Aaron,  m.  Sally  Stone; 
Luther. 

283.  vii.   John,  b.  Apr.  20,  1754;  m.  Oct.  5,  1775,  Lucy  Snow. 

284.  viii.  Lydia,  b.  Feb.  19,  1756;  m.  Mar.  23,  1774,  Jedediah  Barton.    Ch.  : 

Rufus,  ra.  Nancy  Goddard  ;  Silence,  ra.  Jenison  Barton ;  Lucretia, 
m.  H.  B.  Harback;  Aaron,  m.  a  Park;  Pliney,  ra.  a  Clemence; 
Livey,  m.  a  Cleraence. 


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PIERCE  PEDIQKEE. 


285.  ix.    Jonathan,  b.  Sept.  17,  1757;  m.  Apr.  15,  1781,  Lydia  Bowman. 

286.  X.     David,  b.  Aug.  16,  1760;  m.  Dec.  9,  1783,  Sarah  Bridges. 

287.  xi.    Aaron,  b.  Apr.  16,  1762 ;  m.  Sept.  8,  1790,  Hannah  Greenwood. 

166.  Joshua^  Pierce  {Ehenezer^^  Joh'n?,  Thomas^^  Thoinas^),  b. 
May  2,  1718;  m.  Lois   .    He  d.  Oct.,  1745.    Res.  Lancaster.* 

Children : — 

288.  i.      Joshua,  b.  May  17,  1741;  m.  Lydia  Goodrich. 

289.  ii.     Jonathan,  b.  Jan.  20,  1744;  m.  Elizabeth  Cooper  and  Mrs.  Lydia 

Francis. 

169.  JosiAH^  Pierce,  Jr.  (e/bsm/i^,  John^,  Thomas^ ^  Thomas^)^  b. 
Mar.  30,  1720;  m.  Aug.  15,  1752,  Mary  Dorr,  b.  1717,  d.  Nov.  11, 
1753;  m.  2nd,  Jan.  15,  1756,  Mrs.  Ruth  (Siinonds)  Tliompson.  She 
was  the  mother  of  Benjamin  Thompson,  the  Count  de  Rumford  of 
Bavaria,  Germany.  She  d.  1811.  They  res.  in  Woburn.  He  d. 
Aug.  18,  1799,  in  Baldwin,  Me. 


Children : — 

290.  i.      Mary,  b.  Oct.  26,  1753;  d.  Dec.  28,  1753. 

291.  ii.     JosiAH,  b.  Aug.  27,  1756;  m.  Mar.,  1787,  Phebe  Thompson. 

292.  iii.    Hannah,  b.  Sept.  12,  1758  ;  d.  Dec.  24,  1762. 

293.  iv.    EUTH,  b.  Dec.  31,  1761  ;  m.  Clement  Neal  of  Portsmouth,  N.  H., 

and  d.  1826. 

294.  V.     John,  b.  May  26,  1764;  m.  Rebecca  Wilson. 

295.  vi.    Hannah,  b.  Jan.  15,  1768;  m.  June  12,  1791,  Bernard  Douglass, 

and  d.  1803. 

170.  JoHN^  Pierce  {Josiah^^  John^^  Thomas^,  Thomas^)^  b.  Aug. 
13,  1724;  m.  Res.  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.  Children:— 

296.  i.    Daniel;  b.  1742;  m.  Mercy  Gates. 

297.  ii.    Joseph,  b.  1749;  m.  Margaret  Gates. 

298.  iii.  Thomas,  b.  1756;  m.  Abigail  . 

172.  Thomas^  Pierce  {Thomas'^,  Thomas^^  Thomas^,  Thomas^) 
b.  Oct.  10,  1696 ;  m.  Mary  Parkhurst,t  b.  Nov.  30,  1703.  She  d.  Nov. 
30,  1789.    He  d.  Jan.  18,  1762.    Res.  Plainfield,  Conn. 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  his  will :  "  As  touching  my  worldly  goods 
wherewith  it  hath  jjleased  God  to  bless  me  in  this  life  I  give  and 
bequeath  of  the  same  in  the  following  manner.    I  give  and  Bequeath 

♦Joshua  Pierce  was  a  captain  of  artillery  in  the  French  and  Indian  war,  and 
was  killed  in  action  in  October,  1745,  by  being  struck  by  a  cannon  ball  in  the 
stomach.  He  had  on  his  person,  when  killed,  a  sword  which  he  had  pre- 
viously taken  from  the  body  of  a  French  officer,  bearing  the  date  of  1414. 
This  same  sword  was  worn  by  his  two  sons  in  the  Revolutionary  war,  at 
different  times,  one  under  General  Washington  and  the  other  under  General 
Lafayette.    It  is  still  in  possession  of  the  family. 

t  Mary  Parkhurst  was  the  first  white  child  born  in  Plainfield. 


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49 


to  Maiy  my  beloved  wife  the  use  of  my  Dwelling  house  except  that 
part  hereafter  mentioned,  and  the  use  <fe  improvement  of  one  half  of 
my  house  place  with  half  the  use  &  improvement  of  all  my  land  in 
the  General  iield  except  what  is  now  on  the  High  phain  During  her 
Natural  Life  &  also  both  my  Negro  man  &  woman  and  that  ray 
Negro  man  be  free  after  my  s^  wife's  decease  only  he  shall  be  under 
the  care  of  my  son  John  and  shall  be  maintained  by  my  s*^  sou  when 
he  is  Incapable  of  Providing  for  himself  Likewise  I  give  to  my 
wife  all  my  household  goods  except  what  is  hereafter  disposed  of  and 
one  third  of  all  my  farming  impliments  During  her  Natural  life  and 
one  yoke  of  Oxen  four  cows  forty  sheep  and  all  my  swine  meaning 
that  my  household  goods  except  what  is  hereafter  mentioned  be  at  her 
own  disposal,  and  also  the  above  mentioned  creatures  and  likewise  my 
shorel  mare  and  her  year  old  colt  and  also  a  2  years  old  colt  that 
come  of  my  "Cutler""  mare  so  called. 

I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  son  John  Pierce  all  ray  home  Place 
above  mentioned  except  what  is  on  the  high  plain  above  and  with-all 
Priviledges  their  unto  Belonging  to  be  to  him  his  heirs  &  assigns 
forever.  Except  the  use  &  improvements  above  bequeathed  to  ray 
s^  wife  of  one  half  therein  of  as  above  and  also  four  acres  Hereafter 
Disposed  of  Likewise.  I  give  and  Bequeath  unto  ray  s'^  sou  the  land 
I  had  frora  Mr.  Wm.  Dean  which  land  lyes  North  of  Moosup  River 
and  contains  about  sixty  five  acres  to  be  at  his  disposal  in  order  to 
pay  my  just  Debts  and  the  legacies  hereafter  mentioned  also  I  give 
unto  my  s*^  son  my  Clock  after  ray  wife's  deceased  and  the  other  two 
thii'ds  of  my  farming  impliraents  and  the  hole  of  thera  after  my  s'^ 
wife's  decease  and  the  remaining  part  of  my  stock  and  creature  Except 
what  is  here  in  other  wise  disposed  of. 

I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  daughter  Lois  the  wife  of  Andrew 
Backus  one  half  of  my  Winthrop  &  Gerald  faimi  lying  North  of  s'^ 
Moosup  River  for  quanity  &:  quality  to  be  to  her  &  to  the  heirs  of 
her  body  forever  with  all  priviledges  to  same,  belonging  likewise, 

I  give  to  s*^  Andrew  Backus  all  my  land  lying  on  the  high  plain  above 
Being  North  from  the  house  that  AVilliam  Lovejoy  now  lives  in  to  be 
to  hira  &  his  heirs  forever  to  be  Disposed  of  by  hira  for  his  best  ad- 
vantage and  also  one  heifer  coming  three  years  old. 

I  give  unto  my  daughter  Eunice  the  other  lialf  of  my  s'^  Winthrop  & 
Gerald  farra  tobe  to  her  &  to  the  heirs  of  her  body  forever  with  all  the 
priviledges  to  the  same  Belonging  but  if  she  shall  die  without  such  heir 
or  heirs  then  ray  s"'  daughter  Lois  and  her  heirs  shall  tiave  the  same  Like- 
wise. T  give  to  my  s''  daughter  Eunice  all  my  land  in  Kent  in  the  County 
Litchfield  containing  three  Hundred  and  fifteen  acres  to  be  disposed  of 
to  the  best  advantage  for  her  by  ray  Executor  hereafter  Naraed  and  if 
she  shall  die  without  an  heir  as  above  s'^  or  before  she  shall  have  occa- 
tion  for  s^  Land  then  my  son  John  above  naraed  shall  have  the  sarae. 
Likewise  I  give  her  ray  riding  horse  and  a  new  side  sadle  Three  cows 
with  calf  and  twenty  sheep  and  two  feather  beds  and  furniture  the 
one  which  stands  in  the  west  charaber,  and  the  other  my  Executor 
hereafter  naraed  shall  provide  for  her  and  fifty  five  pounds  in  lawful 


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money  in  four  months  after  she  shall  be  Eighteen  Years  of  age  to  be 
paid  to  her  by  my  s*^  Executor  &  Six  large  New  Silver  Spoons  which 
are  now  in  the  house  and  also  the  west  Chamber  of  my  Dwelling 
House  with  the  Priviledges  thereinto  belonging  so  long  as  she  shall 
remain  unmairied  only  it  is  to  be  understood  that  the  widow  Ruth 
Gerald  is  to  have  her  fire  wood  off  my  Winthrop  &  Gerald  farm 
during  her  life. 

I  give  to  my  sister  Eachel  the  wife  of  Jesse  Osmer  four  punds 
lawful  money  in  six  months  after  my  decease.  I  give  to  my  cousin 
Samuel  Pierce  four  acres  of  Plow  land  to  be  measured  of  to  him  by 
my  Executor  to  be  to  him  &  his  Heirs  forever.  1  give  to  Stephen  the 
son  of  my  cousin  John  Pierce  three  pounds  in  lawful  money  to  be  paid 
by  my  Executors.  I  give  to  my  Beloved  friend  Elizabeth  Spalding 
five  pounds  lawful  money  to  be  paid  by  my  Executor. 

I  give  to  each  of  my  cousin  Asa  Kingsbury's  children  one  Ewe  and 
lamb  out  of  those  sheep  that  is  now  in  s'^  Asa  custody. 

T  give  to  the  Congregationals  Comonly  known  by  the  name  of  the 

Seperate  Church  "  in  s''  Plainfield  the  sum  of  thirty  pounds  in  lawful 
money  to  be  paid  in  three  years  after  my  decease  by  my  s*^  Executor. 

And  I  do  hereby  appoint  and  ordain  my  sou  John  Pierce  my  sole 
Executor. 

Children 

299.  i.      John,  b.  Feb.  10,  1724;  ra.  Zeuriah  Spalding. 

300.  ii.     Phineas,  b.  Sept.  28,  1725;  d.  May  9,  1751. 

301.  iii.    Stephen,  b.  Oct.  31.  1727;  d.  May  12,  1751. 

302.  Iv.    Susanna,  b.  May  19,  1730;  d.  May  9,  1751. 

303.  V.      Lois,  b.  Aug-.  19,  1732;  m.  Andrew  Backus. 

304.  vi.    Timothy,  b.  May  22,  1734;  supposed  d.,  as  not  spoken  of  in  will 

above. 

305.  vii.   Maby,  b.  Dec.  7,  1735;  d.  Nov.  10,  1748. 

306.  viii.  Esther,  b.  Oct.  17,  1740;  d.  Nov.  16,  1746. 

307.  ix.    Eunice,  b.  Jan.  30,  1744;  m.  Isaac  Knight. 

173.    Ebenezer^  Pikuck  7Viomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas'^), 

b.  Sept.  10,  1698;  m.  Lydia   .    He  d.  1739.    Res.  Plainfield, 

Conn.    Children : — 

308.  i.  Lemuel,  b.  Nov.  16,  1730;  m.  Dorcas  Spalding. 

309.  ii.  Lydia,  b.  July  27,  1732;  d.  Aug.  17,  1737. 

310.  iii.  Annesepu,  b.  Apr.  17,  1734. 

311.  iv.  Temperance,  b.  Julv  23,  1736. 

312.  v.  William,  b.  1738. 

313.  vi.  Elizabeth. 

Thomas  Pierce  was  appointed  guardian  of  Lerauel  and  William  in  1738. 

175.  Amos^  Pierce  (  Thoma^'^^  Thomas^^  Thomas^^  Thomas^)^  b. 
Aug.  3,  1702;  m.  Mary  Spaulding,  d.  P'eb.  24,  1768;  m.  2nd,  Widow 
Pyer.    He  d.  1791.    They  res.  in  Killingly  and  Canaan,  Conn. 

Children  :— 

314.  i.      Keziah,  b.  Feb.  4,  1727;  m.  John  Franklin. 


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315.  ii.     Thomas,  b.  Julv  2,  1729;  m.  Nov.  19,  1755,  Olive  Green. 

316.  iii.    IcHABOD,  b.  Mar.  12,  1781. 

317.  iv.    Mary,  b.  July  24,  1733;  m.  Samuel  Howe. 

318.  V.     Lucy,  b.  Sept.  12,  1735;  m.  Samuel  Forbes.    She  d.  Oct.  8,1813, 

leaving  one  ch.  Abigail,  m.  John  Adams. 

319.  vi.    EuTH,  b.  July  25,  1737;  m.   Turner,  and  d.  June  13,  1760. 

320.  vii.   Silas,  b.  Oct.  9,  1739.    He  died  Sept.  3,  1760,  and  left  a  son 

Joseph. 

321.  viii.  Amos,  b.  Sept.  6,  1742;  m.  Lois  Fellows. 

.  322.  ix.    Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  6,  1714;  m.  Xathaniel  Lawrence. 

323.  X.     Esther,  b.  Jan.  16,  1747;  m.  Rev.  Mr.  Campbell. 

324.  xi.     Edward,  b.  Jan.  24,  1749;  d.  Apr.  24,  1749. 

325.  xii.   Phineas,  b.  Jan.  24,1751;  m.  Oct.  10,  1771,  Ruth  Gaines;  m. 

2nd,  Jan.  13,  1803,  Ruth  Beebe. 

176.  JoHN^  Pierce  {Thomas^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas'^),  b. 

Feb.  10,  1704:;  m.  — — .    Res.  Plaiiifield,  Conn.,  and  \Yyo- 

ming,  Pa. 

In  a  deed  given  by  John  Pierce  be  recites  as  source  of  title  :  wbicb 
lands  I  received  fiom  my  Hon^  father,  Thomas  Pierce,  of  Plainfield, 
Conn. 

Child  :— 

325i.  i.      John,  b.  Feb.  18,  1750;  m.  Tamar  Tift. 

177.  Timothys  Pierce,  Jr.  {Timothy'^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas'^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  7,  1698;  m.  June  12,  1723,  Mary  Wheeler.  They 
res.  in  Plainfield,  Conn.    He  d.  bef.  1761. 


Children 

326.  i.      Lydia,  b.  Nov.  1,  1724;  m.  Oct.,  1742,  Rev.  Thos.  Stevens. 

327.  ii.     Mary,  b.  Nov.  15,  1728;  m.  Oct,  1,  1747,  Reubt.'n  Spaulding,  b. 

Feb.  24,  1727,  d.  Jan.  10,  1765.  She  d.  1826.  Ch.  :  Mary,  b. 
June  19,  1748,  m.  Ebenezer  Parkhurst;  Azel,  m.  Mary  Cole; 
Reuben,  b.  Dec.  15,  1758,  m.  Jerusha  Carpenter;  Pedew,  d. 
young;  Phineas,  d.  young. 

328.  iii.    Hannah,  b.  Sept.  8,  1730. 

329.  iv.    Phebe,  b.  Mav  27,  1732;  m.  Dec.  6,  1779,  John  Parkhurst. 

330.  V.     Timothy,  Jr.",  b.  MAy  22,  1734;  m.  Aug.  8,  1754,  Eunice  Fish ; 

m.  2nd,  Hannah  Gilkey. 

331.  vi.  AzEL. 

332.  vii.   JosiAH,  b.  1745;  m.  Lydia  Sheppard. 

333.  viii.  Sarah;  m.  Dec.  26,  1758,  Squire  Sheppard. 

178.  Kathaniel^  Pierce  ( 2'imo^%S  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thom- 
as^), b.  June  3,  1701  ;  m.  Feb.  20,  1723,  Elizabeth  Stevens,  b.  1707,  d. 
July  13,  1748;  m.  2nd,  Mrs.  Simonds.  He  d.  1775.  They  res.  in 
Plainfield  and  Pomfret,  Conn. 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


Children  : — 

334.  i.  Ruth,  b.  Nov.  27,  1725 ;  m.  Coit. 

335.  ii.  Nathaniel,  b.  Mar.  19,  1728 ;  m.  Priscilla  Sheppard. 

336.  iii.  EzEKiEL,  b.  Dec.  18,  1730;  m.  Esther  Blodgett. 

337.  iv.  Phebe,  b.  Feb.  5,  1732;  d.  Apr.  13,  1751. 

338.  V.  Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  30,  1736;  d.  July  13,  1748. 

339.  vi.  Jedediah,  b.  Feb.  22,  1740;  m.  Apr.  11,  1764,  Susanna  Eaton. 

340.  vii.  WiLLAKD,  b.  Mar.  6,  1743 ;  m.  Jerusha  Pellett. 

181.  Capt.  Benjamin^  Pierce  {Timothy^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  June  7,  1710;  m.  Hannah  Smith,  d.  Sept.  25,  1736;  m. 
2nd,  July  15,  1737,  Naomy  Richards,  d.  July  20,  1757  ;  m.  3rd,  Aug. 
31,  1758,  Sarah  Mills;  ra.  4th,  Jan.  28,  1762,  Sarah  Holt.  He  was 
captain  in  the  Revolutionary  war,  and  d.  Feb.  7,  1782.  He  res.  in 
Brooklyn,  Conn. 


Children  : — 

341.  i.      Nehemiah,  b.  May  27,  1730;  m.  May  3,  1759,  Lydia  Sheppard. 

342.  ii.     Hannah,  b.  Feb.  5,  1733;  m.  1764,  Isaac  Burtou ;  d.  Dec,  1841. 

Ch.  :  Nehemiah  P.,  b.  June  30,  1796;  Jos.  H.,  b.  Sept.  27,  1791; 
Isaac,  b.  Mar.  21,  1768;  Benjamin,  b.  Aug.  3,  1789;  Hannah, 
b.  Apr.  10,  1798;  David,  b.  Mar.  31,  1801;  Sarah,  b.  June  5, 
1804;  Louisa,  b.  June  8,  1808.    They  res.  in  Lisbon,  Vt. 

343.  iii.    Oliver,  b.  June  27,  1736 ;  d.  uum.  in  Coventry,  June  27, 1837,  aged 

101  years. 

344.  iv.    Olive,  b.  Mar.  29,  1738 ;  m.  Abbott. 

345.  V.     RuFUS,  b.  Sept.  27,  1740;  d.  Dec.  23,  1741. 

346.  vi.    Rachel,  b.  Feb.  19,  1742;  m.  Dec.  28,  1760,  John  Gilbert,  b.  1746; 

d.  Sept.  30,  1785.  She  d.  1827.  They  res.  in  Brooklyn  and 
-  Pomfret,  Conn.  Ch.  :  John  W.,  b.  Oct.  11,  1770,  m.  Mrs.  Augusta 
Ames;  Dorcas  and  Delight,  b.  Oct.  23,  1772,  m.  Charles  Dabney 
and  John  Dresser;  Hanuali,  b.  Oct.  27,  1774,  m.  Christopher 
Hvde;  Perigrine,  b.  Jan.  4,  1777,  m.  Charity  Bruce;  Esther,  b. 
Apr.  2,  1779,  m.  Zadoc  Eaton;  Wyllys,  b.  Apr.  2,  1782,  m.  Sally 
Kingsbury;  Septimus  and  Sarepta,  b.  Oct.  2,  1783,  m.  Sally 
Barker  and  Lodana  Pearl,  and  Calvin  Tucker;  Jasper,  b.  Nov. 
14,  1785,  m.  Elizabeth  H.  Rose. 

347.  vii.   Lyte,  b.  July  23,  1745;  d.  Sept  21,  1804. 

348.  viii.  Delano,  b.  Nov.  19,  1748;  m.  Nov.  1,  1770,  Abigail  Hammond. 

349.  ix.    TiMEUS,  b.  June  3,  1751;  m.  May  4,  1779,  Elizabeth  Grosvenor. 

350.  X.     Rurus,  b.  Sept.  7,  1753 ;  m.  Sarah  Whitney. 

351.  xi.    DiADEMA,  b.  Apr.  14,  1756;  m.  Timothy  Prince. 

182.  Major  Ezekiel^  Pierce  {Timothy^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^^ 
Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  8,  1712;  m.  Feb.  11,  1736,  Lois  Stevens,  b.  1718, 
d.  June  25,  1762.  Major  Pierce  was  Town  Clerk  of  Plainfield,  Conn., 
from  1749  to  1754,  and  of  Wyorainpf,  or  Westmoreland,  Penn.,  at  the 
first  town-meeting  of  that  town.  He  res.  in  Plainfield,  Conn.,  and 
Wyoming,  Penn. 

Major  Ezekiel  Pierce,  as  Town  Clerk  of  Westmoreland,  Pa.,  makes 
the  following  Entries  : 

April  25,  1772,  Major  Ezekiel  Pierce  appointed  one  of  a  committee 
to  admit  settlers  in  6  mile  Townships. 


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Oct.  2,  1772.  Major  Ezekiel  Pierce  appointed  one  of  a  committee 
to  provide  a  habitation  for  Rev.  Jacob  Johnson  for  the  winter. 

Abel  Pierce  chosen  Constable  for  Kingston  township  for  1772. 

March  30,  1773.  Major  Ezekiel  Pierce  one  of  a  committee  to  receive 
bonds  given  for  settling  rights. 

June  21,  1773.  Major  Ezekiel  Pierce  apppointed  one  of  a  committee 
to  assist  in  regulating  the  settlement  of  the  Towns  and  to  redress 
grievances. 

Children : — 

352.  i.      Abel,  b.  Dec.  15,  1736;  m.  Ruth  Sheppard. 

353.  ii.     Alice,  b.  Nov.  17,  1738;  cl.  unm. 

354.  iii.    Daniel,  b.  Jan.  30,  1740;  taken  prisoner  at  Wyoming. 

355.  iv.    Lydia,  b.  Feb.  17,  1743. 

356.  V.     John,  b.  Mar.  10,  1745;  killed  July  3,  1778. 

357.  vi.    Timothy,  b.  June  23,  1747 ;  m.  Hannah  Gore. 

358.  vii.   Hannah,  b.  Jan.  25,  1749;  d.  unm. 

359.  viii.  Phineas,  b.  Jan.  17,  1751. 

360.  ix.    Lois,  b.  May  6,  1753. 

361.  X.     Phebe,  b.  Sept.  15,  1755. 

The  History  of  Wyoming  has  the  following :  Major  Ezekiel  Pierce, 
the  father  of  the  Pierce  family,  was  the  ready  writer  of  early  days  and 
for  a  succession  of  years  clerk  of  the  town,  the  records  being  in  his 
handwriting.  He  had  five  sons  all  grown  to  manhood  when  he  moved 
from  Plainfield,  Conn,  to  Wyoming  in  1771 — and  must  therefore  been 
advanced  towards  the  decline  of  life.  Their  names  were  Abel,  Daniel, 
John,  Timothy  and  Phineas.  When  in  June,  1778,  the  two  inde- 
pendent companies  were  consolidated  into  one  under  Capt.  Spaulding, 
Timothy  and  Phineas  were  commissioned  1st  and  2nd  lieutenants. 
Timothy  was  one  of  the  three  who  rode  all  night  befoi-e  the  battle, 
arrived  after  the  troops  had  marched  out,  followed  and  fell.  John  also 
was  slain  in  the  engagement. 

185j.  Jabez^  Pierce  {Timothy'^,  Thomas^,  I'homas^,  Thomas^), 
b.   ;  m.  Susannah  Sheppard,  Jan.  27,  1748;  b.   .  Res.  Plain- 
field,  Conn.    Children  : — 

36U.  i.     Lydia,  b.  July  23,  1749. 
36l|.  ii.    Stephen,  b.  Nov.  19,1751. 

186.    Robert^  Pierce  {Stephen'^,  Stephen?,  Thomas^,  Thomas^), 

b.  Jan.  19,  1708;  m.  Maiy  d.  June  5,  1761.    They  res.  in 

Chelmsford. 

Children  :— 

362.  i.      Ephraim,  b.  Jan.  1,  1733;  m.  Oct.  2,  1760,  Bridget  Parker. 

363.  ii.     William,  b.  Oct.  29,  1735;  ra.  Mar.  19,  1761,  Elizabeth  Pierce. 

364.  iii.    Mary,  b.  Aug.  5,  1742;  m.  Jan.  29,  1765,  Joseph  Dunn. 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


187.  Oliver^  Pierce  {Stephen^,  Stephen^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^\ 
b.  May  15,  1709;  m.  Mar.  21,  1733,  Ann  Hunt;  m.  2nd,  July  14,  1714, 
Hannah  Adams.    They  res.  in  Chehusford. 


Children : — 

364^.  i.     Elizabeth,  b.  Dec.  30,  1734;  in.  Oliver  Bowers. 
364^.  ii.    Ann,  b.  Sept.  13,  1736. 

365.  iii.  Oliver,  b.  May  20,  1742;  m.  Dec.  21,  1769,  Deborah  Stevens. 

366.  iv.   Hannah,  b.  Feb.  5,  1744;  m.  Feb.  27,  1772,  John  Dunn. 

367.  v.    Sybell,  b.  Oct.  5,  1746 ;  m.  June  8,  1775,  Silas  Spalding,  b.  Oct.  30, 


1746,  d.  Mar.  7, 1846.  She  d.  Nov.  6,  1834.  They  res.  in  Chelms- 
ford, Mass.,  and  Hollis,  N.  H.  Ch.  :  Sybil,  b.  iFeb.  14,  1776,  m. 
Thad.  Wheeler;  Sally,  b.  Mar.  8,  1777,  m.  Josiah  Blood;  Silas,  b. 
May  30,  1779,  m.  Dorcas  Chandler;  Simeon,  b.  Feb.  7,  1782,  m. 
Hannah  Dow^;  Rebecca,  b.  Apr.  10,  1785,  m.  Charles  Eastman 
and  Josiah  Blood;  Esther,  b.  Jan.  30,  1787,  m.  Jona.  T. 
Wheeler. 


368.  vi.    Esther,  b.  Aug.  23,  1748;  m.  May  10,  1770,  Ephraim  Parkhurst. 

369.  vii.   Jonas,  b.  Jan.  22,  1750;  m.  Betsey  Dunn. 

370.  viii.  Jonathan,  b.  Apr.  7,  1752;  m.  Hannah  Perham ;  m.  2nd,  Nov. 


27,  1788,  Esther  Spalding;  m.  3rd,  Jan.  18,  1810,  Lydia 
Conant;  ra.  4th,  July  26,  1821,  Molley  Batchelor. 


371.  ix.     Stephen,  b.  Aug.  15,  1754;  m.  Hannah  Marshall. 

372.  X.     Ruth,  b.  Sept.,  1756;  m.  May  6,  1783,  Andrew  Spalding,  b.  Feb. 


10,  1761.  Ch.  :  Nabby,  b.  Dec.  2,  1783,  m.  Thos.  Hutchins; 
Anna,  b.  July  10,  1785,  m.  Samuel  Perham;  Polly,  b.  Apr.  10, 
1792,  m.  Dr.  Asa  Byara ;  Ruth,  b.  May  26,  1794,  m.  King  Park- 
hurst; David,  b.  Jan.  15,  1796,  d.  Feb.  24,  1798;  Phebe,  m. 
Benjamin  P.  Hutchins;  Hannah,  m.  Oliver  Hutchins. 


373.  xi.     Olive,  b.  July  13,  1759;  m.  Dec.  1,  1791,  Abijah  Spalding,  b. 
Nov.  12,  1759;  no  issue. 

189.    William^  Pierce  {Stephen'^,  Stephen^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^), 

b.  May  7,  1713  ;  m.  Sarah   .    He  d.  May  16,  1754.    They  res. 

in  Groton. 


Children  : — 

374.  i.      Sarah,  b.  Nov.  3,  1740 ;  m.  Samuel  Shattuck. 

375.  ii.     William,  b.  May  27,  1742.    He  ran  away  from  home  when  a  small 

boy,  and  nothing  further  was  ever  known  of  his  whereabouts. 

376.  iii.    John,  b.  Jan.  26,  1743;  m.  Tobathy  Porter. 

377.  iv.    Lucy,  b.  Apr.  20,  1745;  m.   King. 

378.  v.     Elizabeth,  b.  May  7,  1747 ;  m.  Joseph  Hartwell. 

379.  vi.    Lydia,  b.  Nov.  8,  1748;  m.  Peter  Waite. 

380.  vii.    Silas,  b.  July  27,  1750;  ra.  Hannah  Woods,  b.  Sept.  4,  1764.  He 


d.  Nov.  22,  1809.    He  res.  in  Peterboro',  N.  H. 

Captain  Silas  Pierce  was  born  in  Shirley  in  1750,  and  died  in 
Peterboro',  N.  H.,  Nov.  22,  1809.  He  married  Hannah  Woods, 
daughter  of  General  Woods  of  Pepperell.    He  purchased  in 


FIFTH  GENERATION. 


65 


1790  the  farm  of  Asa  Pierce  of  Peterboro',  N.  H.,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  the  widow's  third,  and  a  part  of  the  Hoo;g  or  Shep- 
pard  farm.  He  was  an  officer  in  the  army  of  the  Revolution 
during  the  war.  The  late  Gov.  Benj.  Pierce  of  N.  H.  was  his 
cousin,  and  said  to  have  been  his  waiter  in  the  army  for  a  time. 
Captain  Pierce  was  wounded  in  the  left  arm,  in  consideration 
of  which  a  pension  was  granted  him.  His  arm  was  rendered 
stiff  by  the  wound.  He  was  a  short,  thick-set  man  with  a 
Koman  nose  and  commanding  personal  presence.  After  the 
war  he  moved  to  Peterboro',  and  went  into  trade  at  Hunt's 
Corner,  soon  failed  by  some  bad  management  of  a  partner,  and 
was  left  burdened  with  debts.  He  and  his  wife  now  laid  aside 
all  show  of  gentility,  to  which  they  had  before  made  some  claim ; 
moved  into  a  log-house  on  the  hill  east  of  the  house  of  the  Hayes 
family ;  went  to  work, — he  as  a  layer  of  stone-wall  for  fence, 
she  as  a  weaver.  They  soon  moved  into  better  quarters,  but 
still  humble,  near  the  house  which  he  afterwards  built,  in 
which  Moses  Fairbanks  now  lives.  They  both  worked  very 
hard  for  many  years,  paid  off  all  their  old  debts,  and  purchased 
of  real  estate  and  acquired  the  means,  with  the  aid  of  a  small 
property  left  to  Mrs.  P.  by  the  will  of  her  father,  to  pass  the 
latter  years  of  their  lives  in  comparative  ease  and  comfort. 
But  he  did  not  livelong  to  enjoy  his  improved  condition.  They 
were  both  much  respected.  The  widow  Pierce  married  James 
Brazer,  Esq.,  of  Grotou,  Mass.,  a  wealthy  merchant  of  that 
place.    They  had  no  issue. 

380i.  viii.  Oliver,  b.  Mar.  4,  1752;  d.  Mar.  4,  1752. 
380|.  ix.    Anna,  b.  Mar.  3,  1756;  d.  Aug.  18,  1775. 

190.  Stephen^  Pierce,  Jr.  {Stephen^,  Stephen'^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  10,  1715;  m.  Feb.  6,  1745,  Betsey  Bowers.  They 
res.  in  Chelmsford.    Children  : — 

381.  i.  Sarah,  b.  Dec.  20,  1745;  m.  John  Stevens. 

382.  ii.  Lucy,  b.  Oct.  14,  1748;  m.  Stephen  Saunders. 

383.  iii.  Betsey,  b.  Nov.  17,  1751;  m.  Ephraim  Adams. 

384.  iv.  Robert,  b.  Apr.  13,1754;  m.  Mary  Trull.    He  was  in  the  Revolu- 

tionary war  after  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill. 

385.  V.     Ann,  b.  Oct.  19,  1756. 

386.  vi.    Stephen,  b.  Feb.  5,  1759;  m.  Dec.  25,  1787,  Phebe  Trull. 

195.  Benjamin^  Pierce  {Stephen'^,  Stephen^,  Thomas^,  Thoiiias^), 
b.  Nov.  25,  1726  ;  ra.  Elizabeth  Merrill  of  Methuen,  b.  Feb.  22,  1728  ; 
she  m.  2nd,  a  Bowers.    He  d.  June  16,  1764.    They  res.  in  Chelmsford. 


Children  : — 

387.  i.      Rebecca,  b.  Eeb.  24,  1746 ;  m.  Solomon  Corey. 

388.  ..      Jesse,  u  T^..  95  1748  •/ ^- ^o""^- 

389.  Phebe,  1^^^"®'  ^'  Im.  Edward  Foster. 

390.  iii.    Lydia,  b.  Sept.  11,  1750. 

391.  iv.    Leafey,  b.  May  1,  1752;  m.   Dodge. 

392.  V.      Susanna,  b.  Nov.  11,  1754;  d.  Dec.  11,  1775. 

393.  vi.    Benjamin,  b.  Dec.  25,  1757;  m.  May  24,  1787,  Elizabeth  Andrews; 

m.  2nd,  Feb.  1,  1790,  Anu  Kendrick. 

394.  vii.    Esther,  b.  June  12,  1761;  m.  Timothy  Kendall. 

395.  viii.  Merrill,  b.  Jan.  29,  1764;  m.  Dorcas  Barker. 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


A  Inventory  of  the  Estate  of  M"".  Benjamin  Pierce  Late  of  Chelms- 
ford, in  the  County  of  middlesex  Yeoman.  Deceast  taken  by  us  the 
Subscribers  July  y^  19th  A.  D:  1764  as  the  Same  was  Shown  to  us. 

and  by  us  apprized,  we  being  appointed  and  Sworn  for  that  purpose 
which  is  as  followeth — 

Imprimas 

Wearing  apparel  :  a  thin  old  Coat  and  Jacket  9 /8  Leather 

Breetches  15/  £l_4— 8 

Item  a  Great  Coat  1 8/  old  Coats  2 /8  old  Shirt  3 /  1—3—8 

Item  Stockens  &  Shoes  3/9  woolen  mittens  1  /6  old  hat  1/6  0 — 4 — 9 

Item  a  Gun  12/  Books  2/8  0-14—8 

Item  Best  Bed  and  furniture  37 /4  other  bed  and  furniture  32/8  3-10 — 0 

Item  and  old  Bed  and  furniture  21/  Pueter  Vessels  13/6  1-14 — 6 

Item  a  Small  Iron  pot  and  Skillet  6/  frying  pan  2/4  0 — 8 — 4 

Item  Earthen  and  Tin  Vessels  1/11  Glass  Bottles  1/7  0—3—6 

Item  old  knives  and  forks  1/4  a  Raisor  1/  0 — 2 — 4 

Item  old  Table  2/  a  chest  with  Drawers  12/  a  Box  2/8  0-16—8 

Item  old  Chairs  2 /  Bread  trough  1  /2  a  Seeive  1  /  a  Riddle  1  /6  0—5—8 

Item  A  Loome  and  furniture  37/  Spinning  wheele  3/8  2 — 0 — 8 

Item  wooden  Dishes  1/10  pails  /8  wooden  Bottle  /8  0 — 3 — 2 

Item  old  Tongs  1/10  Iron  tramel  4/  meal  sack  1/10  0 — 7 — 8 

Item  a  Sope  Tub  and  Sope  4/  Cyder  Casks  1 1  /  0-15—0 

Item  Dry  Casks  and  wooden  Lumber  7/  a  pair  of  Sheers  /6  0 — 7 — 6 

Husbandry  Tools. 

One  half  of  an  old  Cart  wheels  and  Irons  0-16 — 0 

Item  old  plough  &  Irons  6/  Small  chain  4/  old  axes  4/  0-14 — 0 

Item  Shovels  2/4  Iron  forks  1  /  old  hoes  1/4  0—4—8 

Item  Scyths  and  tackling  7/4  old  Sickels  2/  a  Sled  4/  0-13—4 

Item  one  third  part  of  a  grind  stone  2/  Rakes  1/3  0 — 3 — 3 

Item  Iron  fetters  2/4  hames  1/6  old  Iron  7/6  0-11 — 4 

Item  Sheeps  wool  0 — 9 — 4 

Quick  Stock. 

A  Colt  £3—12-0  A  heifer  £2—2—8  5-14—8 

Item  one  Sheep  and  three  Lambs  21/  three  Swine  48/  3 — 9 — 0 

Item  A  Note  of  hand  from  William  Frentch  of  8 — 0 — 0 

Item  A  Note  of  hand  from  John  Richardson  of  0 — 6 — 0 


35_4_4 

Brought  over  35 — 4 — 4 

All  the  Lands  and  Buildings  that  belonged  to  the  Said  Deceased  we 
apprized  at  one  Hundred  and  Seventeen  pounds  and  Ninteen 
Shillings  117_19— 0 


All  the  aforesaid  Sums  are  in  Lawful!  money  £153 — 3 — 4 

which  is  humbly  submitted  by  us 

Ephr^  Spaulding  ) 
*  Joseph  Peirce  Jun^  yCommi^ee 

Wm.  Peirce  ) 


FIFTH  GENERATION. 


57 


The  S*^  Estate  appears 

to  be  in  Debted  aboute 

Seven  Hundred  pounds  old  ten"". 


the  apprizers  Charg 

Eph"'  Spaulding  for  apprizeing  cfc  writeing 
Joseph  Peirce 
Wm.  Peirce 


6/ 
V 


Middlesex  ss  July  31  1764  M"^^  Elizabeth  Pierce  the  admin^  exhibited 
the  foregoing  Inventory  on  Oath. 


A  Copy.  Attest.    J.  H.  Tyler,  Register. 
Middlesex  ss.  Chelmsford  December  18^^  1770 

I  hereby  certify  that  Benjamin  Peirce,  a  minor  upwards  of  fourteen 
years  of  Age,  Son  of  Benjamin  Peirce  late  of  Chelmsford  afore  sd. 
Husbandman,  deceased,  &  of  Elizabeth  Peirce  his  then  wife,  now 
Elizabeth  Bowers,  came  before  me  and  nominated,  elected  and  made 
choice  of  William  Peirce  of  Chelmsford  aforesaid.  Gentleman  to  be 
Guardian  of  liis  Person  &  Estate  untill  he  shall  attain  his  Age  of 


To  the  honourable  Samuel  Danfoi  th  Esq''  Judge  of  the  Probate  of 
Wills  &G  for  the  County  of  Middlesex. 

A  Copy,  Attest,  J.  H.  Tyler,  Register. 

198.  Stephen^  Pierce  {J'acob\  Stephen^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b. 
1698;  m.  Rachel  Harrod,  1722.  He  d.  July  6,  1761.  Res.  in  Groton, 
Mass. 


Children : — 

396.  i.      Bachel,  b.  Oct.  21,  1723. 

397.  ii.     Stephen,  b.  Nov.  6,  1725;  d.  Mar.  6,  1733. 

398.  iii.    Jonathan,  b.  April  11,  1727 ;  m.  Ruth  Gilson. 

399.  iv.    Elizabeth,  b.  May  26,  1729;  d.  March  10,  1802. 

400.  v.     Susanna,  b.  May  30,  1731. 

401.  vi.    Mary,  b.  Jane  24,  1732. 

402.  vii.    Sarah,  b.  Aug.  18,  1733;  d.  June  1,  1737. 

403.  viii.  Isaac,  b.  Feb.  24,  1734;  d.  May  24,  1737. 

404.  ix.    Stephen,  b.  Oct.  16,  1736. 

405.  X.     Thankful,  b.  June  5,  1744. 

199.    Samuel^  Pierce  {Samuel^,  SamueP^  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b. 


S.  Danforth  J.  prob. 


Twenty  one  years. 


Oliver  Fletcher,  Just  Pac^ 


8 


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PIEECE  PEDIGREE. 


June  3,  1706;  ra.  Abigail   She  d.  1796.    Res.  Woburn, 

Mass.,  Mansfield,  Conn.,  Holden  and  Charlemont,  Mass.  He  bought 
land  in  Mansfield,  Conn.,  1734.    Children: — 

406.  i.      Abigail,  b.  Sept.  22,  1733;  m.  Samuel  Garfield.    Ch.  :  Samuel,  b. 

March  5,  1757;  Joseph,  b.  Sept.  19,  1758;  Daniel,  b.  Sept.  29, 
1760;  Josiah,  b.  Oct.  12.  1762;  Abigail,  b.  Aug.  28,  1764;  Enoch, 
b.  Sept.  28,  1766;  Eli.sha,  b.  April  25,  1769;  John,  b.  July  26, 
1771;  Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  15,  1773;  Silas,  b.  Jan.  19,  1776.  He 
d.  Jan.  12,  1792.    She  d.  Jan.  23,  1816. 

407.  ii.     Elizabeth,  b.  May  10,  1742;  m.  Leonard. 

4'  8.  ill.    Samuel,  b.  July  31,  1743;  m.  Anna  and  Mrs.  Willard. 

409.  iv.    Ruth,  b.  Nov.  6,  1745;  m.  Moses  Rice. 

410.  V.     Gershom,  b.  Apr.  14,  1747;  d.  at  Albany  in  Rev.  Army,  1777. 

411.  vi.    Judith,  b.  Apr.  16,  1749;  m.  David  Lynds. 

412.  vii.   Josiah,  b.  March  7,  1751;  m.  Miriam  Pierce  [421]. 

413.  viii.  Seth,  b.  March  30,  1758;  d.  1781,  unra. 

414.  ix.    Relief,  b.  Apr.  2,  1755;  m.  Dr.  Daniel  Nelson. 

415.  X.     Esther;  ra.   Birch. 

200.  JosiarS  Pierce  (Samuel"^,  jSamiieP,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b. 
July  13,  1708  ;  m.  Miriam  Cook,  Nov.  17,  1743,  b.  1716.  She  d.  June 
27,  1795.    He  d.  Feb.  10,  1788.    Res.  Hadley,  Mass. 


Children : — 

416.  i.      Josiah,  b.  Oct.  11,  1745;  m.  Lucy  Fairfield. 

417.  ii.     Hannah,  b.  Nov.  19,  1747;  d.  Jan.  31,  1841. 

418.  iii.    Samuel,  b.  Nov.  11,  1749;  m.  Anna  Cook. 

419.  iv.    William,  b.  June  21,  1752;  d.  unm.  Jan.  11,  1832. 

420.  V.     David,  b.  Sept.  27,  1754.    Turned  out  after  the  battle  of  Lex- 

ington, went  with  Arnold  to  Canada  and  d.  there  Dec.  28,  1775. 

421.  vi.    Miriam,  b.  March  1,  1757;  m.  Josiah  Pierce  [412]. 

203.  Seth^  Pierce  {Samuel^,  iSamueP,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b. 
Nov.  30,  1716;  m.  Nov.  10,  1743,  Elizabeth  Nye  of  Tolland,  b.  1680, 
d.  May  14,  1749.    He  d.  Dec.  5,  1794.    They  res.  in  ManslSeld,  Conn. 

Children  : — 

422.  i.      Seth,  b.  Sept.  12,  1744;  m.  Apr.  17,  1767,  Bethiah  Fields;  m.  2nd, 

1813,  Patty  Rindge. 

423.  ii.     Elizabeth,  b.  June  2,  1748;  m.  Bennett  Fields. 

424.  iii.  Enoch. 

425.  iv.    Dau.  ;  ra.  a  Nye  of  Montpelier,  Vt. 

204.  Enoch^  Pierce  {Samuel"^,  SamueP,  Thomas^ ^  Thomas^),  b. 
Mar.  22,  1719;  ra.  Mar.  10,  1743,  Mary  Mason,  b.  Feb.,  1719,  d.  Oct. 
24,  1783.    They  res.  in  Mansfield,  Conn.    He  d.  Mar.  2,  1806. 

Children  : — 

426.  i.      Mary,  b.  Apr.  17,  1745;  ra.  T.  Eldridge. 

427.  ii.     Susanna,  b.  May  3,  1747;  d.  May  23,  1804. 

428.  iii.    Enoch,  Jr.,  b.  Aug.  23,  1749;  m.  Dec.  14,  1783,  Experience  Storrs; 

m.  2nd,  Oct.  31,  1792,  Molly  Snow. 

429.  iv.    Hannah,  b.  Nov.,  1751  ;  d.  Feb.  10,  1817. 

430.  V.     Samuel,  b.  June  24,  1755;  m.  Joanna  Babcock, 

431.  vi.    John,  b.  Mar,  22,  1754;  d.  Jan.  17,  1816. 


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211.  IsAAC^  Pierce,  Jr.  {Isaac"^,  Smnuel^,  Thoinas^^  Thomas^),  h. 
Oct.  12,  1722;  m.  Jan.  5,  1745,  Mary  Hardy,  dau.  of  Joseph  and 
Sarah  (Pickering)  Hardy,  of  Salem,  Mass.  He  d.  in  Boston,  Dec. 
20,  1811.  Boston  gave  to  the  army  of  the  Revolution  no  family  mare 
patriotic,  devoted  and  self-sacrificing  than  that  of  Isaac  Pierce,  Jr.  and 
his  four  sons. 

Children:— 

432.  i.      Joseph,  b.  Dec.  25,  1745;  m.  Apr.,  1771,  Ann  Dawes. 

433.  11.     Isaac,  b.  Jan.  17,  1748;  d.  Oct.  10,  1750. 

434.  ill.    John,  b.  Sept.  28,  1750. 

Captain  John  Pierce  died  at  Fort  McHenry,  Walnut  Hills, 
near  Vick.sburg:,  Miss.,  July  22,  1798,  of  a  climatic  disease  con- 
tracted while  in  garrison  at  Fort  Adams  on  the  left  bank  of 
the  Mississippi  River,  at  which  place  he  had  been  for  some 
time  stationed.  Com.  Lieut,  in  Kern's  Artillery  in  1776.  2nd 
Lieut,  in  Callender's  Company,  Crane's  Artillery,  Sept.  12, 
1777.  Captain's  Lieut.  Sept.  12,  1778,  serving  in  Rhode  Island. 
He  saw  much  active  service,  beginning  with  the  siege  of  Bos- 
ton and  ending  only  with  the  close  of  the  war  in  1783.  Re- 
entering the  service  of  his  country  under  confederation  he  was 
commissioned  Lieut,  in  1787;  Lieut.  Artillery  in  1789;  and 
Captain  Oct.,  1791. 

John  Pierce  signed  the  roll  and  became  a  member  of  the  Cin- 
cinnati in  1783,  at  the  cantonment  of  the  Massachusetts  line 
on  the  banks  of  the  Hudson  River. 
434i.  iv.  Isaac,  b.  Dec.  25,  1753. 

Major  Isaac  Pierce  died  Feb.  27,  1781;  he  was  aide-de-camp 
to  Major  Gen.  Gates  with  the  rank  of  Major. 

[Force's  American  Archives,  Fourth  Series,  Vol.  6,  p.  761.] 
Parole  Gates. 

Countersign  "  Miffin." 

Hd'q's.,  New  York,  June  7,  1776. 
The  honorable,  the  continental  Congress,  have  been  pleased 
to  a[)point  Horatio  Gates,  Esq.,  Major  General,  and  Thomas 
MifRn,  Esq.,    Brigadier  General  in  the  army  of  the  United 
Colonies.    They  are  to  be  obeyed  as  such. 

*  sf:  *  *  * 

Walter  Stewart  and  Isaac  Pierce,  Esquires,  are  appointed  Aides- 
de-camps  to  Major  General  Gates.  All  orders,  written  or  ver- 
bal, delivered  by  either  of  them,  are  to  be  considered  as  coming 
from  the  Major- General,  and  obeyed  as  such. 

[Fifth  Series,  Vol.  I,  p.  181—1776.] 
Isaac  Pierce  to  Colonel  Buell. 

Headqua'ters,  Tyconderoga,  July  30,  1776. 

Sir:— 

You  are  immediately  upon  receipt  of  this,  to  set  out  for 
this  place,  in  order  to  join  your  regiment. 
By  the  General's  command. 

Isaac  Pierce,  Aid-de-camp. 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


IFifth  Series,  Vol.  1,  p.  828—1776.] 

Tyconderoga,  Aug.  7,  1776. 
General  Gates  to  General  Washington. 
Sir  :— 

Major  Pierce  being  extremely  ill  of  a  fever,  leaves  me  and 
my  Secretary  more  writing  to  do  than  we  can  possibly  accom- 
plish. 

With  my  most  respectful  compliments  to  your  Excellency, 
I  am,  Sir,  your  most  obedient,  humble  servant, 

Horatio  GateSi 

To  His  Excellency  General  Washington. 

435.  V.    Hardy,  b.  July  20,  1756 ;  d.  Nov.  5,  1776. 

Lieut.  Hardy  Pierce  was  Lieut,  in  Knox's  Artillery,  and  was 
a  friend  of  Lafayette.    He  was  killed  at  Fort  Lee,  New  Jersey. 

Lieut.  HARDY  PIERCE. 
(By  Josiah  Throop.) 
To  Mr.  Isaac  and  Mrs.  Mary  Pierce. 

When  you  recount  the  qualities  that  shone 
Conspicuous  in  an  amiable  son. 
Especially  his  fortitude  and  zeal, 
Above  his  years,  to  save  the  common  weal 
And  then  reflect  by  what  a  sudden  stroke 
The  prospect  of  your  future  joys  was  broke, 
Your  grief  stands  justified  as  reason's  bar 
And  virtue  must  approve  each  generous  tear. 
Yet  heaven  afford  some  comfort,  some  defence. 
Against  this  seeming  frown  of  Providence; 
In  the  bright  list  of  heroes  see  his  name, 
Enrolled  by  the  kind  hand  of  deathless  fame. 
For  when  New  England  estimates  the  cost 
Of  civil  discord  by  the  sons  she's  lost; 
When  Freedom  is  established  in  the  land. 
And  Peace  and  Confidence  walk  hand  in  hand. 
Then  those  who  in  the  glorious  cause  were  slain, 
In  every  grateful  heart  shall  rise  again. 
Their  names  shall  live  and  flourish  on  the  stage, 
Till  time  itself  shall  perish  with  old  age. 
If  this  reviving  thought  yield  no  relief, 
Throw  back  the  gloomy  curtain  of  your  grief, 
And  by  the  penetrating  eye  of  Faith, 
Scatter  the  melancholy  shades  of  Death; 
Pass  by  a  day  or  two  that  hangs  between. 
And  views  Time's  grave,  important,  final  scene. 
See  this  young  Warrior,  in  his  Heaven-built  car. 
Crowned  with  the  Triumphs  of  a  righteous  war 
In  which  he  fell,  while  by  Almighty  wrath. 
Each  sceptered  Tyrant  dies  a  second  death, 
Behold  the  dazzling  glories  of  the  train 
Of  heroes,  who  in  Freedom's  cause  were  slain ; 
Each  an  immortal  crown  of  victory  wears, 
Blazoned  with  sunbeams,  interspersed  with  stars. 
In  which  some  mystic  mark  is  fixed,  to  tell 
The  Heaven-defended  cause  in  which  they  fell ; 
While  in  the  midst  we  see  young  Pierce  appear, 
Let  this  calm  every  sigh,  dry  every  tear. 

436.  vi.     Sarah,  b.  Nov.  24,  1758;  d.  Jan.  25,  1777. 

437.  vii.    Mary,  b.  Apr.  7,  1761;  probably  d.  young. 


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438.  viii.   Grafton,  b.  Sept.  12,  1763 ;  probably  d.  young. 

212.  Lieut.  William^  Pierce  {Soimnei^s'^,  William'^,  Thomas'^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  IG,  1727;  m.  Hannah   .  He  was  a  Lieuten- 
ant in  the  Provincial  militia,  when  the  country  was  under  British  rule, 
for  a  number  of  years.  He  d.  July  22,  1818.  Res.  Wilton,  N.  H., 
and  Audover,  Yt.    Children  : — 

439.  i.      William;  ra.  Sarah  Holt. 

440.  ii.     Benjamin,  b.  May  18,  1762;  m.  Dorcas  Lovejoy. 

441.  iii.    Tlmothy,  b.  Feb.  4,  1765 ;  m.  Phe.be  Carlton. 

442.  iv.    Asa;  d.  Sept.  15,  1776,  in  Rev.  army. 

215.  James^  Pierce  {James^^  James^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^) ; 
m.  Mar.  17,  1753,  Phebe  Tottingham,  b.  June  30,  1728.  She  d.  Nov. 
18,  1797.    He  d.  1777.    Res.  in  Woburn.  Children:— 

443.  i.      James;  d.  in  Rev.  array  in  1783. 

444.  ii.     Samuel;  d.  in  Rev.  army  in  1783. 

445.  iii.    Phebe;  m.  Jan.  1,  1782,  Henry  Farrase,  a  Prussian  soldier. 

447.  iv.    Nathan,  b.  1759 ;  m.  Sarah  Leathe. 

448.  V.     Abel,  b.  1767 ;  m.  Ruth  Parker. 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen  this  fourth  day  of  April  1777  I  James 
Peirce  of  Wobourn  in  the  County  of  Middlesex  and  State  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Bay  in  New  England  yeoman  being  Sick  and  weak  of  Body 
but  of  Sound  mind  and  Memory  Thanks  be  given  to  God  therefor 
calling  to  Mind  the  Mortallity  of  My  Body  knowing  that  it  is  appointed 
unto  all  Men  Once  to  die  do  make  and  publish  this  my  last  Will  and 
Testament  in  the  which  principally  and  first  of  all  I  Give  and  Bequeath 
my  Soul  into  the  hand  of  God  who  gave  it  hoping  for  Eternal  Re- 
demption though  the  alone  mirit  of  Jesus  Christ  and  my  Body  I 
Recommend  to  the  Earth  to  be  buried  in  a  decent  Christian  Burial  at 
the  Charge  and  Discretion  of  my  Executrix  hereafter  named  nothing 
doutbing  but  I  shall  receive  the  same  again  by  the  mighty  Power  of 
God  at  the  general  Resserection  and  as  to  Such  worldly  Estate  with 
which  it  hath  pleas^^  God  to  bless  me  in  this  Life  I  Give  &  Dispose  of 
the  same  in  the  following  manner  namely 

I  Give  unto  my  dearly  beloved  Wife  Phebee  the  sole  use  and  Im- 
provement of  all  my  real  Estate  in  Wobourn  afores'^  for  and  during 
her  natural  Life  and  all  my  personal  Estate  where  Ever  I  Give  to  her 
to  her  own  disposal  and  I  order  this  my  Wife  Phebee  to  pay  all  ray 
Just  Debts  and  funeral  Charges  and  to  provide  for  and  bring  up  my 
three  youngest  Children  namely  Nathan  Abel  &  Phebee  until  they 
arive  to  lawfull  age  to  act  for  them  selves  provided  they  shall  see  fit  to 
abide  with  her  solong 

an<l  as  to  my  real  Estate  after  the  decease  of  my  said  Wife  Phebee  I 
Give  the  same  to  be  Divided  among  all  my  Children  namely  James 
Samuel  Nathan  Abel  and  Phebee  according  to  form  of  Law 
and  I  appoint  and  ordain  my  said  Wife  Phebee  sole  Exec''  to  this  my 
lest  Will  and  Testament  and  I  hereby  Revoak  and  Nullify  all  former 
Wills  and  Testaments  and  Exec''  by  me  heretofore  made  and  named 
holding  for  Stable  this  Will  and  Testament  and  this  Exec^  here  in  by 


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me  named  and  these  only  I  confirmation  whereof  I  have  hereunto  Set 

my  hand  and  atfix^^  my  Seal  the  day  and  date  above  written. 

Sign^  Seal'^  publish'^  pronounc^ 

and  declared  by  the  said  James 

Peirce  to  be  his  last  Will  and  Testament 


216.  Joshua^  Pierce  {James^^  James"^^  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b. 
Apr.  1,  1722;  m.  Feb.  18,  1749,  Susan  Reed;  m.  2nd,  Oct.  27,  1753, 
Esther  Richardson,  b.  Aug.  6,  1727,  d.  June  1,  1819.  He  d.  in  Woburn, 
Feb.  13,  1771. 


Children  : — 

449.  i.      Esther,  b.  Apr.  16,  1754;  ra.  Richard  Marshall,  b.  Feb.  14,  1751, 


d.  Jan.  4,  1834.  She  died  Feb.  27,  1842.  Ch.  b.  in  Bradford, 
N.  H.  :  Richard,  Jr.,  b.  Sept.  15,  1773,  m.  Hannah  Lawrence, 
Mrs.  Mary  Jameson  and  Mrs.  White;  Esther,  b.  Feb.  16,  1776, 
m.  Josiah  Melvin;  Ruth,  d.  1805;  Polly,  ra.  Willard  Lane; 
Susan,  b.  Mar,  10,  1785,  ra.  Isaac  Kendall  and  Mark  Gould; 
Sarah,  b.  1789,  ra.  Asa  Sargent;  Nathan  R.,  b.  June  10,  1792,  m. 
Abigail  Hawks;  Cumraings,  b.  June  1,  1796,  m.  Polly  Bagley, 
Betsey  Bagley  and  Lucy  Farnum. 


450.  ii.     Joshua,  b.  Sept.  16,  1756;  ra.  Dec.  25,  1781,  Sarah  Lund. 

451.  iii.    Susanna,  b.  July  4,  1758;  m.  Mar.  10,  1780,  Reuben  Spalding,  b. 


Sept.  6,  1761,  d.  Mar.  20,  1798.  She  d.  Feb.  24,  1809  in  Hudson, 
N.  H.  Ch,  :  Reuben,  Jr.,  b.  Mar.  2,  1781,  ra.  Hannah  Barrett; 
Susannah,  b.  May  20,  1783,  m.  Jereraiah  Smith;  Sarah  C,  b. 
Jan.  31,  1785,  m.  Reuben  Coburn  and  James  Wilson ;  Joshua  P., 
b.  Apr.  15,  1787,  d.  Jan.  10,  1826;  Esther  R.,  b.  Feb.  21,  1789, 
m.  Robert  Patterson;  Suel,  b.  Apr.  6,  1791,  d.  Aug.  10,  1851; 
Willard,  b.  Mar.  18,  1793,  d.  Jan.  16,  1868;  Dustiu,  b.  July  27, 
1795,  ra.  Rachel  Rupert;  Alfred,  b.  Aug.  10,  1797,  d.  Dec.  10, 
1811. 


452.  iv.  Phebe,  b.  May,  3,  1761 ;  ra.  a  Searles  and  a  Pearsons. 

453.  V.  Nathan,  b.  Sept.  11,  1766;  ra.  Phebe  Cumraings. 

454.  vi.  James,  b.  Sept.  8,  1768;  ra.  Mary  Stacy. 
465.  vii.  Daniel,  b.  Aug.  8,  1763 ;  ra.  Hannah  Marsh. 

217.  Jacob^  Pierce  {James^^  James^^  Thomas^,  Thomas^)^  b. 
Sept,  15,  1724;  m.  Aug.  18,  1752,  Abigail  Kendall,  b.  Feb.  27,  1730, 
d.  May  28,  1816.    He  d.  in  Woburn,  Nov.  14,  1774. 


in  presence  of 


Jonathan  Lock 
Obadiah  Kendall 
Samuel  Wyman  Jun. 
Josiah  Johnson 


A  Copy,  Attest,  J.  H, 


Tyler,  Register. 


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Children:— 

456.  i.  Abigail,  b.  Apr.  16,  1753;  m.  Abijah  Kendall.    She  d.  Jan.  3,  1838. 

457.  li.  Jacob,  b.  Dec.  28,  1755:  m.  Oct.  13,  1783,  Martha  Johnson. 

458.  iii.  Ephraim,  b.  Mar.  8,  1758;  m.  Nov.  30,  1782,  Mrs.  Abigail  Porter. 

459.  iv.  Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  9,  1762;  d.  June  18,  1804. 

460.  V.  Samuel,  b.  Aug.  7,  1764;  d.  unm.  May  20,  1824. 

461.  vi.  Hemax,  b.  Feb.  16.  1768  ;  m.  July  4,  i793,  Mary  Boweu. 

462.  vii.  Susanna,  b.  Sept.  18,  1769;  d.  Apr.  15,  1811,  num. 

An  Inventory  of  the  Real  Estate  of  Jacob  Pierce  late  of  Woburn 
Deceas^  Intestate  £     s.  d. 

Dwelling  House  Sixty  Pounds  60:    0:  0 

Barn  forty  Pounds  *  40 :    0 :  0 

One  Hundred  &  two  acres  of  Land  caled  the  Homstid 
on  which  the  afore  mentioned  Buildings  stand  Bounded 
as  follows  viz  at  the  South  \Yesterly  Corner  on  the 
Road  leading  from  Samuel  Wyman  Esq  to  m''  Daniel 
Reed,  Southerly  by  land  of  the  Widow  Hannah  Johnson 
and  a  few  Rods  on  land  latly  Thomas  Reeds.  Easterly  ) 
a  small  part  on  Xathnn  Richardson  but  chiefly  on  land  >■  680  :  0:  0 
latly  the  afore  Said  Thomas  Reed.  Northerly  on  Mr.  ) 
Tylor's  land  in  part  and  part  on  Esq  Wyraan's  land 
Westerly  on  Said  Esq.  Wyman's  Land  in  part  and  part 
on  the  Land  of  James  Pierce  to  the  Road  first  mentioned 
Esteraated  at  Six  pounds  thirteen  Shillings  &  four  pence 
per  Acre  all  Six  hundred  &  Eighty  Pounds. 
Ten  Acres  of  Pasture  Land  known  by  the  name  of  ten 
acres  lying  near  Josiah  Parkers  Bounded  Westerly  on 
Nathan  Kendall  Southerly  on  Esq.  Johnsons  land  and 
else  where  on  land  of  Josiah  Parker  and  Thomas  Wright 
Estemated  at  Six  Pounds  thirteen  Shillings  and  four^ 
pence  per  acre  all  Sixty  Six  Pounds  thirteen  Shillings  >  66  :  13:4 
&  four  pence  ) 
Two  acres  called  the  Horn  pond  meadow  bounded  South- 
erly on  Said  Horn  Pond  and  land  of  y^  afore  Thomas 
Reeds  Northerly  on  Capt  Belknaps  meadow  and  meadow  > 
of  ]VP  Zebediah  Wyman  Deces"^  Estemated  at  Six  pounds  v    ]3  :   6  :  8 
thirteen  Shillings  &  four  pence  per  acre  all  thirteen} 
pounds  Six  shillings  &  Eight  pence 

Pew  in  Woburn   meeting  House  thirteen  Pounds  Six 

Shillings  &>  Eight  pence  13  :    6:  8 


Sum  total  of  the  Inventory  £873:    6:  8 

Having  finished  the  Inventory  We  Proceed  to  Set  to  Abigail  Widow 
of  Jacob  Pierce  late  of  Wobiu-n  Deceas*^  her  Thirds  (or  Dower) 
which  are  as  follows  viz. 

£     s.  d. 

The  East  end  of  the  Dwelling  House  with  half  the"] 
Cellar  under  said  House  &  an  equal  Priviledge  in  all  the  I  oq  .    q  .  q 
Stair  ways  &  fore  door  in  said  House  Prised  at  thirty  i 
Pounds 


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8:  11 


The  East  end  of  the  Barn  to  the  midle  of  the  floor  way      £     s.  d. 
and  yard  before  the  Same  from  the  middle  of       floor  ^ 
way  to  Stake  near  the  west  post  of  the  bars  leading  into  V  13  :    6  :  8 
said  yard  at  thirteen  Pounds  Six  Shillings  &  eight  pence  ) 
One  third  of  the  Pew  at  four  pounds  Eight  Shillings  and ) 
eleven  pence    The  New  Pasture  being  about  twelve) 
acres  &  an  half  together  with  about  fourteen  acres  and 
an  half  more  being  the  southerly  &  easterly  part  of  the 
Homestid  Bounded  as  follows  viz.  begining  with  the 
fence  at  the  West  end  of  the  House  running  Westei'ly 
with  said  fence  to  the  New  Pasture  then  run  north  west- 
erly till  it  comes  to  y^  Peach  orchard  (leaving  said  Peach 
orchard   to  the  two  thirds)  thence  forward  to  Esq. 
Wyman's  east  corner  then  Westerly  by  said  Wyman's 
land  to  James  Pierce's  land  then  Southerly  by  said"^ 
Pierce's  land  to  the  Road  bounded  Southerly  by  s*^  Road  >- 195  :  6  :  8 
and  by  land  of  y®  Widow  Hannah  Johnson  to  land  latly  } 
Thomas  Reeds  Easterly  by  Nathan  Richardson  till  it 
comes  to  the  lane  leading  to  the  House  then  crost  s*^  lane 
by  and  with  s*^  land  of  Thomas  Reed  about  thirty  one      £     s.  d. 
rods  to  a  heap  of  Stones  then  turning  and  running  near 
West  Seventeen  rods  to  a  heap  of  Stones;  thene  a  few 
Degrees  more  Southerly  to  another  heap  of  Stones  about 
the  same  distance  thence  running  Southerly  by  a  Walnut 
marked  to  a  heap  of  Stones  by  the  east  post  of  the  bars 
then  running  to  the  West  Post  of      bars  from  thence 
to  the  East  side  of  the  Close  a  few  rods  east  of  the  Barn 
&  from  said  Close  to  the  corner  near  the  House  and  so 
on  by  the  back  of  the  House  to  the  first  Bound  except- 
ing the  West  half  of  the  Garden  which  is  bounded  by 
Stakes  and  Stones  in  lieu  of  which  the  wd  is  to  have  a 
small  yard  top  of  y®  Hill  back  of  y^  House,  Prised  at 
Seven  Pounds  &  almose  five  Shilling  per  acre  being  one 
Hundred  &  ninety  five  Pounds  Six  Shillings  &  eight  195  :    6  :  8 
pence  turn  over. 

Six  acres  of  Wood  land  Bounded  as  follows  Yiz.  North- 
erly twenty  Rods  on  Esq.  Wyman  West  thirty  five  Rods 
on  said  Esq.  Wymans  then  runing  Easterly  about  thirty 
Seven  Rods  to  a  heap  of  Stones  and  Stake  from  thenc  £  s.  d. 
about  thirty  five  Rods  Northerly  to  the  first  bound  being 
a  stake  and  stones  at  eight  Pounds  per  acre  all  forty 
eight  Pounds  48  :    0 :  0 

Brought  over  £243  :  2  :  3  243  :    2  :  3 

Sum  total  of  the  Widows  Thirds  £291  :    2  :  3 

Having  Set  to  the  Widow  her  Thirds  (or  Dower)  in  the 
foregoing  Manner  We  now  proceed  with  the  Residue  of 
Estate  as  follows  viz 

We  Set  to  Jacob  the  Eldest  Son  of  Jacob  Pierce  late 


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65 


of  sd.  Wobarn  deceas^^  the  remaining  two  tliirds  as  fol-  £  s.  d. 
lows 

The  West  lialf  of  the  House  and  half  the  Cellar  at  £30  :  30:0:0 

The  West  two  thirds  of  the  Barn  at  £26  :  13  :  4  26  :  13  :  4 

To  Sixty  nine  acres  the  Resirlue  of    the  Homestid") 

Bounded  South  and  AVest  by  tlie  AVidows  Third  as  1 

described  in  Seting  of  her  Dower  &  in  other  parts  as  I 

bounded  in  tlie   foregoing-  inventory  Prised  at    Six    436  :  13:  4 

pounds  Six  Shillings  &  near  Seven  pence  per  acre  all  i 

four  hundred  &  thirty  Six  pounds  thirteen  Shillings  and  j 

four  pence  J 

Ten  acre  Pasture  at  Six  pounds  thirteen  Shillings  &  four 

pence  per  acre  all  Sixty  Six  pounds  thirteen  Shillings  &      66:13:  4 

four  pence  bounded  as  in  the  foi'egoing  inventory 

Two  acres  called  Horn  Pond  meadow  at  Six  pounds 

thirteen  Sliillings  &  fuur  jience  per  acre  all  thirteen      13:  06:  8 

Pounds  Six  Shillings  &  eight  pence  bounded  as  in  the 

foregoing  inventory — 

Two  thirds  of  the  Pew  eight  pounds  seventeen  Shillings  8:17:  9 
&  nine  pence — 

Sum  total  of  the  tv>'o  thirds  £582:    4:  5 

The  conveniences  of  flowing  turning  or  conveying  the  water  the 
well  and  wateiino-  places  the  severall  usual  ways  and  Passages  for  all 
needful  uses  be  iniproved  by  the  owners  of  the  thirds  and  two  thirds  as 
each  vhall  have  occasion  leaving  gates  and  bars  as  they  are  found. 


abgial  peirce 
Jacob  Peirce 
her 

Abigail  X  Pierce 
mark 
Joshua  Walker 
as  Garden  tor 
fine  of  his 
children 


C 


Woburn  December  24th  1777 
Having  finished  the  work  your 
Honor  appointed  us  we  Sub- 
scribe our  Selves  your  Honor 
Humble  Servant 

Sam"'^  Belknap  ^ 
Sam-  Thompson  y 
Daniel  Reed  > 


Appr 
sers. 


A  Copy,  Attest,  J.  H.  Tyler.  Register 


Woburn  August  28  1787 
Rec<^  of  James  Wyman  Guardien  To  Susa  Pierce  Forty  two  Shillings, 
one  fifth  of  a  Xote*  given  by  Cap'^  Walker  a  former  Guardien 

Rec- :  by  me  abigail  peirce — Mother  to  s'^ 

Susa 


Middlesex  ss.  Cambridge,  7  Oct.  1790.  I  order  this  discharge  to  be 
recorded. 

Oltv'ek  Prescott,  J.  prob. 

Woburn  October  4th  1790 
Rec'^  of  James  Wyman  Guardien  to  my  Daughter  Susea  pierce  Xow 
Arived  at  the  age  of  Twentv  one  years.       *       *       *     *       ^  ]ias 
9 


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binn  under  my  Care  for  four  years  past  the  sum  of  two  pounds  Seven 
Shillings  &  5^  one  fifth  of  a  State  Note,  in  full  of  all  Demands  against 
Said  Guardien  on  her  part — State  Note  2-7-5    Rec^ :  per  me 

abigail  peirce 

Middlesex  ss  Cambridge  in  Probate  Court  7  Oct.  1790  I  order  this 
discliarge  to  be  recorded 

Jacob  Peirce  Oliver  Prescott,  J.  prob. 

Woburn  March  20*^  1778 
Then  Recived  of  M"  Abigail  Pirce  Administratrix  of  the  the  Estate  of 
M""  Jacob  Pirce  Late  of  said  woburn  Desest  as  Garden  for  the  Children 
hearafter  named  Viz 

For  Ephraim  the  Sum  of  Eleven  pounds  ten  Shillings  and  one  peny 
half  peny.  for  Elizabeth  the  Like  Sum  of  £l  1 — 10 — 1-2  for  Samuel  the 
Like  Sum  of  £11—10— 1-2,  for  Heman  the  Like  Sum  of  £11— 10— 1-2. 
for  Susey  the  Like  Sum  of  £11 — ^10 — 1-2  Lawfull  money  assined  to 
Each  of  them  by  the  honorable  Judge  for  the  Courity  of  middlesex  in 
his  Decree  on  the  Personal  Estate  of  the  afore  Said  Deseased.  and 
Likewise  I  have  Recived  in  addition  to  the  above  Said  Sums  the  Sum 
of  fouiteen  Shillings  and  nine  pence  for  Each  of  the  Children  above 
Said  which  makes  in  the  whole  the  sum  of  Sixty  one  pound  four 
Shillings  and  four  pence  half  peney  in  full  for  their  Several  Shears  in 
the  parsonal  Estate  of  their  honoured  Father  Desest  as  above  Said  I 
say 

Rceiv'*  by  me  Joshua  Walker 

as  Guardian 

Tost 

Jacob  Peirce 
Sam^^  Belknap 

Middlesex  4  Dec.  1783  I  accept  ot  this  discharge  &  order  it  to  be 
recorded. 

Oliver  Prescott  J.  prob. 

Woburn  March  y^  20"'  1778 
Then  Recived  of  my  Honoured  mother  M'""  Abagail  Pirce  Adminis- 
tratrix on  the  Estate  of  of  my  honoured  Father  M''  Jacob  Pirce  of  said 
woburn  Late  Deseast  the  Sum  of  twenty  three  pounds  and  three  pence 
Lawfull  money  that  was  assined  me  by  the  honoured  Judge  for  the 
County  of  middlesex  in  his  Decree  on  the  parsenal  Estate  of  the  afore 
said  Deseased  and  Likewise  I  have  Reciv"^.  one  pound  nine  Shillings 
and  Six  pence  in  addition  to  the  above  Said  Sum  which  I  acknoledge 
to  be  in  Full  for  my  Double  Share  of  Said  Parsonal  Estate  Reciv^.  by 
me.  JACOB  PEIRCE 

Test 

Joshua  Walker 
Sam^^  Belknap. 

Middlesex  4  Dec.  1783.  I  accept  of  this  discharge  &  order  it  to  be 
recorded 

Oliver  Prescott  J.  prob. 


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AVoburn  :March  20^^  1778 
Then  Recived  of  my  Hounard  mother  M'^  Abigail  Pirce  Adrainis- 
tratix  on  the  Estate  of  my  hounared  Father  Jacob  Pirce  Late  of 
AYoburn  Desest  the  Sum  of  Eleven  pounds  ten  Shillings  and  one  peny 
half  peny  Lawful]  money  that  was  assined  me  by  the  honorable  Judge 
for  the  County  of  middlesex  in  his  Decree  on  the  parsonal  Estate  of 
the  afore  said  Deceased  and  likewise  I  have  Recived  fourteen  Shillings 
and  nine  pence  In  addition  to  the  above  Said  Sume  which  I  acknoledge 
to  be  in  full  for  my  Share  of  said  parsonal  Estate 

her 

Recived  by  me  ABIGAIL  X  PIRCE 

mark 

Test 

Joshua  Walker 
Samii  Belknap 

Middlesex  4  Dec-.  1783  I  accept  of  this  discharge  and  order  it  to  be 
recorded 

Oliver  Prescott.  J.  prob. 

Balance  of  tlie  account  of  Joshua  AValker  guardian  to  Ephraira, 
Elizabeth,  S:\niuel.  Susa  &  Heman  all  children  of  Jacob  Pierce  late  of 
Woburn  in  the  County  of  Middlesex  yeoman,  deceased,  allowed  on  5 
Dec'  1783,  &  to  be  distributed  among  the  Children  is  £34 — 2 — 4J 
One  Hfth  part  for  each  child  is  £G — 16 — 5f 

Attest  James  Wixthrop  Reg'' 

Middlesex  5  Dec^  1783.  Having  examined  this  account  &  seen  the 
vouchers,  and  sworn  the  Guardian,  I  allow  there-of  And  having  con- 
sidered the  advancements  to  several  of  the  said  children,  &  the  allow- 
ances made  to  some  of  them  by  consent  of  the  said  Guardian  &  the 
other  heirs  as  by  an  account  on  iile ;  I  order  the  said  Guardian  to  pay 
them  or  their  legal  Representatives  respectively  as  follows:  viz.  Eph- 
raim  £5.4.7^,  Elizabeth  £3.16.51;  Samuel  £9.10.7f  Susa  £5.18:  llf, 
&  Heman  £9.8.2|,  which  sums  will  be  in  full  of  their  respective  shares. 

Oliver  Prescott  J.  Prob. 

Copy  examined,  Attest 

James  Wixthrop  Reg^ 

Woburn  January  12^^  1786 
Received  of  James  Wyman  Guardian  to  Samuel  Pierce  Xine  pound, 
teen  Shilling.  &  Seven 'pence  three  farthing;  also  thirty  Six  Shillings 
the  fifth  of  a  State  note;  and  two  pounds  three  Shillings  one  fifth  of  a 
Note  given  by  Cap^  Walker  a  former  guardien  ;  as  alowed  by  the 
JudgeTDec"  5th  1783  In  full  of  the  above 

Guardien    Saz^iuel  Peirce 

th 

Woburn  Decern  8  1787 
Rec'i  of  James  Wyman  Guardien  to  Susa  pierce  fiive  pound,  Eighteen 


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Shilling  Eleven  pence  three  farthing  also  a  further  Sum  of  Twenty 
Eight  Shilling  &  6'' — as  Intrest  it  being  for  Taking  care  of  my 
Daughter  Susa  and  money  pd  to  Docters 

Rec^  by  rne  abigail  peirce 

Medford  March  31^*  1790 
Rec'd  of  James  Wyman  Guardian  to  Heman  Pearse  Nine  pounds 
Eight  Shillings  two  pence  three  farthings  as  allow'd  by  the  Judge 
Dec^       1733    ^i^^  p^^^^  Spanish  Milfd^ Dollars  Rec'd  p""  me 

Heman  Pierce 

Middlesex  ss.  Cambridge  in  Probate  Court  7  Oct  1790  I  order  the 
above  written  dischai-ge  to  be  recorded. 

Oliver  Prescott  J.  prob. 
A  Copy,  Attest,  J.  H.  Tyler,  Register. 

225J.  Benjaisiin^  Pierce  {Thomas^^  Benjamin'^^  Thomas^^ 
Thomas^),  b.  1725;  m.  May  7,  1752,  Mary  Lamson,  b.  May  11,  1731. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  John  Lamson  by  his  second  wife,  Abigail. 
They  came  from  Reading  in  1714,  his  wife  Elizabeth  bringing  a  certi- 
ficate from  that  church  June  6,  1714.  It  is  probable  he  was  the  son  of 
Joseph  Lamson  of  Charlestown,  whose  will,  dated  July  16,  proved 
Sept.  21,  1722,  mentions  his  wife  Dorathy,  and  his  sons  Joseph,  John, 
William,  Nathaniel  and  Caleb  ;  the  two  last  executors. 

Benjamin  Pierce  was  a  large  land  owner  in  Weston.  For  17  years 
he  held  several  town  offices,  and  in  1781  he  lent  the  town  135  pounds. 
He  served  in  Capt.  Samuel  Lamson's  company  on  the  19th  of  April, 
1775,  and  was  in  the  battles  of  Ticonderoga,  White  Plains  and  Crown 
Point.  Tradition  says  he  had  a  sister  who  married  a  Dolbier.  Sept.  1, 
1759,  he  informs  the  Selectmen  that  he  has  taken  into  his  family 
Hepsebah  Pierce  of  Woburn,  last  from  Hopkinton.  Hepsebah  Pierce, 
dau.  of  Thomas  and  Hannah  (Locke)  Pierce,  was  married  to  Benjamin 
Dolbier  at  King's  Chapel  in  Boston,  Feb.  18,  1760.  Aug.  28,  1760, 
he  informs  the  Selectmen  that  he  has  taken  into  his  house  Abigail 
Ballard.  His  sister  Hannah  m.  William  Ballard,  Jr.  In  1774  he  was 
chosen  on  the  committee  of  correspondence. — [See  Bond,  page  1067]. 
In  1777  was  on  a  committee  of  five  to  see  that  every  one  abide  by  a 
report,  which  he  had  helped  draw  up  to  the  General  Court,  to  regulate 
the  price  of  certain  articles.  In  1781  he  received  33  pounds  1  shil- 
ling 8  pence  for  his  services  in  Rhode  Island.    Children  : — 

463.  i.      Hannah,  b.  Mar.  1,  1753;  m.   Jewell.    No  issue. 

464.  ii.     Mary,  b.  Dec.  17,  1754;  m.  Oct.  31,  1776,  Andrew  Benjamin.   Ch.  : 

Levi,  Stephen,  and  Sally. 

465.  ill.    Benjamin,  b.  Oct.  21,  1756;  m.  Nov.  28,  1782,  Eunice  Jones. 

466.  iv.    John,  b.  Sept.  18,  1758;  m.  Mary  Webb. 

467.  v.     Amos,  b.  Aug.  5,  1760;  m.  Mar.     1789,  Hepsibah  Smith. 

468.  vi.    Caleb,  b.  Feb.  27,  1763;  said  to  have  rem.  to  Mt.  Holley,  Vt. 

469.  vii.   Asa,  b.  Sept.  21,  1765. 

470.  viii.  Stephen,  b.  Oct.  2,  1768;  m.  . 

471.  ix.    Lucy,  b.  Aug.  29,  1773;  m.    Weeks  and  settled  in  Winchen- 

don. 

472.  X.     Sarah,  b.  Aug.  6,  1774;  m.  Robbins  and  went  west. 


SIXTH  GENERATION. 


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225J.  Thomas^  Pierce  {Thomas^^  Benjamin^ ^  Thomas^,  Thom- 
as^), b.  1727;  m.  Apr.  26,  1750,  Mary  Elaven.  They  res.  in  Hopkin- 
ton  and  Framingham.    Children  : — - 

473.  i.  Hannah,  b.  Mar.  22,  1755 ;  ra.   Fletcher. 

474.  ii.  Joseph,  b.  July  12,  1757;  m.  Hannah  Green. 

475.  iii.  Anne,  b.  July  20,  1759. 

476.  iv.  Eliab,  b.  Sept.  5,  1761;  m.  Lydia  Wood. 

477.  V.  Thomas,  b.  Dec.  5,  1763;  m.  Sally  Derry. 

478.  vi.  Lydia,  b.  Mar.  6,  1766;  in.  John  Woods. 

479.  vli.  Mary,  b.  Sept.  4,  176«;  m.   Marshall. 

480.  viii.  Moses  H.,  b.  Mar.  15,  1771;  m.  Dec.  6,  1792,  Anna  Rice. 

225 J.  TiMorHY^  Pierce  {Thomas^,  Benjamln^^  Thomas^,  Thom- 
as^), b.  Mar.  31,  1734;  m.  Mar.  27,  1755,  Abigail  Knnp.  lie  d.  in 
Southborough  bef.  1768.    (See  his  father's  will).    Children: — 

481.  i.      Phebe,  b.  Jan.  10,  1756. 

482.  ii.     Timothy,  b.  Apr.  18,  1757. 

225J.  JoHN^  Pierce  {lliomas^,  Benjamin'^^  Thomas^^  Thomas^), 
b.  Oct.  20,  1751;  m.  Mar.  3,  1773,  Mary  Brown.  They  res.  in 
Weston. 

John  Pierce,  born  in  Weston  in  1751,  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary War  and  personally  acquainted  with  Gen.  Washington,  and  a 
Lieutenant  in  his  army.  His  daughter  although  but  three  years  old  at 
the  time  of  Washington's  death  well  remembered  her  father  wearing 
crape  on  his  arm.  After  Independence  had  been  declared  Mr.  Pierce 
returned  to  his  business  in  Weston,  that  of  Inn-keeper ;  his  Hotel  was 
burned  containing  $5000  in  Continental  money  which  he  and  his 
brothers  had  received  for  their  services  while  in  the  army. 

233.  SiLAh^  Pierce  {Joseph^,  Joseph^  ^  Jonathan^  ^  Samiiel'^^ 
Thomas^),  b.  July  22,  1744;  m.  Mar.  26,  1771,  Lucy  Spalding,  d.  July 
31,  1773;  m.  2nd,  Apr.  12,  1774,  Elizabeth  Barron,  d.  Mar.  23,  1786; 
ra.  3rd,  Dec.  7,  1786,  Lydia  Richardson,  d.  Dec.  4,  1796 ;  m.  4th,  Dec.  28, 
1797,  Sarah  Goodhue,  d.  May  31,  1799;  m.  5th,  Sept.  1,  1800,  Bridget 
Putman,  d.  May  12,  1805;  m.  6th,  Nov.  20th,  1806,  Hannah  Littlehale, 
d.  May  21,  1837.  He  d.  Apr.  14,  1828.  They  res.  in  Woburn  and 
Chelmsford.    Children : — 

483.  i.      Mary,  b.  July  24,  1772;  d.  Mar.  4,  1773. 

484.  ii.     Joskph,  b.  Mar.  5,  1775;  m.  May  28,  1805,  Nancy  HoUis. 

485.  iii.    Olive,  b.  Oct.  23,  1776  ;  m.  David  Parker.    They  had  a  son  Joshua, 

who  resided  in  Londonderry,  Vt. 

486.  iv.    Rhoda,  b.  Sept.  14,  1779;  m.  Feb.  9,  1802,  Zachariah  Spalding,  b. 

Sept.  14.  1774  ;  d.  May  16,  1838.  She  d.  in  Ludlow,  Vt.,  May  16, 
1838.  Ch.  :  Ephraim,  b.  Dec.  10,  1802,  m.  Julia  Broolis;  Rhoda, 
b.  Jan.  7,  1805,  d.  Sept.  10,  1856;  Benj.  P.,  b.  Nov.  26,  1807,  m. 
Anna  W.  Whitcomb  and  Marian  Read;  Silas  B.,  b.  Sept.  26, 
1810,  m.  Grena  B.  Gilbert;  Anson,  b.  July  3.  1813.  m.  Lucy  A. 
Brown;  Mary,  b.  Mar.  2,  1816,  m.  Parkhurst  B.  Dunn;  Emily, 
b.  Dec.  10,  1820,  m.  Ambrose  L.  Adams;  Olive  C,  b.  Dec.  15, 
1823,  m.  Dr.  J.  N.  Moore. 

487.  v.     Sarah,  b.  May  28,  1799;  d.  May  31,  1799. 

234.  WiLLAED^  Pierce  {Joseph^,  Joseph"^,  Jonathan^,  Samuel^, 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  1,  1746;  ra.  Mar.  23,  1780,  Olive  Kemp.  He  d. 
Sept.  21,  1825.  They  res.  in  Merrimack,  N.  H.  He  was  in  the  Revo 
lutionary  war  seven  years.  She  was  b.  Mar.  12,  1744,  d.  Nov.  12,  1810. 
No.  children. 


235.  Levi^  Pierce  {Joseph^,  Joseph^^  Jonathan'^  ^  SamueP, 
Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  20,  1747  ;  m.  Jan.  3,  1776,  Remembrance  Fletcher, 
b.  Dec.  23,  1752,  d.  Dec.  30,  1833.  They  res.  in  Temple,  N.  H.,  where 
he  d.  Oct.  18,  1799. 


Children: — 

488.  i  Levi,  Jr.,  b.  July  22,  1778;  m.  Sept.  18,  1804,  Rhoda  Cutler. 

489.  ii.  Remembrance,  b.  Apr.  23,  1781  ;  m.  Isarance  Long. 

490.  iii.  Rachel,  b.  Jan.  2,  1786;  m.  Peter  Wakefield. 

491.  iv.  Mary,  b.  July  29,  1789;  m.  William  Reynolds. 

492.  V.  Joseph,  )  .    .      ^  ^     2  1790-  J  ^'  Elizabeth  Dunklee. 

493.  vi.  Sally,  5  '        ^   '        '  I  d.  Dec.  1,  1818. 

241  J.  Erasmus^  Pierce  {Isaac^^  Isaac^^  Jonathan^ ^  SamiieP^ 
Thomas^  b.  Sept.  22,  1748;  m.  Sept.  13,  1778,  Mrs.  Snsan  (Hewes) 
Hinkley.  Was  an  officer  in  tlie  Revolutionary  war.  She  d.  1795.  He 
d.  1804.  Res.  Boston.  He  was  a  distiller  like  his  father,  carrying 
on  the  business  for  some  time,  when  he  became  a  tallow  chandler.  At 
the  time  of  the  war  he  turned  all  his  property  into  Continental  money 
and  gave  it  to  his  intended  wife  to  take  cai-e  of  and  keep  if  he  did  not 
return.  After  the  war  was  over  and  Continental  money  worth  nothing 
he  raked  open  the  fireplace  and  placed  all  he  could  find  against  the 
back  loo^  and  watched  it  burn.  His  eldest  daui^hter  remembered  the 
circumstance  and  used  to  talk  about  it.    Children: — 

494.  i.      Patty,  b.  July  14,  1779  ;  ra.  Samuel  C.  Hills  and  Jonathan  Simonds. 

495.  ii.     Erasmus  J.,  b.  Oct.  29,  1780;  m.  Elizabeth  Messenger. 

496.  iii.    Infant,  b.  June  14,  1782;  d.  June  14.  1782. 

497.  iv.    John,  b.  May  1,  1783;  d.  Oct.,  1792. 

498.  v.     Nancy,  b.  June  26,  1785;  m.  Caleb  Hartshorne;   d.  leaving  no 

issue. 

499.  vi.    Betsey,  b.  June  27,  1787;  d.  Oct.,  1788. 

500.  vii.  Peter,  b.  Feb.  29,  1789;  m.  Gwenthalla  Morris  and  Elizabeth 

Lunberg. 

501.  viii.  Daniel,  b.  May  28,  1791;  m.  Mary  Ann  Taylor. 

243^.  Joseph^  Pierce  {Isaac^,  Isaac^,  Jonathan^,  SamueP^ 
Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  29,  1756;  m.  Sally  Pease,  b.  June,  1761.  She  d. 
June  24,  1826.    Res.  Boston.    Children  : — 

502.  i.      Joseph,  b.  July  30,  1783;  m.  Sally  Hatch. 

503.  ii.     Sally;  d.  in  infancy. 


SIXTH  GENERATION. 


n 


504.  iii.    Isaac,  b.  Apr.  7,  1788;  m.  Alice  Barstow  and  Nancy  Brack. 

505.  iv.    Jamks,  b.  Dec.  28,  1790;  m.  Abigail  Waite  and  Nancy  Waite. 

506.  V.     Sarah;  m.  George  Jackson. 

507.  Vl.  LUCRETIA. 

508.  vii    Charles;  d.  5  years  old. 

509.  viii.  William;  d.  in  infancy, 

246J.  JoHN^  Pierce  {Isaac^,  Isaac^,  Jonathan'^,  Samuel^,  Thomas^), 
baptized  Aug.  14,  1763;  m.  Dec.  29,  1791,  Mrs.  Sarah  Lobdell.  She 
was  said  to  have  been  for  many  years  the  handsomest  lady  in  Boston. 
No  children. 

247.  James^  Pierce  {Jsaac^,  Isaac'^,  Jonathan'^  ^  Samuel^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  7,  1764;  m.  Dec.  11,  1791,  Polly  Peacock.  Res. 
Boston.    Children  : — 

510.  i.      Elinor;  d.  age  17. 

511.  ii.     Mary,  b.  1798;  d.  1798. 

512.  iii.    James  I.  C.  C. 

513.  iv.    Mary;  m.  Timothy  B.  Miller. 

253.  Samuel^  Pierce  {SamueP,  Stephen^^  Joiiathan^^  Samuel^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  17,  1785  ;  m.  Dec.  17,  1809,  Abigail  Winslow,  b. 
Nov.  21,  1792.  She  d.  Sept.  1,  1834.  He  d.  Aug.  12,  1853.  Res. 
Boston.    Children  : — 

514.  i.      Eliza  Ann,  b.  Dec,  1810;  m.  John  Hanaden. 

515.  ii.     Jonx  W.,  b.  Oct.  4,  1812;  m.  Lydia  Ann  Osborn. 

516.  iii.    Samuel,  b.  Aug.  11,  1814;  m.  Rebecca  P.  Dorell,  Caroline  Tufts 

and  Mary  Payson. 

517.  iv.    Abigail,  b.  Sept.  19,  1816;  m.  Nahum  H.  Wilbur. 

518.  V.     Stephen,  b.  Sept.  2,  1818. 

519.  vi.    Edward  K.,  b.  Sept.  21,  1820;  m.  Margaret  E.  Bass. 

257.  Jonathan 6  Pierce  {Joseph^ ^  Daniel"^,  John^,  Thomas'^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  17,  1743;  m.  Lettice  Warren,  1778.     Children: — 

520.  i.  Barzillai,  b.  Dec,  1779;  m.  Jane  Turner  and  Sarah  Hix. 

521.  ii,  Jonathan,  b.  1782;  m.  Olive  Ford. 

522.  iii.  Hannah,  b.  1784;  m.  Beuj.  Siramonds. 

523.  iv.  Mary,  b.  1786;  m.  Alex.  Mitchell. 

524.  V.  Joseph,  b.  1789;  d.  at  Pittsburgh,  war  of  1812. 

260.  Barzillai^  Pierce  {Joseph^,  Daniel'^,  John^,  Thomas'^^ 
Thomas^),h.  Nov.  17,  1750;  m.  Isabel  Howe,  Apr.  13,  1775.  He 
was  taxed  in  Hollis  in  1775  and  1781.  Res.  in  Hollis,  N.  H.,  and 
 .    Child  :— 

525.  i.      Barzillai  ;  m.  Lucy  . 

261.  Davii)6  Pierce  {Daniel^,  Daniel'^,  Johrfi,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  3,  1742;  m.  Apr.  10,  1742,  Mrs.  Sarah  Mainer.  She 
d.  1771.  He  d.  Apr.  6,  1821.  Res.  in  Chesterfield,  H.  N.,  and  Nor- 
ridgewock.  Me.    Children  : — 

526.  i.      Simon,  b.  Mar.  1,  1764;  m.  Hepzibah  Wood. 

527.  ii.     Calvin,  b  Feb.  10,  1766;  ra.  Deborah  Blackwell. 

528.  iii.    Luther,  b.  May  12,  1768;  m.  Susanna  Gray. 

529.  iv.    David,  b.  Sept.  20,  1771;  m.  Olive  Russell. 

530.  V.     Charles,  b.  Mar.  10,  1775;  m.  Abigail  Ayer. 

531.  vi.    Peter,  b.  Aug.  12,  1777;  m.  Elizabeth  Blackwell. 

532.  vii.  Alice;  m.  Eleazer  Whipple. 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


263.  Reubkn^  Pierce  {Daniel^,  Daniel^^  Johii^^  Thoonas^, 
Thomas^\  b.  Mar.  7,  1747;  m.  Jan.  1,  1771,  Mary  Wood.  Reuben 
Pierce  accidentally  killed  himself  at  Lunenburg  or  Leominster  in  the 
woods  while  loading  logs  by  stepping  forward  and  lifting  to  shove  one 
back  after  it  was  loaded.  He  d.  Dec.  30,  1821.  lies.  Leominster, 
Mass.  A.  A.  Pierce  of  St.  Albans,  Vt.,  his  grandson,  has  in  his  posses- 
sion a  powder-horn  that  was  worn  by  Reuben  Pierce  at  the  battle  of 
Lexington,  April  19,  1775,  when  he  was  wounded.    Children: — 

533.  i.      Mary,  b.  Sept.  20,  1771 ;  m.  Simeon  Tyler. 

534.  ii.     Sarah,  b.  Aug-.  28,  1773 ;  d.  Feb.  7,  1778. 

535.  iii.    Abigail,  b.  Oct.  2,  1774;  d.  Feb.  9,  1778. 

536.  iv.    Reuben,  b.  Feb.  5,  1778;  d.  Feb.  16,  1778. 

537.  V.     Reuben,  b.  Sept.  10,  1779.    Was  a  sea  captain. 

538.  vi.    Sarah,  b.  Sept.  4,  1781;  d.  unin. 

539.  vii.  Zebediah,  b.  Dec.  23,  1784;  m.  Phfbe  Tyler. 

540.  viii.  Abijah,  b.  Oct.  7,  1788;  m.  Sally  Mayuard  and  Elvira  (Maynard) 

Jewett. 

264.  Samuel^  Pierce  {Daniel^  ^  Daniel"^,  John^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  May  21,  1749;  m.  Jan.  10,  1774,  Abigail  Carter,  b.  1751, 
d.  Feb.  28,  1777;  m.  2d,  Elizabeth  Whiting,  b.  June  27,  1751,  d.  Oct. 
23,  1823.    He  d.  Dec.  27,  1824,  in  Jaffrey,  N.  H. 

Tradition  says  :  Abigail,  the  wife  of  Samuel,  rode  from  JalFrey  to 
Leominster  on  horseback  to  visit  her  friends,  and  carried  her  second 
and  youngest  son,  Samuel,  who  was  then  only  four  months  old.  She 
was  there  taken  sick  and  died ;  her  husband  was  sick  at  JaiFrey  at  the 
time  of  her  death,  and  was  unable  to  attend  her  funeral,  and  never  saw 
her  again.    Children  : — 

541.  1.  Asaph,  b.  July  9,  1774;  m.  Feb.  10,  1797,  Hannah  Stickney. 

542.  ii.  Samuel,  Jr.,  b.  May  9,  1776;  ra.  Feb.  21,  1806,  Hetty  Brooks. 

543.  iii.  Betsey,  b.  Mar.  29,  1779;  m.  Jacob  Pierce,  Jr.    [551. J 

544.  iv.  Caleb,  b.  Jan.  30,  1781;  m.  Feb.  20,  1805,  Lucy  Gale. 

545.  V.  Annie,  b.  Apr.  12,  1783;  m.  Dec.  18,  1806,  Benjamin  Frost,  b. 

Dec.  1,  1778,  d.  Mar.  9,  1825.  She  d.  in  Jaflfrey,  N.  H.,  Oct.  28, 
1834.  Ch.  :  Cyrus,  b.  May  12,  1807,  m.  Cynthia  May  and  Betsey 
McCoy;  Annie,  b.  Dec.  20,  1808,  m.  Edward  M.  Lawrence; 
Eliza,  b.  Oct.  17,  1811,  d.  Apr.  14,  1835;  Benjamin,  Jr.,  b.  June 
25,  1813,  m.  Lydia  M.  White;  Joseph  P.,  b.  June  19,  1815,  ra. 
Sarah  E.  Cutter  and  Sarah  A.  Osgood ;  Albert,  b.  Mar.  20,  1817, 
m.  Mary  Boutelle;  Silas  P.,  b.  Feb.  9,  1820,  m.  Betsey  E. 
Mason ;  Caleb  W.,  b.  Feb.  9,  1822,  m.  Mrs.  Rhoda  D.  Burgin. 

546.  vi.    Abigail,  b.  Oct.  4,  1785;  ra.  Feb.  17,  1812,  Jade  Carter,  b.  July  8, 

1781.  They  res.  in  Jaffrey,  N.  H.,  and  in  Penn.  Ch.  :  Liberty, 
b.  Dec.  22,  1812;  Sylvester,  b.  Sept.  4,  1815;  Abigail,  b.  July  25, 
1817. 

547.  vii.   Sarah,  b.  Sept  3,  1787;  ra.  Mar.  12,  1812,  Joel  Fisk,  b.  1787,  d. 

Jan.  19,  1823;  m.  2nd,  Sept.  10,  1825,  James  Bridges.  They 
res.  in  Jaffrey,  N.  H.    She  d.  Feb.  20,  1836,  leaving  no  issue. 

548.  viii.  Lucy,  b.  Nov.  28,  1789;  d.  Nov.  28,  1789. 

549.  ix.    Joseph,  b.  Mar.  23,  1792;  m.  Dec.  18,  1821,  Esther  (Jaquith) 

Pierce. 

550.  X.     Silas,  b.  Jan.  4,  1795;  m.  May  7,  1818,  Esther  Jaquith.   He  d.  July 

29,  1819.    His  widow  m.  his  brother. 

265.  Jacob^  Pierce  {Daniel^,  DanieV"^  John^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  3,  1751  ;  m.  Feb.  19,  1777,  Rebecca  Whitcomb. 


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They  res.  in  Leominster  and  Jaffrey,  X.  H.    He  d.  Aug.  11,  1827. 

Jacob  Pierce  went  to  Jaffrey,  N.  H.,  in  the  spring  of  1777  ;  he 
had  purchased  his  land  prior  to  this  time,  and  had  erected  thereon  a 
log  cabin.  He  was  brought  up  in  Leominster  by  a  man  named 
Carter.  He  was  orderly  sergeant  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution,  and 
was  at  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill.  He  borrowed  his  brother  Samuel's 
gun  because  it  was  lighter  and  a  better  one  than  his,  and  he  said  he 
fired  it  seventeen  times  in  that  battle,  and  it  became  so  hot  that  he  could 
hardly  hold  it  in  his  hands  :  he  said  he  took  good  sight  at  men  before 
he  fired,  but  never  knew  or  never  wanted  to  know  whether  he  killed  any 
one  or  not.  He  was  in  Charlestown  when  the  foundation  for  Bunker 
Hill  monument  was  laid. 


Children  : — 

551.  i.      Jacob,  Jr.,  b.  Apr.  28,  1778;  ra.  Xov.  27,  1800,  Mary  Sawtell;  m. 

2ncl,  Nov.  17.  1813,  Electa  Evaus;  m.  3rd,  Jan.  18,  1818,  Betsey 
Pierce  [543]';  m.  4th,  Mar.  23,  1823,  Sally  Garfleld. 

552.  ii.     Bexj-OIIx,  b.  Feb.  2,  1782;  m.  Aug.  1,  1813,  Sally  Erskine. 

553.  lii.    Reuben,  b.  Sept.  4,  1787;   m.  Mar.  9,  1814,  Lydia  Holden ;  ra. 

2nd,  May  21,  1823,  Florilla  Sweetland. 

554.  iv.    Moses,  b.  Juue  22,  1793;  m.  Betsey  Jewett. 

555.  y.     JosiAH,  b.  Mar.  15,  1795;  d.  Apr.  11,  1795. 

556.  vi.     Rebecca,  b.  Dec.  2,  1799;  d.  Dec.  13,  1823. 

557.  vii.   Keziah,  b.  Sept.  29,  1783;  m.  Feb.  6,  1806,  Alvin  Jewell.    She  d. 

Nov.  12,  1824. 

558.  viii.  Deborah,  b.  Oct.  4,  1785;  m.  Oct.  19,  1826,  Alvin  Jewell. 

559.  ix.     Marian,  b.  July  6,  1789;  ra.  Nov.  29,  1812,  Benjamin  Hale,  b. 

Sept.  19,  1790,  d.  Feb.  12,  1832.  She  d.  in  Jaffrey,  N.  H.,  Apr. 
26,  1863.  Ch.  :  Triphosa,  b.  Oct.  8,  1813;  Alinira;  Beuj.  0.,  m. 
Maria  Spalding  and  Lydia  Spaldinf?;  Jacob  M.  and  Moses. 

560.  X.      Daniel,  b.  Apr.  2,  1791;  d.  Apr.  22,  1808. 

561.  xi.    Nancy,  b.  July  10,  1796;  m.  Apr.  24,  1823,  Sewell  Hosraer.  They 

had  a  son,  Granville,  res.  in  Fitchbur.ij. 

562.  xii.   JosiAH,  b.  June  19,  1798;  m.  Feb.  9,  1824,  Pauline  Erskine. 

563.  xiii.  Triphosa,  b.  Apr.  15,  1800 ;  d.  May  19,  1802. 

275.  John6  Pierce  {J'ohnP,  Daniel'^,  John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^), 
b.  May  22,  1759;  m.  May  16,  1799,  Dinah  Sawyer,  b.  1772.  She  d. 
June  12,  1825.    He  d.  Sept.  12,  1828.    Res.  Harvard,  Mass. 

Children  : — 

664.  i.      Eliza,  b.  Apr.  17,  1801;  d.  June  16,  1818. 

565.  ii.     John,  b.  Oct.  13,  1803 ;  m.  Sarah  Parker  and  Louisa  Percy. 

566.  lii.    Stillman,  b.  Apr.  23,  1809 ;  m.  Sarah  French. 

276.  Calvin^  Pierce  {John^,  Daniel^,  John?,  Thomas^,  Thomas^), 
b.  Mar.  1,  1766;  m.  Jan.  12,  1786,  Betsey  Brown,  b.  1771.  Shed. 
1817.  He  m.  2nd,  Mar.  31,  1818,  Mrs.  Lucy  Bridge.  She  d.  1827.. 
He  d.  1832.    Res.  Bolton,  Mass.  Children:— 

567.  i.      John,  b.  Mar.  23,  1786;  m.  Sally  Brigham. 

568.  ii.     RuFUS;  d.  1817. 

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669.  iii.  Daniel;  d.  1827, 

570.  iv.  Betsey;  m.  Thornclike  Chase. 

571.  V.  Mary;  m.  John  Chase. 

572.  vi.  SoPHRONiA,  b.  May  13,  1806;  m.  Luther  W.  Houghton. 

573.  vii.  Calvin.    574.  viii.  Sophia.    575.  ix.  Louisa.    575.^.  x.  Lucy. 

278.  Ebenezer^  Pierce  {JEhenezer^,  Ehenezer^,  Johrfi,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  June  9,  1745  ;  m.  Eunice  Loomis,  b.  Oct.  10,  1750.  She 
d.  Feb.  26,  1826.    He  d.  Aug.  1,  1802.    Res.  Peru,  Mass. 


Children  : — 

676.  i.      Sarah,  b.  Oct.  28,  1772;  m.  Levi  Allen. 

577.  ii.     John,  b.  Aug.  21,  1774;  m.  Sarah  Frissell. 

578.  iii.    Eunice,  b.  Oct.  8,  1775 ;  m.  William  Stevens. 

679.  iv.    Mary,     K    .      ,    t      lo  tt^tt  C  m.  Isaac  Stevens. 

580.  V.     Martha,  \  J^"'       ^^^^ '  \  m.  Joshua  Minor. 

581.  vi.    Asa,  b.  Mar.  25,  1779;  in.  Caroline  Worthington. 

582.  vii.   Lydia,  b.  Jan.  23,  1781;  d.  Oct.  23,  1800. 

583.  viii.  Ruth,  b.  Jan.  20,  1783;  ni.  Col.  Reid. 

584.  ix.    Jerusha,  b.  Oct.  6,  1786;  m.  Col.  Reid. 

585.  X.     Ebenezer,  b.  Mar.  28,  1788;  m.  Electa  Phillips. 

586.  xi.    Enoch,  b.  Apr.  17,  1791;  m.  Mary  Moseley. 

283.  JonN^  Pierce  {JSbe7iezer^,  Ebenezer^,  John^^  Thomas^, 
I'homas^),  b.  Apr.  20,  1754  ;  m.  Oct.  5,  1775,  Lucy  Snow,  b.  1756, 
d.  May  11,  1823.    He  d.  Sept.  20,  1832.    They  res.  in  Millbury. 


Children  : — 

687.  i.      John,  b.  July  14,  1776;  d.  Oct.  20,  1796. 

588.  ii.     Betsey,  b.  Oct.  29,  1777;  m.  Dec.  1, 1802,  EliasLovell.  Ch.  :  Elias, 

m.  Eliphal  Newton;  John,  ra.  Ellen   ;  Styra,  m.  Benj. 

Sumner;  Alden ;  Adeline,  m.  John  Davidson. 

689.  iii.    Lucy,  b.  Mar.  25,  1779;  m.  Aug.  19,  1801,  Andrew  Waters.    Ch.  : 

Lucy,  m.  a  Pardee;  Louisa,  m.  a  Goodale. 

690.  iv.    Luther,  b.  Oct.  14,  1781 ;  m.  Mar.  23,  1803,  Clarissa  Reed  ;  m.  2nd, 

An  rill  a  Terry. 

691.  v.     Calvin,  b.  Dec.  12,  1784;  m.  Sept.  28,  1808,  Sophronia  Colton. 

592.  vi.    Clarissa,  b.  Nov.  6,  1787;  m.  Oct.  6,  1808,  Luther  Stiles,  d.  June 

13,  1857.  She  d.  in  Elgin,  111.,  Mar.  5,  1865.  Ch.  :  Lydia  S.,  b. 
Sept.  9,  1811,  d.  Nov.  5,  1831;  Eliza  J.,  b.  Eeb.  24,  1814,  ra. 
Ralph  Grow;  Mary  S.,  b.  Mar.  6,  1816,  d.  Feb.  22,  1830;  Luther 
C,  b.  Mar.  7,  1819;  Martha  W.,  b.  Apr.  25,  1821,  d.  Oct.  21, 
1833;  Cornelius  C,  b.  Jan.  12,  1824;  Harriet  W.,  b.  June  8, 
1826;  Sarah  L.,  b.  June  6,  1828,  d.  Dec.  22,  1833;  Mary  P.,  b. 
Sept.  15,  1830. 

593.  vii.   Hervey,  b.  Oct  24,  1790;  d.  Sept.  20,  1796. 

594.  viii.  Polly,  b.  Mar.  7,  1792;  m.  June  23,  1811,  Jared  Brainard.  Alive 

at  last  accounts  and  had  never  worn  spectacles. 

695.  ix.    Hervey,  b.  Mar.  26,  1797;  m.  July,  15,  1819,  Linia  Stone. 

696.  X.    John  W.,  b.  May  20,  180J ;  d.  Aug.  1,  1803. 


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285.  Jonathan^  Pierce  {Ebenezer^,  Ehenezer^,  John^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  17,  1757;  ra.  Apr.  15,  17'S1,  Lvdia  Bowraau,  b. 
Jan.  8,  1763,  d.  June  28,  1841.  He  d.  Aug.  20,  1808.  They  res.  in 
Southboro'. 

Children : — 

597.  i.      Lydia,  b.  Feb.  4,  1782;  ra.  Asa  Holt. 

598.  ii.     Nancy,  b.  June  30,  1783;  m.  Ford. 

599.  iii.    Nathan,  b.  Jan.  6,  1785. 

600.  iv.    Jonathan,  b.  Apr.  21,  1788. 

601.  V.     La^^na,  b.  Feb.  9,  1790 ;  m.  July  11,  1813,  William  Bobbins,  b.  Apr. 

24,  1791.  She  cl.  Sept.  2,  1868.  Ch.  :  Lavina,  b.  Aug.  25,  1814, 
d.  Aug-,  11,  1844;  William,  b.  Apr.  14,  1816,  d.  June  21,  1819; 
Charles,  b.  Nov.  28,  1817.  He  is  a  physician  and  resides  ir 
Worcester. 

602.  vi.    Aaron,  b.  Feb.  15,  1793. 

603.  vii.   Lina,  b.  July  16,  1794. 

604.  viii.  Lola,  b.  Nov.  20,  1799 ;  d.  Oct.  13,  1837. 

286.  Dea.  David^  Pierce  {Ebenezer^.  Ehenezer^^  John^,  Thomas^^ 
Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  16,  1760;  m.  1783,  Sarah  Bridges,  b.  Apr.  1,  1760. 
She  d.  Aug.  31,  1820.  He  d.  Sept.  12,  1816.  Res.  Barnard  and 
Woodstock,  Yt. 


Children  :— 

605.  i.      Nathan,  b.  Nov.  24,  1784;  m.  Sally  Richmond. 

606.  ii.     David,  b.  Mar.  26,  1786;  m.  Ruth  Downer  and  Mary  S.  Gardner. 

607.  iii.    Aaron,  b.  Nov.  23,  1787;  m.  Sarah  Hough. 
603.  iv.    Sally,  b.  Oct.  22,  1789;  d.  Jan.  23,  1812. 

609.  V.     Anna,  b.  July  3,  1791;  m.  Charles  Carpenter. 

610.  vi.    Betsey,  b.  July  13,  1793;  m.  Abner  Harlow. 

611.  vii.  Dana,  b.  Sept.  7,  1795:  m.  Deadama  Paul. 

612.  viii.  Edmund,  b.  Aug.  19,  1797;  m.  Louisa  Stane. 

613.  ix.    Polly,  b.  Sept.  6,  1799;  ni.  Sanford  Sessions  and  Warren  Harlow. 

614.  X.     Lucy,  b.  Feb.  2,  1802;  d.  Oct.  30,  1802. 

615.  xi.    Fanny,  b.  Sept.  22,  1803;  ra.   Barstow. 

287.    Aaron^   Pierce  {Ehenezer^^  Ehenezer^,  John^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  16,  1762;  m.  Sept.  8,  1790,  Hannah  Greenwood,  b. 
Dec.  27,  1764;  d.  Dec.  9,  1837.    He  d.  Sept.  7,  1833.    They  res.  in 
Millbury,  Mass. 

Aaron  Pierce  was  a  man  much  esteemed  and  trusted  by  his  towns- 
men, holding  offices  of  trust,  and  representing  the  town  in  the  General 
Court  one  or  more  sessions.  His  grandson,  Mr.  Geo.  L.  Chase  of 
Hartford,  Conn.,  has  in  his  possession  a  Commission  issued  by  Governor 
Samuel  Adams,  which  sets  forth  that  "  couhding  in  the  ability,  discretion 


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and  integrity  of  Aaron  Pierce,  by  and  with  the  consent  of  the  Council, 
do  appoint  him  Justice  of  the  Peace  for  the  County  of  Worcester," 
which  office  he  held  for  many  years. 

Children : — 

616.  i.      Sally,  b.  June  10,  1791;  m.  Dec.  9,  1819,  Paul  C.  Chase,  b.  1790. 

Ch.  :  Leonard  P.,  b.  1820,  m.  Mary  Goddard;  Lydia  P.,  b.  1822, 
m.  H.  Derby  P.  Bigeiow  ;  Geo.  L.,  b.  1828,  m.  Calista  Taft; 
David  B.,  b.  1829,  ra.  Melissa  Simmons;  Hannah  G.,b.  1831, 
m.  Perley  Whipple;  David  M.,  b.  1832. 

617.  ii.     Lydia,  b.  Sept.  9,  1792;  m.  Oct.  25,  1813,  David  Gordon.    Ch. : 

Leander,  m.  Sarah  Wheeler;   Emeline,   m.  Fred.  Sargent; 

Lydia,  ra.  Alphonza  Busnell;  Fred.,  ra.  Louisa  ;  Hannah, 

m.  Frank  Crosby  ;  Frank,  m.  Martha  Crosby. 

618.  iii.    Leonard,  b.  Dec.  8,  1793;  d.  Sept.  20,  1796. 

619.  Iv.    Hannah,  b.  July  9,  1796;  d.  infant,  July  12,  1796. 

620.  v.     Leonard,  b.  Jan.  11,  1798;  m.  Nov.  15,  1831,  Mary  Putnam. 

621.  vi.    Aaron,  b.  Aug.  8,  1802;  m.  Sophronia  Scott. 

622.  vii.    Mary  S.,  b.  Dec.  4,  1806;  m.  Nov.  10,  1831,  Calvin  Temple.    Ch.  : 

Joseph,  b.  Oct.  12,  1839,  m.  Liicia  Kingman;  twins,  b.  July  15, 
1834,  d.  July  15,  1834;  Carohne,  b.  Jan.  29,  1836,  d.  Sept.  29, 
1836;  Mary,  b.  Apr.  15,  1837,  d.  Nov.  12,  1842;  Sarah,  b.  Oct. 
23,  1842,  d.  Jan.  20,  1852.    They  res.  iu  Reading. 

288.  Lient.  Joshua^  Pierce  {Joshua^,  JEbenezer^,  John^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  May  17,  1741;  ra.  Nov.  27,  1766,  Lydia  Goodrich,  b. 
Aug.  1,  1740.  She  d.  Jan.  25,  1826.  Lied.  Nov.  5,  1812.  Res. 
Leominster,  Mass. 

Joshua  Pierce  was  a  Lieutenant  under  General  Washington  during 
the  Revolutionary  war,  and  wore  a  sword  which  was  taken  from  a 
French  officer  in  the  French  and  Indian  war,  which  bears  date  1414. 
After  the  war  he  settled  in  Lancaster,  Mass.,  as  a  farmer.    Children  : — 

623.  i.  Thomas  S.,  b.  Sept.  13,  1767;  ra.  Dolly  Boutelle. 

624.  ii.  Joshua,  b.  April  19,  1769;  d.  unra. 

625.  iii.  Katherine,  b.  May  6,  1771 ;  m.  Sylvester  Ropes. 

626.  iv.  Jonathan,  b.  April  26,  1773.    Res.  New  York  State. 

627.  V.  Asa,  b.   Aug.  5,    1775  ;   m.   Deborah  Joslin   and  Martha  J. 

Richardson. 

628.  vi.    Phineas,  b.  Nov.  29,  1778 ;  d.  unm.  June  20,  1836. 

629.  vii.   David,  b.  July^?,  1781;  ra.  . 

630.  viii.  Elias,  b.  Nov.  5,  1784;  d.  unm.  Sept.  25,  1834. 

289.  Capt.  Jonathan^  Pierce  {Joshua^,  Eheoiezer^,  Jolm?^  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  20,  1744;  ra.  Dec.  28,  1766,  Elizabeth  Cooper,  b. 
Jan.,  1738.  She  d.  May  21,  1806.  He  m.  2nd,  April  27,  1809,  Mrs. 
Lydia  Francis,  b.  Jan.,  1742.  She  d.  July  31,  1834.  He  d.  Sept. 
2,  1825.    Res.  Lancaster  and  Boston. 

Jonathan  Pierce  settled  in  Newport,  R.  I.,  and  was  Captain  of  the 
Royal  Artillery  of  Warren,  R.  I.,  before  the  breaking  out  of  the  Revo- 
lutionary war,  but  then  with  others  of  his  command  joined  the  Atner- 
ican  forces.  As  a  consequence  his  property  was  confiscated  and  a  pi  ice 
set  on  his  head.  He  entered  the  Revolutionary  Army  as  Captain 
under  General  Lafayette,  and  was  at  the  battles  of  Yorktown  and 


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Bmndywine,  in  which  he  wore  the  sword  taken  by  his  father  in  the 
French  and  Indian  war.  After  the  war  he  was  in  the  employ  of  the 
Government,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  held  the  post  of  armorer  at 
Charlestown  Navy  Yard.    Children  : — 

631.  i.  Curtis,  b.  March  3,  1769;  d.  Jan.,  1775. 

632.  ii.  Jonathan,  b.  Jan.  3,  1772 ;  d.  Oct.  19,  1772. 

633.  iii.  Jonathan,  b.  Oct.  18,  1809 ;  m.  Elizabeth  B.  Leavitt. 

634.  iv.  Joshua  H.,  b.  July  24,  1812;  d.  unm.,  1869. 

291.  JosiAH^  Pierce,  Jr.  {.Josiah^,  Josiah"^.  John"^^  Thomas^, 
Thomas^,  b.  Aug.  27,  1756;  m.  March,  1787,  Phebe  Thompson*,  b. 
Dec.  31,  1762,  d.  Feb.  27,  1839.  He  d.  in  Baldwin,  Me.,  Jan.  23, 
1830,  where  he  had  settled  in  178o.t    Children  : — 

635.  i.  Hannah,  b.  Apr.  27,  1788 ;  d.  Sept.  23,  1873. 

636.  ii.  Phebe,  b.  Sept.  29,  1789;  d.  Nov.  11,  1800. 

637.  iii.  JosiAH,  Jr.,  b.  Aug*.  15,  1792;  m.  Eveline  Lewis. 

638.  iv.  Ruth,  b.  Mar.  24,  1794;  m.  Ira  Crocker.    They  res.  in  Portland, 

Me.  and  had  one  son,  who  left  two  ch.    She  d.  Mar.  16,  1875. 

639.  V.     Nancy,  b.  Jan.  7,  1796;  m.  1822,  Rev.  Charles  Freeman  of  Lim- 

erick, Me.,  and  had  two  ch.,  Phebe  E.,  b.  Mar.  26,  1823,  m. 

 Sanborn;  Charles  M.,  b.  Mar.  21,  1825.    She  d.  Sept.  2, 

1825. 

640.  vi.    Harriet,  b.  Mar.  2,  1798 ;  d.  June  14,  1829. 

641.  vii.   Sarah  R.,  b.  Jan.  2,  1800;  m.  Dr.  William  B.  Gooch.  Shed. 

Dec,  1851,  leaving  one  dau.,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Clark  of  Eliza- 
beth, N.  J. 

642.  viii.  Phebe  T.,  b.  Mar.  17,  1801 ;  d.  July  22,  1803. 

643.  ix.    Danikl  T.,  b.  Mar.  15,  1803;  m.  Frances  E.  B.  Lewis. 

644.  X.     George  W.,  b.  Dec.  2,  1805;  m.  Ann  Wadsworth  Longfellow, 

sister  of  Henry  W.,  the  Poet.  He  d.  Nov.  15,  1835,  without 
issue. 


♦  She  was  dau.  of  Daniel  Thompson  of  Woburn,  who  was  killed  at  the  bat- 
tle of  Lexington. 

t  Josiah  Pierce  (son  of  Josiah  Pierce  and  Ruth  Thompson,  widow  of  Benj. 
Thompson,  and  mother  of  Count  Rumford),  born  at  Woburn,  Mass.,  Aug. 
27,  1756,  died  at  Baldwin,  Me.,  Jan.  23,  1830,  was  a  man  remarkable  for  his 
ability,  energy,  success  in  life,  and  superior  physical  and  moral  character.  His 
father.  Josiah  Pierce,  possessed  50  acres  of  tillage  land  in  Woburn,  opposite 
Col.  Baldwin's  place  (inherited  from  his  ancestor  who  settled  there,  as  to 
40  acres  as  a  settler,  and  by  acquisition  of  10  acres  more  from  some  other  set- 
tler), and  also  a  lot  of  30  acres  (called  "  Wood-acre  "),  acquired  by  purchase. 
Josiah  Pierce  (born  1756),  accompanied  his  half-brother  Benj.  Thompson  (Count 
Rumford)  in  his  escape  from  America,  but  took  some  part  in  the  American 
Revolution,  crossed  Charlestown  Neck  during  the  engagement  at  Bunker  Hill, 
with  supplies  for  the  troops,  and  was  a  member  of  a  Company  of  Minute-men, 
and  afterwards  was  an  officer  of  the  State  in  Shays'  Rebellion.  About  1780, 
he  was  engaged  in  the  business  of  Col.  Loammi  Baldwin,  and  a  partnership 
was  formed  between  them  under  the  name  of  "  Baldwin  &  Pierce,"  through 
which  they  purchased  the  rights  of  several  grantees  to  lands  in  Maine,  chiefly 
in  Flintstown  (afterwards  Baldwin),  Maine;  the  partnership  was  dissolved 
in  1802.  Meanwhile  Josiah  Pierce  came  to  Baldwin  about  1785,  and  then 
stopped  at  a  settler's  (Lowell's),  whei-e  forty  carcasses  of  deer  killed  on  the 
hills  near  by,  were  in  the  house.  Bears  were  frequently  seen  there  then. 
Now  a  railway  passes  through  those  grounds,  and  it  is  rarely  that  one  sees  a 
partridge  or  squirrel.  He  set  up  a  potash  factory,  a  corn-mill,  and  tiinber- 
sawing  mill,  and  built  a  house,  square,  old-fashioned,  of  the  Massachusetts 


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294.  JoHN^  Pierce  {JosiahP,  Josiah^^  John^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^ 
b.  May  26,  1764;  m.  Rebecca  Wilson,  Aug.  17,  1788.  He  d.  Sept. 
21,  1838.    Res.  Woburn,  Mass.  and  Hiram,  Me.  Children:— 

645.  i.      John,  b.  Feb.  2,  1789;  ra.  Ruth  Powers. 

646.  ii.     JosiAH,  b.  Nov.  8,  1790 ;  m.  Mary  Hancock. 

647.  iii.    Rfi^BECCA,  b.  July  29,  1792;  m.  Mar.,  1825,  Mark  Rounds,  and  d. 

May  30,  1877. 

648.  iv.    Benjamin  T.,  b.  Aug.  18,  1794;  m.  Nancy  Young. 

649.  V.     William,  b.  April  1,  1796;  m.  Betsey  Larrabee. 

650.  vi.    Temothy  C,  b.  Mar.  14,  1798;  d.  Aug.  1,  1798. 

651.  vii.   Timothy  C,  b.  Jan.  6,  1800;  m.  Olive  Pingree. 

652.  viii.  Daniel,  b.  Feb.  7,  1802;  m.  Abigail  Hancock. 

653.  ix.     Levi,  b.  April  27,  1804;  unm;  res.  Hiram,  Me. 

654.  X.     Ruth,  b.  Feb.  5,  1807;  m.  July  4,  1828,  John  Johnson. 

296.  Daniel^  Pierce  {John^,  Josiah^,  John^^  Thomas^,  Thomas^\ 
b.  1742;  ra.  Mercy  Gates,  b.  1748.  She  d.  Mar.  26,  1827.  He  d. 
July  16,  1821.  Res.  Westmoreland,  N.  H.  and  St.  Johnsbury  Centre, 
Vt     Children  :— 

667.  i.  Daniel,  b.  Jan.  27,  1768;  m.  Abigail  Gilson. 

668.  ii.  Aretas,  b.  Jan.  2,  1770;  m.  Rebecca  Blood. 

669.  iii.  Mercy,  b.  Aug.  6,  1771;  m.  Phineas  Day. 

670.  iv.  Sally,  b.  June  10,  1773;  m.  Thomas  Peck. 

671.  V.  Betsey,  b.  Feb.  17,  1775;  d.  unm. 

672.  vi.  Nathaniel,  b.  Aug.  8,  1777;  m.  Betsey  McMauus. 

673.  vii.  Levi,  b.  May  -^4,  1779;  m.  Polly  Fowler. 

674.  viii.  Abel,  b.  Aug.  12,  1781;  m.  Mercy  Allen. 


pattern  (which  is  still  standing),  came  back  to  Massachusetts  and  was  mar- 
ried in  March,  1787,  to  Phebe  Thompson  (dau.  of  Daniel  Thompson  who  was 
killed  at  the  battle  of  Lexington),  carried  her  to  Baldwin  on  a  pillion,  and 
lived  there  till  his  death.  When  he  closed  his  partnership  with  Col.  Baldwin 
in  1802,  he  took  the  lands  in  Maine,  and  his  partner  the  debts  to  them  on 
account— and  he  held  afterwards  during  most  of  his  life  a  large  extent  of  tim- 
bered land  (10,000  acres  or  more),  and  employed  it  usefully.  He  bought  up 
his  father's  and  mother's  property  in  Woburn,  and  they  came  to  live  near  hira 
in  1791,  and  died  in  Baldwin.  His  business  increased  and  gradually  became 
chiefly  that  of  manufacturing  or  supplying  lumber  ordeals.  At  one  time  he 
owned  thirty  saw-mills.  In  politics  he  was  a  Federalist^'of  the  old  school,  and 
was  by  some  called  a  Tory,  from  his  old  fashioned  ways.  He  was  a  Justice 
of  the  Peace,  and  had  much  to  do  in  that  capacity.  He  was  almost  always  on 
horseback,  the  roads  being  bad  at  ttrst,  and  from  custom  afterwards.  To  the 
close  of  his  life  he  wore  the  old  fashioned  queue,  tied  with  black  ribbon,  and 
was  careful  of  his  dress,  usually  wearing  a  suit  of  gray  cloth.  His  house  was 
open  to  all  guests,  and  his  hospitality  was  famous  through  all  the  country 
round.  He  sometimes  employed  as  many  as  a  hundred  men,  on  his  farm  of 
400  acres,  and  on  other  work  in  the  neighborhood.  Although  without  a 
classical  education,  he  was  very  fond  of  books,  and  read  and  knew  almost  all 
the  best  literature  of  his  time,  preferring  metaphysics,  and  having  as  favorite 
authors  Dugald  Stewart,  Brown,  Burke,  Locke,  Pope,  and  Adam  Smith. 
His  conversation  was  remarkably  pleasant  and  entertaining.  It  is  said  that 
when  he  went  to  Portland  on  business  and  stopped  at  an  hotel,  twenty  or 
thirty  of  the  old  citizens  would  gather  there  to  hear  him  talk.  He  gave  all 
his  children  a  good  liberal  education.  Two  of  his  three  sons  graduated  at 
Bowdoin  College.  He  was  physically  very  superior,  very  strong,  never  ill, 
six  feet  in  height,  erect,  broad-backed,  and  firm.  He  left  a  large  family,  well- 
trained,  and  well-placed— a  memory  still  honored — a  considerable  property, 
and  an  example  of  the  solid  old  Massachusetts  Federalist. 


SIXTH  GENERATION. 


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675.  ix.    Eeuben,  b.  May  25,  1783;  ra.  Abigail  Cobb. 

676.  X.      Joel,  b.  July  16,  1785;  d.  young. 

677.  xi.    Lois,  b.  1786;  ra.  Nahum  Stiles. 

297.  Joseph^  Pierce  {John^,  Josiah^^  John^,  Tliomas^,  Thomas^), 
b.  1749;  ni.  Margaret  Gates.  He  d.  Jan.  20,  1803.  Res.  Bolton, 
Mass.,  Westmoreland,  N.  H.,  and  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.    Children  :— 

655.  i.  Joseph,  b.  May  15,  1773;  m.  Susanna  Lawrence. 

656.  ii.  EpHRAiM,  b.  June  8,  1775;  d.  unm.  1815. 

657.  iii.  Timothy,  b.  Aug.  20,  1776;  rem.  to  New  York  State. 

658.  iv.  JoTHAM,  b.    12,  1778:  m.  Mary  R.  Cobb. 

659.  V.  Asa,  b.  Feb.  25,  1781;  rem.  to  Belvidere,  111. 
6G0.  vi.  Martin,  b.  June  5,  1783;  m.  Abigail  Sanderson. 

661.  vii.  Leonard,  b.  July  28,  1785,  m.  Nancy  Norris. 

662.  viii.  Wilder,  b.  Jan.  3,  1788;  m.  Nancy  Parsons. 

663.  ix.  Alfred,  b.  Aug.  9,  1790;  m.  . 

664.  X.  Shubal,  b.  Apr.  10,  1793;  ra.  Mary  A.  Barnard. 

665.  xi.  Almira,  b.  May  18,  1796;  m.  Horace  Huntoon. 

666.  xii.  Thomas,  b.  Feb.  11,  1799;  m.  Olive  Martin. 

298.  Thomas^  Pierce  {John^^  Jodah^^  John?,  Thomas^,  Thom- 
as^), b.   1756;  m.  Abigail   ,  b.  April,  1753.    She  d.  Dec.  12, 

1836.    He  d.  Dec.  14,  1832.    Res.  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 


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Children  : — 

678.  i.      Thomas,  b.  1780;  m.  Betsey  Sanderson  and  Mrs.  (Roberts)  Flint. 

679.  ii.     ORPHA;m.  Israel  Peirce.    See  Pezrce  G^e^eaZog'i/ by  Frederick  C. 

Pierce,  Esq. 

680.  iii.  Abigail. 

681.  iv.    Sally;  m.  Jacob  Sanderson. 

682.  V.     DiANTHE ;  ra.  Philip  Goss. 

299.  JoHN^  Pierce  {Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  10,  1724  ;  m.  Dec.  24,  1750,  Zenriah  Spalding,  b. 
Dec.  24,  1726.  She  d.  Nov.  20,  1808.  He  d.  Sept.  24,  1780.  Res. 
Plainfield,  Conn. 


Children  :— 

683.  i.      Susanna,  b.  Nov.  3,  1751 ;  d.  Sept.  22,  1776. 

684.  ii.     John,  b.  Aug.  19,  1753;  d.  Nov.  24,  1834. 

685.  iii.    Esther,  b.  April  1,  1755;  d.  Oct.  24,  1790. 

686.  iv.    Mary,  b.  April  5,  1757;  ra.  John  Cleveland. 

687.  V.     Phineas,  b.  Jan.  15,  1759;  d.  unra.  Oct  14,  1801.    He  was  High 

Sheriff  of  Windham  Co.,  Conn.,  at  his  death. 

688.  vi.    Priscilla,  b.  April  24,  1761  :  m.  Daniel  Gordon. 

689.  vii.   Thomas,  b.  April  8,  1763;  m.  Baradill  Fox. 

690.  viii.  Stephen,  b.  June  2,  1765;  d.  Nov.  24,  1822. 

691.  ix.    Spalding,  b,  Feb.  29,  1768;  ra.  Nabby  Bacon. 

692.  X.     Sylvester,  b.  Sept.  17,  1770;  m.  Eunice  . 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


308.  Lp:muel6  Pierce  {Ehenezer^^  Thomas^^  Thomas^^  Thomas'^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  16,  1730;  m.  Feb.  10,  1756,  Dorcas  Spalding,  b. 
Aug.  9,  1735.  He  d.  1821.  Lemuel  was  in  the  Revolutionary  War. 
Res.  Plainfield  and  Sterling,  Conn.    Children  : — 

693.  i.      Parnel,  b.  Apr.  17,  1758;  d.  Sept.  27,  1761. 

694.  ii.     Olive,  b.  Apr.  9,  1760. 

695.  iii.    Phineas  ;  m.  Eowena  Harris. 

315.  Thomas^  Pierce  {Amos^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas'^, 
Thomas^),  b.  July  2,  1729  ;  m.  Nov.  19,  1755,  Olive  Green,  d.  Nov.  6, 
1822.    He  d.  Mar.  30,  1811.  Children 

696.  i.      Samuel,  b.  Sept.  22,  1756;  m.  Hannah  White. 

697.  ii.     Tryphene,  b.  June  22,  1758;  ni.  a  Peats  and  had  Lewis  and 

Betsey. 

698.  iii.    Ruth,  b.  Oct.  8,  1759 ;  m.  Abner  Miller  and  had  William,  Heber, 

Betsey,  Olive  and  Polly. 

699.  iv.    Sarah,  b.  Nov.  20,  1761. 

700.  V.     John,  b.  Apr.  20,  1764;  ra.  Nov.  28,  1798,  Sally  Daboll;  m.  2nd, 

June  10,  1822,  Mary  Smith. 

701.  vi.    Esther,  b.  Oct.  17,  1766;  m.  a  Caldwell  and  had  James,  Samuel, 

Milo,  Margaret,  Beulah,  Lavinia,  Fidelia,  and  Oby.  She  d.  Apr. 
16,  1812. 

702.  vii.   Olive,  b.  July  30,  1770;  m.   Bull  and  d.  Apr.  16,  1812,  leav- 

ing Lucy,  Mittie,  Henrietta,  Olive,  Cynthia,  Norman,  Buell, 
and  William. 

703.  viii.  Silas,  b.  Feb.  24,  1772;  m.  Lois  Kelsey. 

704.  ix.    Beulah,  b.  Aug.  7,  1774;  d.  July  12,  1790. 

705.  X.     Cynthia,  b.  Dec.  22,  1775. 

321.  Amos6  Pierce.  Jr.  {Amos^,  Tho^nas^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  6,  1742;  m.  Lois  Fellows,  d.  Feb.  28,  1820.  He 
d.  Feb.  13,  1807,  in  Canaan,  Conn.    Children: — 

706.  i.      Mary,  b.  Apr.  14,  1773;  d.  Feb.  12,  1793. 

707.  .,      IcHABOD,  )  .    .      ,  io  C  ra.  a  Whitney. 

708.  Edward,  \  t^^^^'      ^^^^       1775;   ^  ^  ^'^^^^ 

709.  iii.    Anna,  b.  Oct.,  1778;  m.  a  Freeman  and  a  Hill.    She  d.  Apr.  12, 

1828.    Had  Daniel,  Orrin,  Edward,  Silas  and  Lais. 

710.  iv.  Stephen,  b.  June  15,  1780;  d.  infant. 

711.  V.  Samuel,  b.  Mar.  27,  1783;  m.  Sally  Gorham. 

712.  vi.  Betsey,  b.  Apr.  8,  1785;  m.  Samuel  Williams;  d.  Aug.  23,  1836. 

713.  vii.  William,  b.  Feb.  25,  1787;  m.  Jan.  19,  1813,  Polly  Loveland. 

714.  viii.  Laura,  b.  Aug.  3,  1789;  m.  Silas  Williams;  d.  Mar.  30,  1826. 

715.  ix.  Candace,  b.  Oct.  14,  1792;  m.  Isaac  Gifford.   Ch.  :  Ferdando;  res. 

Olena,  Ohio. 

325.  Phineas^  Pierce  {Amos^,  Thomas'^,  Thomm^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  24,  1751  ;  m.  Oct.  10,  1771,  Rnth  Gaines,  b.  1751, 
d.  Nov.  9,  1802;  m.  2nd,  Jan.  13,  1803,  Ruth  Beebe.  He  d.  Dec. 
1,  1808.  Children:— 

716.  i.      Keziah,  b.  July  1,  1773;  m.  Austin. 

717.  ii.     Candace,  b.  Oct.  14,  1775;  d.  Sept.  13,  1777. 

718.  iii.    Huldah,  b.  Aug.  8,  1777;  d.  Oct.  7,  1777. 

719.  iv.    Rhoda,  b.  Aug.  4,  1779;  m.  John  Rawson.    She  d.  Sept.  20,  1862. 

Ch.  :  John  P.,  b.  Aug.  4,  1801,  d.  1863;  Julia;  Hiram;  Horace; 
Stephen;  Mary,  b.  Oct.  2,  1812,  m.  C.  P.  Van  Ness. 

720.  V.     Phineas,  b.  Aug.  16,  1781 ;  ra.  Annie  Kellogg. 


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81 


721.  vi.    Elizabeth,,  b.  May  1,  1783;  d.  May  5,  1783. 

722.  vii.   Amos,  b.  July  31,  1784;  m.  Mary  Sanford  and  . 

723.  viii.  Abiram,  b.  May  20,  1786;  m.  Jan.  8,  1809,  Sarah  Satterlee. 

724.  ix.     William,  b.  Apr.  20.  1788;  d.  May  9,  1788. 

725.  X.     LrcY,  b.  May  20,  1789;  ra.  Ashel  Smith. 

726.  xi.     Stephen,  b.  June  18,  1791;  m.  Edith  Low. 

727.  xii.   Horace,  b.  Xov.  16,  1803;  m.  Maiy  Perkins. 

728.  xiii.  Ruth,  b.  Oct.  12,  1805;  m.  Luke  Perkius. 

729.  xiv.  Hakry,  b.  Eeb.  20,  1808 ;  m.  Alma  Phelps. 

325 J.  JoHN^  Pierce  {John^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  18,  1750;  m.  Taraar  Tift.  He  d.  Oct.  11,  1804. 
Res.  Wyoming,  Penn. 


Children  : — 

730.  i.      Pelatiah;  m.  Polly  . 

731.  ii.  Elizabeth;  m.  Elihu  Purrish. 
732   iii.    Lucretia;  m.  John  Bo^vmau. 

733.  iv.    Thankful:  ra.  Nathaniel  Hartsoul'. 

734.  V.     JoHX,  b.  Feb.  27,  1792;  m.  Susauua  Shupp. 

735.  vi.  Tamar. 

[Petition  in  John  Pierce  Est] 

Wliereas  John  Pierce,  Blacksmith,  late  of  Kingston  Tp.  dec^  died 
siezed  of  land  in  Kingston  Tp.  and  Plymouth  Tp.,  Luzerne  Co., 
leaving  a  widow  Tamar  Pierce  and  issue — 

Pelatiah,  Elizabeth  intermarried  with  Elihu  Parrish.  Lucretia  inter- 
married with  John  Bowman,  and  Thankful  intermarried  with  Xathaniel 
Hartsouf,  and  John  and  Tamar,  minors. 

John  Pierce  and  Tamar  Pierce,  minor  children  of  John  Pierce  late 
of  Kingston  Township,  dec'^,  pray  for  appointment  of  guardians. 

John  chooses  Stephen  Hollister. 

Tamar  chooses  Elihu  Pariish. 

330.  TmOTHT^  Pierce.  Jr.  ( Timothy^,  Timothy"^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas'^),  b.  May  22.  1734;  m.  Auo-.  8,  1754,  Eunice  Fish.  lie  m. 
2nd,  Feb/28,  1765.  Hannah  Gilkev,  ^  b.  1731.  She  d.  Dec.  19,  1819. 
He  d.  Feb.  2,  1813.    Res.  Plainfield,  Conn. 

Children  : — 

736.  i.      TmoTHY,  b.  Sept.  13,  1756;  d.  at  sea,  1775. 

737.  ii.     Palmer,  b.  Oct.  8,  1761 ;  m.  Eunice  Kimball  and  Lydia  Burton. 

738.  iii.    Haxxah,  b.  Aug.  26,  1768;  d.  Feb.  21,  1846. 

739.  iv.    JoHxL.,  b.  Aug.  15.  1770;  m.  Apame  Thomas. 

740.  V.     Eunice,  b.  Oct.^  8,  1772;  d.  Sept.  5,  1863. 

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82 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


332.    Josiah6  Pierce  {Timothy^,  Timothy'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  1745;  m.  Lydia  Sheppard.    He  d.  Aug.  1,  1805. 
Children  : — 

741.  i.      Job,  b.  Mar.  22,  1770;  m.  Jerusha  Mery  and  Mary  E.  Pitkin. 

742.  ii.     AzEL,  b.  June  26,  1773:  m.  Eliza  Brewster. 

743.  iii.    Polly,  b.  Apr.  1,  1775;  m.  John  Morgan. 

744.  iv.    JosiAH,  b.  July  21,  1777;  d.  Jan.,  1813. 

745.  V.     Sheppard,  b.  Apr.  29,  1780;  m.  Sarah  Colbaugh. 

746.  vi.    Lydia,  b.  July  23,  1782  :  m.   Pratt  and  Theophilus  Meyer. 

747.  vii.   Chester,  b.  Nov.  25,  1785;  d.  1799. 

748.  viii.  Dolly,  b.  Mar.,  1788:  d.  June  18,  1842. 

749.  ix.    Augustus,  b.  Sept.,  1790;  c).  May,  1825. 

335.  Nathaniel^  Pierce,  Jr.  {N'athaiiiel^,  Timothy^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  19,  1728;  m.  Sept.  24,  1754,  Priscilla 
Sheppard,  b.  1734,  d.  Nov.  10,  1827.  He  d.  July  13,  1808.  They 
res.  in  Pomfret,  Conn.,  and  Royalton,  Vt. 


Children  : — 

750.  i.      Elizabeth,  b.  May  4,  1756. 

751.  ii.     Martha,  b.  Mar.  1,  1758. 

752.  iii.    Phebe,  b.  Jan.  13,  1760. 

753.  iv.    WiLLARD,  b.  Jan.  28,  1762;  m.  July  22,  1784,  Susanna  Waldo. 

754.  V.     Lucy,  b.  Dec.  28,  1764;  m.  Mar.  11,  1784,  Phineas  Parkhurst.  Ch.  : 

Lucy  A.,  ni.  Jason  Allen;  Harriet,  m.  Rev.  Geo.  G.  Ingersoll; 
Susan,  m.  John  Wright;  Nancy,  ra.  Asa  Francis;  Sarah; 
Phineas,  Jr.,  m.  Persis  Kendall;  Horace,  d.  17  years  old. 

755.  vi.   Bester;  m.  May  21,  1795,  Lois  Stevens;  m.  2nd,  1798,  Sally  Bur- 

roughs; m.  3rd,  1818,  Miss  McCheaney. 

756.  vii.   Priscilla;  m.  Dec.  29,  1785,  Standish  Day. 

757.  viii.  Isaac,  b.  1774;  m.  Dec.  22,  1797,  Polly  Smith. 

758.  ix.    Caleb  ;  ra.  Betsey  Fogg. 

336.  EzEKiPZL^  Pierce  {Nathaniel^,  Timothy^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas'^),  b.  Dec.  18,  1730;  m.  July  8,  1749,  Esther 
Blodgett.    He  d.  Sept.  11,  1751.    Res.  Plainfield,  Conn.    Children: — 

759.  i.      Sarah,  b.  Feb.  6,  1750;  m.   Leonard. 

760.  ii.     Ezekiel,  b.  Feb.  17,  1752. 

339.  Jededtah^  Pierce  {NathanieP.  Timothy^,  Thomas'^  ^ 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  22,  1740;  m.  Apr.  11,  1764,  Susanna 
Eaton,  b.  Aug^.  24,  1744.  She  d.  June  23,  1831.  He  d.  Dec.  31,  1826. 
He  was  in  the  Revolutionary  war.    Res.  Plainfield,  Conn. 

Children : — 

761.  i.      Joseph,  b.  Aug.  19,  1765;  m.  Roxanna  Perrin. 

762.  ii.     Esther,  b.  Nov.  22,  1766;  m.  Benj.  Tuckerman. 

763.  iiL    Ruth,  b.  Aug.  23,  1768 ;  ra.  Mar.  1,  1798,  Ebenezer  Cole.  She 

d.  in  Morristown,  Vt.,  May  15,  1852. 

764.  iv.    William,  b.  Sept.  5,  1770;  m.  Hannah  Baker. 

765.  v.     Lois,  b.  Feb.  14,  1772;  ra.  Dec.  1,  1796,  Joseph  Safford.    Shed,  in 

Royalton,  Vt.,  Sept.  14,  1798. 

766.  vi.    Elisha,  b.  Nov.  27,  1774;  m.  Polly  Baker. 

767.  vii.  Lucy,  b.  Dec.  9,  1776;  d.  May  15,  1859. 


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83 


768.  viii.  Jedediah,  b.  Feb.  4,  1779;  d.  Sept.  3,  1798. 

769.  ix.     Eatox,  b.  Apr.  22,  1781;  d.  Ana".  9,  1798. 

770.  X.      Susanna,  b.  Mar.  29,  1783;  d.  June  23,  1855. 

771.  xi.     Ebexezer,  b.  Feb.  20,  1784;  m.  Marv  Fales. 

772.  xii.    Mary,  b.  Feb.  16,  1787. 

340.  WiLLARD^  Pierce  {^^athaniel''',  Timothy'^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  6.  1743:  m.  Jerusha  Pellett.  She  d. 
Feb.  19,  1815.    Hed.  Apr.  11,  1826.    Res.  Plainfield,  Conn. 

Children  :— 

773.  i.      Edith,  b.  1764 ;  m.   Herrick. 

774.  ii.     James,  b.  Mar,  13,  1766;  m.  Elizabeth  Fuller. 

775.  iii.    Jerustta,  b.  1768;  ra.  Nathan  Parker. 

776.  iv.    Hezekiah,  b.  1770;  m.   White. 

777.  V.      Annis,  b.  1772;  m.   Frink. 

341.  Xehemiah^  Pierce  {Benjamin^,  Timothy^^  Thomas^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Mav  27,  1730;  m.  May  3,  1759,  Lydia  Shep- 
pard.  b.  Oct.,  1731,  d.  Oct.  22,  1809.  He  d.  Oct.  12,  1783.  They  res. 
in  Plaintield  and  Coventry,  Conn.    Children  : — 

778.  i.      Daniel,  b.  July  24,  1760:  d.  Apr.  22,  1769. 

779.  ii.     Bp:n,jamin,  b.  Sept.  4,  1762:  m.  Dec.  24,  1786,  Lvdia  Gurlev. 

780.  iii.    Hannah,  b.  May,  10,  1766;  m.  1784,  Isaac  Barton,  d.  1841.  They 

had  ei.u'iit  children. 

781.  iv.    Frederick,  b.  July  22,  1768;  m.  1802,  Rebekah  Blood. 

782.  V.     Nehemiah,  b.  May  10,  1771;  m.  Apr.  14,  1794,  Chirissa  Williams; 

m.  2nd,  Jan.  8,  1844,  Xancy  Ladd. 

783.  vi.    Lydia,  ^  ( m.  Aaron  Loorais.     She  d.  in 

V  twins,  b.  Dec.  4,  1774;  \     1847,  and  left  seven  children. 

784.  vii,  Lucy,  J  (_  d.  young. 

785.  vili.  Lucy,  b.  May  30,  1776. 

348.  Capt.  Delano^  Pierce  {Benjayniii^,  Timothy^,  Thomas'^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  19,  1748  :  ra.  Xov.  1,  1770,  Abigail 
Hammond,  b.  Aug.  22,  1753,  d.  Jan.  1,  1842.  He  d.  Oct.  28,  1835. 
The  res.  in  Coventry,  Conn.  He  was  Captain  in  the  Revolutionary 
war. 


Children 

786.  i.      Betsey,  b.  May  15,  1771;  m.  TTov.  20,  1791,  Benjamin  Gilbert,  b. 

Aug.  17,  1767,  d.  Jan.  12.1835.  She  d.  Oct.  10,  1863.  Ch.  : 
Henry,  b.  Aug.  25,  1792,  d.  Mar.  28,  1804;  Betsey,  b.  June  5,  1794, 
m.  Jona.  Davis;  John  P.,  b.  Nov.  15,  1797,  m.  Sarah  L.  Daw- 
son; Joseph,  b.  Mav  20,  1800,  m.  Harriet  Williams  and  Sophia 
H.  Merchant ;  Horace,  b.  July  30,  1802,  m.  Sarah  Hall ;  George 
H.,  b.  Feb.  15.  1806.  m.  Phebe  Farnura  and  Elizabeth  Hooker; 
Emily  F.,  b.  Nov.  22,  1812.  m.  Thos.  R.  Baxter. 

787.  ii.     Abigail,  b.  July  9.  1773;  d.  Mar.  9,  1795. 

788.  iii.    Olive,  b.  Feb.  25,  1776;  m.  Daniel  Litchfield. 

789.  iv.    Erastus,  b.  Jan.  22,  1780:  m.  Feb.  9,  1800,  Hannah  Cady. 

790.  y.     Elias,  b.  Jan.  29,  1781;  m.  Feb.  10,  1813,  Lydia  Thompson. 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


791.  vi.    Benjamin,  b.  Sept.  1,  1783;  d.  unm.  July,  9,  1839. 

792.  vii.  Delano,  Jr.,  b.  July  19,  1786;  m.  Nov.  22,  1813,  Anna  Nichols. 

793.  viii.  Lois,  b..  Oct.  6,  1790;  m.  Nov.  13,  1809,  Jonathan  Parkhurst,  b. 

Nov.  29,  1784,  d.  Nov.  27,  1851.  She  d.  Dec.  3,  1857.  Ch.  : 
Abigail,  b.  Feb.  21,  1812,  m.  Alfred  Palmer;  Chas.  S.,  b.  Nov. 
7,  1813,  m.  Hannah  Graves;  Harriet,  b.  Aug.  9,  1816,  m.  Cleve- 
land Warren  and  Geo.  W.  Ellison;  Caroline,  b,  Oct.  18,  1818, 
m.  Alfred  Palmer;  Lucretia,  b.  Dec,  8,  1820,  in.  Edmond  L. 
Warren  ;  Pierce,  b.  Oct.  31,  1823,  d.  Dec.  5,  1841 ;  Miner  H., 
b.  Nov.  18,  1827,  m.  Martha  Steer. 

349.  TiMEUs^  Pierce  {.Benjamin^,  Timothy^^  Thomas^^  Thomas^, 
Thomas^)^  b.  June  3,  1751  ;  m.  May  4,  1779,  Elizabeth  Grosvenor.  He 
d.  Sept.  27,  1802.    They  res.  in  Brooklyn  and  Coventry,  Conn. 


Children : — 

794.  i.      Sophia,  b.  Feb.  13,  1780. 

795.  ii.     Payson  G.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1781;  m.  Mary  Shepard. 

796.  iii.    EizPAii,  b.  July  19,  1783;  ra.  Samuel  L.  Whipple. 

797.  iv.    EUFUS,  b.  June  20,  1785 ;  cl.  Feb.  24,  1786. 

798.  V.     KuFUS,  b.  Dec.  24,  1786;  m.  and  moved  to  Akron, 

Ohio. 

799.  vi.    Oliver,  b.  Feb.  12,  1789  ;  m.  and  lived  in  Providence, 

R.- 1,  and  moved  West. 

800.  vii.  Betsey,  b.  Apr.  2,  1792;  d.  Apr.  2,  1792. 

350.  RuFUS^  Pierce  {Benjamin^^  Timothy^^  Thomas'^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  7,  1753  ;  m.  May  16,  1776,  Sarah  Whitney.  He  d. 
Aug.  10,  1784.    Res.  Brooklyn,  Conn.    Children: — 

801.  i.      Septimus,  b.  Mar.  13,  1777  ;  m.  and  moved  to  Middle- 

town,  Vt. 

802.  ii.     Deborah,  b.  June  2,  1779 ;  m.  Thomas  Goodale. 

803.  iii.    Naomi,  b.  June  3,  1781 ;  m.  Titus  Goodale. 

804.  iv.     Sarah,  b.  July  10,  1783 ;  m.   Herrick. 

352.  Abel^  Pierce  {EzeJdeP,  Timothy^,  Thoonas"^,  Thomas^ ^ 
Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  15,  1736  ;  m.  Ruth  Sheppard,  b.  1733.  She  d.  1820. 
He  d.  May  23,  1814.  Res.  Wyoming,  Penn.  His  only  son  Chester 
was  the  first  man  killed  in  the  "Pennamite  and  Yankee  War"  (1784). 
His  oldest  daughter  married,  as  his  second  wife,  Capt.  Daniel 
Hoyt,  grandfather  of  the  Governor  of  Pennsylvania,  but  left  no 
children,  and  lived  to  be  over  90  years  old.  The  other  married  Lord 
Butler,  eldest  son  of  Col.  Zebulon  Butler  who  commanded  the  Amer- 
ican forces  the  day  of  the  Wyoming  Massaci'e.  Mrs.  Butler  had  five 
sons,  viz:  Pierce,  John,  Chester,  Zebulon,  Lord,  and  three  daughters, 
viz:  Sylvinia  who  m.  Judge  Gariick  Mallory,  Ruth  Ann  who  m. 
Judge  Conyngham,  who  lived  until  July,  1879,  and  Phebe  who  m. 
Dr.  Alex.  Donaldson.    Many  of  the  descendants  of  the  above  are  well 


SIXTH  GENERATION. 


85 


known.  Mrs.  Butler  died  Oct.  2M,  1834.  In  the  possession  of  the 
family  are  an  old  teapot,  and  an  old  apron  which  was  worked  lor  Mi  s. 
Ruth  (Sheppaid)  Pierce,  by  her  siuter  "Aunt  Dolly  Cobb,"  as  she  was 
called. 


Childi-en :—  • 

805.  i.      Sylvaxia,  b.  Apr.  5,  1758;  m.  Capt.  Daniel  Hoyt. 

806.  11.     Chester,  b.  1762;  killed  July  20,  1784. 

807.  iii.    Polly,  b.  Oct.,  1763;  m.  May  30,  1786,  Gen.  Lord  Butler. 

357.  Lieut.  Timothy^  Piekce  {Ezekiel^,  Timothy^^  Thotnas^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  June  23,  1747;  ra.  Hannah  Gore,  b.  May  28, 
1752.  He  d.  July  3,  1778.  Lieut.  Timothy  Pierce  was  killed  at  the 
massacre  at  Wyoming,  Penn.,  after  liding  all  night;  he  was  one  of  the 
first  "  Key  Keepers."  Res.  Wyoming,  Penn.  Of  the  twenty-five  or 
thirty  officers  and  privates  who  left  the  company  in  New  Jersey,  with 
or  without  leave,  and  hastened  to  Wyoming  to  participate  in  the  battle 
of  July  3,  1778,  Lieut.  Timothy  Pierce  was  one,  and  he  went  into  the 
battle  after  ridln(T  all  nio-ht.  "merelv  snatchino-  a  bite  to  eat  as  he  left 
the  house  to  join  the  forces."    Children  : — 

808.  1.      Clarissa;  m.  Alward  White. 

809.  li.  Polly. 

362.  EphraimS  Pierce  {Robert^,  Ste^jhen"^,  Stephen^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  1,  1733;  m.  Oct.  2,  1760,  Bridget  Parker.  He  d. 
Mar.  6,  1798.  He  was  in  the  Revolutionary  War.  Res.  Chelmsford, 
Mass.    Children  : — 

810.  1.      Ephraim,  b.  Sept.  1,  1761. 

811.  li.     PvEBECCA,  b.  Oct.  31,  1763. 

812.  iii.    KoBERT,  b.  Sept.  24.  1767. 

813.  iv.    Parker,  b.  Aug.  19,  1770. 

363.  Willi AM^  Pierce  {Robert^,  Stephen'^^  Stephen'^ ^  Thomas^^ 
Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  29,  1735  ;  m.  Mar.  19,  1761,  Elizabeth  Pierce.  He 
d.   1782.    Res.  Chelmsford.  Children:— 

814.  i.      Mary,  b.  Nov.  10,  1761;  m.  Oliver  Perham. 

815.  ii.     Dolly,  b.  Oct.  31,  1763. 

816.  iii.    Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  21,  1765. 

817.  iv.     William,  b.  Oct.  7,  1767. 

818.  V.      Axx,  b.  Jan.  30,  1770. 

819.  vi.    Bradley,  b.  Mav  4,  1772;  d.  Aug.  30,  1775. 

820.  vii.   Sybil,  b.  Sept.  13,  1775. 

365.  Oliver^  Piekce  {Oliver^,  Stephen"^,  Stephen'^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  May  20,  1742;  m.  Dec.  21,  1769.  Deborah  Stevens. 
She  d.  Oct.  27,  1837.    He  d.  Jan.  21,  1821.    Res.  Chelmsford. 


Children  :— 


821.  i.      Ruth,  b.  July  2,  1773;  m. 


Parkliurst. 


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PIEKCE  PEDIGREE. 


822.  ii.     Hannah,  b.  July  3,  1774;  d.  Feb.  25,  1851. 

823.  iii.    Rebecca,  b.  Jan.  1,  1780;  d.  Nov.  18,  1789. 

824.  iv.    Oliver,  b.  July  2,  1783;  d.  unm.  Aug.  19,  1863. 

825.  V.     Abigail,  b.  Feb.  7,  1792. 

369.  Capt.  JoNAs6  Pierce  {Oliver^,  Stephen^,  Stephen^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  22,  1750;  m.  Betsey  Dunn.  She  d.  1819.  He  d. 
Sept.  18,  1833.  Capt.  in  Revolutionary  Army,  eight  months'  men, 
and  enlisted  after  the  Battle  of  Lexington,  April  19,  1775.  Res.  E. 
Chelmsford. 


Children : — 

826.  i.      Jonas,  b.  Jan.  20,  1780;  m.  . 

827.  il,     Betsey,  b.  May  7,  1782;  m.  Daniel  Tuck. 

828.  iii.    Sarah,  b.  Sept.  8,  1784;  m.  Timothy  Reed. 

829.  iv.    Polly,  b.  Feb.  17,  1787;  m.  Levi  Farr. 

830.  V.     Oliver,  b.  Nov.  7,  1789;  d.  1817. 

370.  Jonathan^  Pierce  {Oliver^,  Stephen"^,  Stephen^,  Thomas'^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  7,  1752;  m.  Dec.  13,  1781,  Hannah  Perham,  b. 
1763,  d.  1787;  m.  2nd,  Nov.  27,  1788,  Esther  Spalding,  b.  Dec.  17, 

1753,  d.    Jan.,   1806;   ra.    3rd,   Jan.  18,  1810,^  Lydia  Conant,  b. 

1754,  d.  1815;  m.  4th,  July  26,  1821,  Molley  Batchelor,  b.  1751,  d. 
Sept.  17,  1822.  He  d.  Oct.,  1822.  They  res.  in  Chelmsford  and 
Townsend.  He  was  in  the  Revolutionary  Army  for  eleven  days 
after  tiie  battle  of  Bunker  Hill. 


Children : — 

831.  1.      Richard  W.,  b.  Oct.  15,  1782;  m.  Nov.  4,  1804,  Sarah  Farrar;  ra. 

2nd,  Apr.  28,  1835,  Susan  Keep. 

832.  ii.     Lucy  W.,  b.  Apr.,  1784;  ra.  Oct.  14,  1802,  Abel  Spalding,  b.  Sept. 


6,  1777,  d.  Nov.  16,  1860,  in  Jatfrey,  N.  H.,  where  she  d.  July 
18,  1856.  Cb.  :  Abel,  Jr.,  b.  Sept.  14,  1803,  ra.  Mary  A.  Temple- 
ton  and  Mary  A.  Stoughton ;  Richard,  b.  Oct.  10,  1804,  m. 
Nancy  French  and  Elvira  Stratton ;  Alvah,  b.  Sept.  9,  1807,  ra. 
Arabra  Tower;  Lucy,  b.  July  14,  1809,  ra.  Luke  French;  Meriel, 
b.  Feb.  3,  1812,  ra.  Benj.  0.  Hale;  Erastus,  b.  May  31,  1815,  m. 
Mahala  Baker  and  Mary  E.  Bush;  Eri,  b.  Nov.  4,  1816,  d.  Mar. 
30,  1817;  Lydia,  b.  May  22,  1818,  m.  Benj.  0.  Hale;  Eri  J.,  b. 
Oct.  17,  1821,  m.  Betsey  F.  Holt,  Lucy  A.  Jones  and  Maria  R. 
Ellis;  Hannah  E.,  b.  Feb.  1,  1823,  m.  Saml.  Stoughton;  Benj. 
F.,  b.  Dec.  31,  1825,  d.  May  23,  1836.    Res.  Jaffrey,  N.  H. 


838.  iii.    Hannah,  b.  Mar.  6,  1786;  in.  John  Cleraent,  b.  Mar.  11,  1782,  d. 


Sept.  15,  1867.  She  d.  Mar.  6,  1847.  Ch.  :  Hannah,  b.  Nov.  9, 
1805,  d.  Sept.  22,  1829;  Nancy,  b.  Feb.  18,  1807,  d.  May  11, 
1809;  John  P.,  b.  Oct.  14,  1808;  Nancy,  b.  Sept.  29,  1810,  d. 
June  10,  1838;  Jonathan  P.,  b.  July  7,  1812,  d.  June  3,  1863; 
Lucy  W.,  b.  July  6,  1815;  Rachel  P.,  b.  June  16,  1820,  d.  Aug. 
7,  1844;  Moses,  b.  June  13,  1824. 


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87 


371.  Stephen^  Pierce  {Oliver^,  Stephen^,  Stex)hen^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  lo,  1754;  m.  July  30,  1777,  Hannah  Marshall,  b. 
1755,  d.  Sept.  27,  1855.  He  d.  Apr."  16,  1826.  Kes.  Chelmsford, 
Mass. 

Know  all  men  by  these  presents 

That  I  Stephen  Pierce  of  Chelmsford  in  the  County  of  Middlesex  and 
Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  yeoman  being  indisposed  in  body 
but  of  a  sound  and  disposing  mind  and  memory  thanks  be  to  God 
there  for  do  make  ordain  publish  and  declare  this  to  be  my  last  will 
and  testament  in  manner  and  form  following  that  is  to  say. 
And  fii  st  of  all  I  commend  my  soul  to  God  who  gave  it  being  my  body 
I  commit  to  the  grave  to  be  intered  in  decent  Christian  burial  accord- 
ing to  the  custom  of  my  country,  and  with  regard  to  such  worldly 
estate  wherewith  God  in  his  good  providence  has  been  pleased  to  bless 
me  in  this  life,  I  do  dispose  of  that  as  follows  to  wit. 
1st  I  order  and  direct  that  all  of  my  just  debts  and  funeral  charges  be 
paid  out  of  my  estate  in  convenient  time  after  my  decease  by  my  Ex- 
ecuter  hereafter  named 

2nd  I  order  and  direct  that  my  Executer  shall  maintain  and  support 
my  wife  provide  everything  necessary  for  her  in  sickness  and  in  health 
during  her  life 

3d  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  all  my  children  one  dollar  each. 

I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Jonathan  my  youngest  son  all  of  the  rest 

residue  and  remainder  of  my  estate  of  every  kind. 

Carried  over 

Brought  over 

And  lastly  I  do  hereby  nominate  constitute  and  appoint  my  son 
Jonathan  Pierce  sole  executor  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament  hereby 
revoking  all  former  wills  by  me  made 

In  testimony  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal  this 
twenty  seventh  day  of  August  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand 
eight  hundred  and  twenty  live — 

Signed  sealed  and  pronounced 
by  the  said  Stephen  Pierce  to 
be  his  last  will  and  testament 
in  presence  of  us 
Jno.  C.  Dalton 
Sprake  Livingston 
Elijah  Hall 

STEPHEN  PEIRCE  (Seal) 
A  Copy,  Attest,  J.  H.  Tyler,  Register. 

Children  :— 

834.  i.      Haxxah,  b.  Dec.  7,  1778  ;  m.  Samuel  Butterfield. 

835.  ii.     John,  b.  June  20,  1783;  d.  unm.,  1824. 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


836.  iii.    Stephen,  b.  Apr.  5,  1786;  m.  Apr.  12,  1814,  Abigail  Bateman 

and  Mary  Cory. 

837.  iv.    Patty,  b.  Jan.  21,  1788;  m.  Abel  Marshall. 

838.  V.     Jesse,  b.  Feb.  2,  1790;  m.  Hannah  Harrington. 

839.  vi.    Moses,  b.  Jan.  22,  1792;  m.  Mary  Barron. 

840.  vii.   Marshall,  b.  Nov.  14,  1793;  ra.  Mary  Stearns. 

841.  viii.  Jonathan,  b   Oct.  16,  1796;  ra.  May  7,  1827,  Mrs.  Hannah  H. 

Pierce,  his  brother's  widow. 

842.  ix.    Lydia;  ra.  Charles  Cutler. 

376.  Capt.  JoHN^  Fierce  (  William^,  Stephen^,  Stephen?^  Thomas^^ 
Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  26,  1743;  m.  Tobathy  Porter,  b.  1757,  d.  Apr.  23, 
1831.  He  d.  July  7,  1812.  Res.  Chesterfield,  N.  H.  He  was  a 
cooper  in  the  French  and  Indian  war  and  was  made  Captain  of  the 
company  raised  around  Chesterfield,  N.  H.,  at  the  breaking  out  of  the 
Revolutionary  war — and  tradition  states  that  he  and  his  two  Lieutenants 
started  ahead  of  the  company  and  as  they  neared  the  British  forces  at 
Bennington,  Vt.,  found  themselves  between  a  company  of  Hessians 
who  were  bathing  in  a  stream  and  the  main  body  of  the  British. 
Carefully  crawling  upon  the  bathers,  who  had  their  arms  stacked,  they 
separated  and  representing  themselves  as  three  companies  he  called 
upon  them  to  surrender,  which  they  did,  and  he  marched  them  as 
pi  isoners  into  the  American  lines. 


Children  :~ 

843.  i.     William,  b.  Oct.  8,  1776;  ra.  Ruth  Hubbard. 

844.  ii.     Twins,  b.  Sept.  14,  1779;  d.  Sept.  15,  1779. 

845.  iii.    John,  b.  June  1,  1780;  ra.  1799,  Judith  Thorapson. 

846.  iv.    Silas,  b.  June  23,  1781;  d.  Mar.  25,  1783. 

847.  V,     Ezekiel  P.,  b.  Apr.  20,  1785;  m.  Mar.  1,  1808,  Susanna  Porter. 

848.  vi.    Ebenezkr,  b.  June  22,  1788;  m.  Alpha  Kandall. 

849.  vii.  Esther,  b.  Sept.  29,  1791;  ra.  Samuel  Thorapson,  b.  Dec.  4,  1781. 

She  d.  Mar.  13,  1874,  leaving  Silas,  b.  Mar.  6,  1815,  m.  Eliza- 
beth C.  Tefft;  Lucy  M.,  b.  Nov.  20,  1819,  d.  Feb.  27,  1853; 
Diantha,  b.  Jan.  25,  1812,  ra.  Geo.  Chamberlin ;  Larkin,  b.  Mar. 
12,  1817,  d.  Nov.  3,  1854;  Elraira,  b.  Sept.  29,  1814,  m.  Samuel 
Chamberlin;  Emily  J.,  b.  May  17,  1826. 

850.  viii.  Lucy,  b.  Feb.  27,  1799,  ra.  Hubbard  Wheeler,  and  had  Eliza; 

Davis;  Melinda,  ra.  Eph.  Hunt;  Parker. 

The  following  is  the  inscription  on  John  Fierce's  monument : — 

"  In  memory  of 

Mr.  John  Fierce,  who  died  July  7*^  1812,  aged  69>^ 

Though  greedy  worms  devour  ray  skin, 
And  gnaw  my  wasting  tlesh. 
When  God  shall  build  my  bones  again, 
He'll  build  them  all  afresh." 


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The  home  farm  including  the  Island  $2000  00 

One  out  lot  0200  00 

One  horse  35  two  oxen  65  0100  00 

One  cow  16  00  two  cows  13  each  42  00 

Two  2  year  olds  heifers  13  each  26  00 

One  heifer  11  00  part  of  a  steer  10  00  21  00 

One  year  old  heifer  6  50,  one  half  of  an  year  old  heifer  3  25  9  50 

Two  calves  7  00  one  half  of  two  hogs  and  nine  pigs  14  20  21  20 

12  sheep  &  seven  lambs  24  00 

Two  4  year  old  oxen  56  00 

Hay  66  00  Wheat  14  00  Rye  11  00  91  00 

Flax  &  flax  seed  6  00  old  Rye  &  corn  3  25  9  25 

Slaigh  &  harness  17  00  cart  yrons  15  00  32  00 

Grain  Barn  83  50  Horse  hams  &  collars  2  50  86  00 

*    

Three  axes  1  67  Beetlerings  0  33  2  00 

Three  chains  6  75  two  shovels  &  2  forks  1  00  7  75 

One  grindstone  2  50  on  hansaw  1  67  4  17 
One  set  of  coopers  tools  containing  five  shaves  2  jointers^ 

one  foreplain  one  ax  one  adds  one  plow  and  a  number  of  >    9  00 

other  articles  it  being  all  that  belongs  to  set  tools  ) 

One  cross  cut  saw  1  67  two  staples  &  rings  0  83  2  50 

Two  hoes  58  one  saddle  &  bridle  8  50  9  08 

One  woman's  saddle  8  three  old  saddles  &  saddle  bags  1  00  9  00 

One  hetchel  1  00  old  Iron  1  00  2  00 

One  pair  steelyards  1  00  1  00 

One  foot  wheel  2  00  one  wooling  wheel  2  50  4  50 

Two  bushel  of  beans  1  33  1  33 

Three  bags  1  25  one  set  of  measures  0  40  1  65 

Soules  1  06  Lambskin  25  1  31 

One  chees  tub  1  00  two  pickle  tubs  1  00  2  00 

7  wheetstones  50  half  barrell  of  vinegar  1  00  1  50 
11  Barlls  cider  11  00  one  Brake  0  75  11  75 
36  old  Barrels  &  one  hogshead  12  00 
4  wash  tubs  &  old  cask  <fec  4  00 
4  pails  one  churn  4  cans  &  other  wooding  ware  2  00 
One  meal  chest  &  one  chees  press  1  75 
Hollow  ware  with  a  pair  of  flats  4  00 
Andiron  &  ci'ans  tramels  4  44  fire  shovels  &  tongs  1  67  6  11 
tosting  iron  &  chopping  knife  0  67 
One  pare  hand  bellowes  0  50  one  clock  10  00  10  50 
Bed  &  window  curtings  1  25  crockery  ware  2  86  4  11 
Glass  bottles  &  glass  ware  2  50  Books  4  00  6  50 

8  pounds  of  wooling  yarn  2  00  two  &  ^  of  cotton  50  2  50 
11  pounds  ol  tow  yarn  1  75  one  &  J  of  Factory  yarn  1  31  3  06 


Articles  for  Bed  quilt  unfinished  1  00 


*  So  obliterated,  could  not  decipher  these  lines, 
12 


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One  towel  0  25  one  cloths  brush  &  walet  0  34  0  59 
Three  cyths  &  tackling  2  00  2  00 
First  Bed  with  Beding  bedsted  and  cord  15  00 
2d  &  3d  Bed  beding  bedsted  and  cord  9  50  each  19  00 
4th  Bed  bedsted  &  cord  with  anticate  &  Beding  7  00 
One  case  of  Draws  6  00  one  clothes  Basket  and  cloths  hors )  m  ^' 
0  75  twelve  chairs  4  00  ^  W  ,i> 
One  stand  table  0  83  twenty  8  pounds  of  wool  16  00  16  83 
191  pounds  of  cheese  9  00  two  old  blankets  0  75  9  75 
Knives  &  forks  1  25  tin  ware  1  35  2  60 
Puter  4  95  Brass  kettle  &  old  Brass  6  00  10  95 
4  trayes  3  milk  pans  &  all  other  brown  artharn  2  00 
2  wooding  BoUds  &  salt  moiter  0  83 
One  tabeste  0  85  one  table  5  00  one  Dto  1  00  6  83 
One  candle  stand  0  50  clothsreel  0  25  0  75 
One  Loom  and  all  the  utensils  belonging  thereto  11  50 
One  chest  with  one  Draw  2  00  one  chest  0  50  2  50 
One  chest  1  00  one  chest  1  25  2  25 
One  Desk  12  00  one  Looking  glass  1  50  13  50 
7  towels  0  50  four  tables  cloths  1  00  1  50 
2  table  clothes  4  00  five  towels  2  50  6  50 
7  pair  of  pillow  cases  2  00  8  wooling  sheets  16  00  17  00 
14  sheets  '  7  75 
Waring  apparel  one  pair  of  panterloons  2  00 
One  coat  4  00  one  great  coat  1  00  5  00 
One  out  side  coat  4  50  one  hat  2  50  7  00 
One  coat  1  50  five  Jackets  4  33  5  83 
2  pair  of  panteloons  two  pare  Breeches  2  75 
Stockings  &  mittings  1  25  five  shirts  2  75  4  00 
One  hankerchief  0  33  one  pair  knee  buckels  and  two  Riens)  , 
0  75  one  pair  of  Boots  0  50  J 

Cash  on  hand.    Notes  and  interest. 

One  against  Levi  Mead,  gr.  117  04 

2  against  Ebeu  Peirce  95  56 

1  against  Simon  Willard  3  44 

One  pew  in  the  meeting  house  in  Chesterfield  30  00 

$3233  92 

(A  copy  verbatim  et  literatim). 


386.  Stephen^  Pierce  {Stephen^,  Stephen"^,  Stephen^^  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  5,  1759;  m.  Dec.  25,  1787,  Phebe  TruU.  He  en- 
listed in  the  Revolutionary  Army  after  the  Battle  of  Lexington.  Res. 
Chelmsford.    Children  : — 

851.  i.      Benjamin,  b.  Dec.  7,  1790. 

852.  ii.     Pamelia,  b.  Aug.  9,  1792. 

853.  ill.    Thomas.    854.  iv.    Ebenezer.    855.  v.  Joel. 


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392.  Gov.  Bexjamn^  Pierce,  Jr.  {Benjamin^.  SUphen^^  Steplien^^ 
Thojnas^^  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  25,  1757  ;  m.  Mav  24,  1787,  Elizabeth 
Andrews,  b.  1768,  d.  Aug.  13,  1788  ;  m.  2nd^  Feb.  1,  1790,  Ana 
Kendrick.  b.  1768,  d.  Dec.  10,  1838.  He  d.  Apr.  1,  1839.  Res. 
Hillsboro,  iSr.  H. 


The  first  account  we  read  of  in  the  History  of  ^^"ew  Hampshire  is 
that  in  1813  some  contention  took  place  between  two  parties,  called 
Republicans  and  Federalists,  in  which  Benjamin  Pierce,  Sheriff  of 
Hillsborough,  was  removed  ,  from  ofiice.  To  this  place  he  was  again 
appointed.  At  this  time  debtors  were  imprisoned  and  Gen.  Benjamin 
Pierce  interested  himself  in  behalf  of  three  aged  prisoners  who  had 
been  in  jail  four  years.  Their  names  were  Moses  f3rewer,  Isaac  Law- 
rence and  George  Laney.  Speaking  of  General  Pierce,  Barstow, 
the  historian,  says : — "  He  fought  for  liberty  and  enjoyed  it.  In  his 
character  were  united  the  generosity  of  the  soldier  with  the  liberal 
sentiments  of  enlightened  philanthropy."  This  liberation  took  place 
on  the  20th  of  IsTovember.  Sixty-one  years  before  this  time.  Gen. 
Pierce  was  born  at  Chelmsford,  Mass.,  and  was  the  son  of  a  farmer. 
On  the  memorable  19th  of  April,  1775,  while  he  was  plowing  in  the 
field,  a  horseman  rode  up  to  the  door,  and  having  delivered  a  brief 
message,  hastened  onward  to  alarm  the  country.  Leaving  the  plow, 
young  Pierce  immediately  set  out  on  foot  for  Lexington ;  he  found  on 
his  arrival  that  the  British  troops  had  fallen  back  upon  Boston, 
and  he  proceeded  to  Cambridge.  It  was  here  that  young  Pierce,  then 
but  eighteen  years  of  age,  enlisted  as  a  private  in  the  army  of  the 
revolution,  and  attached  himself  to  the  regiment  of  Col.  Brooks.  He 
was  in  the  midst  of  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill  and  from  that  time  to 
the  close  of  the  revolution  he  followed  the  fortunes  of  his  regiment, 
fought  whenever  it  was  called  into  action,  and  was  invariably  distin- 
guished and  commended  by  his  superior  officers  for  gallantry  and  good 
conduct.  He  rose  from  the  ranks  to  the  command  of  a  company, 
which  he  held  at  the  disbanding  of  the  army  in  1784.  He  returned  to 
his  native  village  and  found  that  his  nine  years'  pay  in  Continental 
money  had  so  much  depreciated  that  it  would  not  suffice  for  the  pur- 
chase of  a  farm.  He  was  therefore  obliged  to  go  into  the  wilderness 
where  lands  were  cheap  and  begin  the  cultivation  of  wild  land.  In  the 
autumn  of  1786,  President  Sullivan  having  resolved  to  form  the  militia 
of  the  county  of  Hillsborough  into  a  brigade,  sought  out  the  veteran 
soldier,  then  far  into  the  woods,  and  commissioned  him  as  a  Brigade- 
Major.  He  immediately  took  the  necessary  steps  for  the  perfect 
organization  and  discipline  of  the  several  regiments.  He  had  already 
serv^ed  more  than  eight  years  in  the  regular  army  and  he  continued  to 
serve  Massachusetts  and  Xew  Hampshire  for  twenty-one  years  in  the 
militia,  leaving  it  finally  in  the  capacity  of  a  Brigadier-General.  The 


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regiment  which  furnished  a  Miller,  a  McNiel,  was  for  many  years 
commanded  by  him,  and  many  other  valuable  officers  who  have 
distinguished  themselves  in  the  public  service  have  been  proud  to  say 
that  they  received  their  first  lessons  in  military  discipline  from  the 
veteran  General  Pierce  in  the  Militia  of  Hillsborough.  From  1789  to 
1802  he  was  a  Representative  to  the  General  Court,  and  in  1803  was 
elected  to  the  Council,  where  he  continued  six  years,  five  of  which  were 
passed  in  the  council  of  Gov.  Langdon.  It  was  not  until  1827  that  he 
was  elected  Governor  of  the  State  of  New  Hampshire  and  was  re- 
elected in  1829,  having  been  omitted  one  year  on  account  of  his  opposi 
tion  to  John  Quincy  Adams.  At  the  commencement  of  the  last  war 
with  Great  Biitain  his  spirit  entered  into  the  contest,  but  the  infirmi- 
ties of  age  admonished  him  that  he  could  hasten  to  the  battle  field  no 
more.  Two  of  his  sons  with  his  consent  and  advice  entered  the  public 
service.  He  was  noted  for  his  integrity  of  character.  At  his  death 
the  public  felt  the  loss  of  a  man  who  had  faithfully  served  his  fellow 
men  and  his  country. 

A  Visit  to  the  Piekce  Mansion. 

The  traveler,  as  he  passes  through  Hillsborough,  IST.  H.,  will  notice 
on  the  old  turnpike  leading  from  Francestown  thiough  the  upper 
village,  and  not  far  from  what  was  once  the  terminus  of  the  Contoo- 
cook  Valley  railroad,  a  stately,  old-fashioned  farmhouse.  It  is  a 
square,  commodious,  two-story  structure,  with  an  L,  also  two  stories, 
and  a  barn  attached,  and  all  painted  white.  Externally  the  building 
presents  an  appearance  no  diffei-ent  from  many  other  old  houses  scat- 
tered up  and  down  om*  country  towns,  but  when  once  your  footsteps 
have  taken  you  up  the  walk  to  the  entrance  door,  our  word  for  it,  you 
will  not  regret  that  you  have  strayed  to  its  portals.  Built  during  the 
last  decade  of  the  eighteenth  century,  it  was  for  forty  years  the 
residence  of  Governor  Benjamin  Pierce,  and  the  place  where  his  yet 
more  illustrious  son  was  born  on  a  late  November  day,  seventy-four 
years  ago.  So  the  old  house  has  a  history,  and  a  rare  one,  too, 
which  fairly  challenges  our  inquiry. 

It  was  in  1785  that  Col.  Benjamin  Pierce,  a  patriot  of  the  revolu- 
tion, who  fought  all  through  the  battles  of  that  bloody  struggle,  came 
to  Hillsborough  and  erected  a  log  cabin  near  the  spot  where  the  man- 
sion now  stands.  He  purchased  a  hundred-and  fifty-acre  lot,  and  com- 
menced clearing  it,  married  and  remarried,  his  first  wife  dying  within 
a  year  after  their  union.  It  was  up-hill  work  at  first,  but  industry  and 
perseverance  brought  success,  and  the  pioneers  prospered.  The  log 
cabin  was  pulled  down  to  make  way  for  a  better  house.  Acres  were 
added  to  the  original  purchase  and  Benjamin  Pierce  became  a  man  of 
means,  the  squire  of  the  village,  and  a  rising  politician.  Nine  children 
played  around  his  door,  the  seventh  of  whom  became  the  fourteenth 
president  of  the  United  States. 

The  Pierce  mansion  stands  in  the  midst  of  grounds  which  in  former 
years,  were  laid  out  with  elegant  taste,  and  embellished  with  fruit-trees 
and  shrubbery.    Some  handsome,  stately  trees  embowered  the  venera- 


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ble  roof.  Around  the  front  side  of  the  building  extends  a  piazza  ;  that 
at  the  end,  facing  the  highway,  is  covered  by  a  balcony,  which  forms 
a  glorious  retreat  in  the  warm  summer  days.  Here,  in  the  ancient 
time  the  governor's  guests  were  accustomed  to  retire  for  the  purpose 
of  tea  or  punch  drinking.  A  visitor  arriving  in  a  caniage  either 
alighted  at  the  front  entrance,  or  passed  by  the  broad  drive  under  the 
shade  of  thrifty  maples  to  the  swarded  courtyard.  Emerging  from  the 
east  entrance  door  the  old  proprietor  mounted  his  horse  to  ride  to 
Exeter  court-house  where,  as  a  member  of  the  Kew  Hampshire  assem- 
bly, he  long  seryed  his  fellow-citizens  of  Hillsborough.  At  a  later  day 
he  rode  in  a  coach  which  carried  him  in  state  to  the  capitol  at  Con- 
cord, the  people  all  flocking  along  the  way  to  get  a  glance  at  "  the 
governor." 

Along  the  east  side  of  the  mansion  extends  an  inclosed  garden  of 
half  an  acre  or  more,  with  walks,  a  summer-house,  and  in  the  centre 
an  artificial  pond,  now  choked  with  debris  and  weeds,  but  in  the  old 
governor's  time  well  stocked  with  trout.  These  grounds  must  always 
have  been  a  favorite  resort  of  the  family  and  their  guests.  On  one  of 
the  trees  an  acute  eye  can  still  decipher  a  wound  in  the  bark  said  to 
have  been  the  linked  names  of  Hawthorne  and  Franklin  Pierce,  cut 
thei'e  by  the  former  in  their  college  days.  In  the  summer-house,  cov- 
ered by  climbing  grapevines,  have  sat  grave  judges  and  courtly 
scholars,  and  doubtless  its  walls  might  whisper  of  many  a  love-tryst. 

Entering  the  house  by  the  south  door  we  step  into  a  lai-ge  hall, 
which  formerly  extended  through  the  middle  of  the  mansion,  but  has 
since  been  shortened.  The  walls  of  this  room  are  lined  with  family 
portraits,  those  of  the  governor  and  his  lady.  President  Pierce,  Gen. 
John  McNeil  and  wife,  and  their  daughter.  Col.  and  Mrs.  C.  E.  Potter. 
We  notice  the  broad  stairway  and  the  elaborately-carved  balusters,  and 
are  transported  to  the  time  when  a  powdered,  dignified  gentleman  used 
to  go  up  and  down  the  stairs,  and  when  a  merry  group  of  children 
played  upon  this  very  floor,  among  whom  was  a  boy  with  hazel  eyes 
and  brown,  curly  locks,  who,  less  than  fifty  years  aftei'wards,  was  to  sit 
among  the  great  rulers  of  the  earth,  in  the  place  which  Washington 
had  occupied  before  him,  and  which  Jefierson,  Adams,  Van  Buren  and 
Jackson  adorned.  What  a  lesson  for  the  young  is  exhibited  by  the 
life,  stranger  than  any  romance,  of  the  simple  country  youth,  who, 
from  an  humble  station,  rose  by  honest  and  persevering  toil  to  be  the 
peer  of  kings ! 

On  the  left  of  the  hallway  is  the  great  parlor,  with  its  large  chande- 
liers, its  heavy  cornice,  its  massive  hearthstone,  with  antique  brass 
andirons,  and  its  walls  covered  with  the  original  paper  put  on  more 
than  eighty  years  ago.  This  paper  is  very  thick  and  extends  from 
ceiling  to  floor,  embossed  in  gorgeous  colors,  with  landscapes,  tourna- 
ments, marine  views  and  civil  festivals.  The  room  teems  with  liistoric 
associations.  Here  were  married  all  of  the  governor's  children,  and 
brilliant  ceremonies  *  attended  some  of  these  events.  Beautiful  and 
antique  relics  ai'e  distributed  about,  war  trophies  of  the  Pierces  and 
McNeils,  Mexican  curiosities,  curious  old  mirrors  and  chairs,  and  a  host 
of  articles  too  numerous  to  specialize,  which  are  now  the  property  of 
Mi  s.  Potter. 


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There  are  eight  rooms  on  the  ground  floor  of  the  square  part.  In 
the  northeast  corner,  now  used  as  a  sleeping-room,  is  the  apartment 
where  Franklin  Pierce  was  born.  His  cradle  is  still  preserved  here, 
and  in  this  room  is  also  the  old  governor's  sideboard,  which  oldtime 
hospitality  required  should  be  always  garnished  with  wines  or  a  huge 
bowl  of  punch.  That  was  in  the  ante-Washingtonian  days,  when  men 
could  drink  their  pint  of  Antigua  without  fearing  any  enemy  but  the 
gout,  and  when  the  aroma  of  good  old  Xeres  was  not  distateful  to  the 
ladies. 

The  second  floor  is  provided  with  six  chambers,  all  opening  on  a 
spacious  and  airy  hall.  ISTone  of  these  rooms  demand  special  descrip- 
tion. Descendnig  to  the  cellar,  we  have  pointed  out  to  us  the  various 
compartments  of  the  old  governor's  domestic  repository.  Everything 
is  on  a  grand  scale.  In  the  wine-cellar  there  were  annually  stored 
twenty  casks  of  wine  and  fifty  barrels  of  cider — the  good  old  New 
England  beverage.  The  potato-bin  will  accommodate  three  hundred 
bushels  of  tubers.  The  founder  of  this  mansion  was  a  great  man  in  his 
day,  and  with  but  one  exception,  was  probably  the  most  popular  gov 
ernor  ever  elected  in  New  Hampshire.  Even  to-day,  after  a  lapse  of 
forty  years,  his  very  name  touches  the  heart  almost  to  a  burst  of 
enthusiasm.  His  personal  appearance,  as  it  has  been  preserved  by  the 
portraits  on  the  walls  of  the  mansion,  is  indicative  of  the  man.  There 
is  something  of  the  look  of  a  Jackson  in  that  face.  The  jaws  have  the 
same  lion-like  solidity,  the  lips  are  firm  and  the  nose  identical  with 
that  same  feature  which  we  observe  on  the  medals  of  the  Roman  ira- 
perators,  but  the  eyes  have  a  merry  gleam,  and  the  rubicund  visage,  and 
the  thick-set,  portly  figure  tell  more  plainly  than  words  can  of  the  good- 
natured,  good-living,  hospitable  squire,  whose  name  could  rally  more 
voters  to  the  polls  than  that  of  any  other  man  in  the  State,  after  John 
T.  Gilman. 

One  would  hardly  think,  gazing  at  the  house,  that  it  had  been  the 
scene  of  so  much  romance  and  glory.  Yet  in  some  of  these  old  rooms, 
the  embryo  statesman  and  president  must  have  slept  and  ate  and 
studied  through  all  his  boyhood  days.  Out  of  some  of  those  windows 
looked  the  eyes  that  were  to  gaze  on  the  splendors  of  the  White  House 
and  the  varied  scenes  of  foreign  lands.  In  this  very  yard  sang  the 
voice  which  was  to  stir  listening  senates  with  its  tones.  Around  this 
place  centre  all  of  the  associations  connected  with  his  youthful  years. 
Here  was  the  theatre  of  his  early  sports,  here  his  school-days  began, 
here  he  had  his  first  visions  of  future  eminence,  or  of  the  possibility  of 
it.  Through  this  very  door  he  passed  with  his  college  honors  upon 
him  ;  the  friend  of  Stowe,  of  Hawthorne,  of  Longfellow,  and  others 
equally  known  to  fame.  Great  men,  statesmen,  writers,  divines  and 
soldiers  have  been  domiciled  under  this  roof  Nearly  all  of  the  leading 
men  of  New  Hampshire  for  fifty  years  visited  at  Squire  Pierce's  house. 
Isaac  Hill,  Chai-les  H.  Atherton,  Ebenezer  Webster,  Judge  Woodbury 
and  John  T.  Gilman  were  more  than  guests  of  the  governor.  And, 
afterwards,  Hawthorne,  Dr.  Appleton,  the  McNeils,  and  others  came  to 
see  the  young  lawyer,  their  friend.    John  McNeil,  in  particular,  was 


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long-  a  visitor  there,  coming  everv  Sunday  night,  to  pay  his  addresses 
to  a  certain  staid,  beautiful  maid,  who  afterwards  became  his  wife. 

There  were  several  fair  daughters  in  the  house  of  Pierce,  but  Eliza- 
beth, the  eldest,  was  the  queen  of  the  family.  At  all  the  sewing-bees 
and  tea  assemblies  of  the  countryside  Elizabeth  Pierce  was  the  belle 
among  the  village  maidens.  Many  of  the  leading  young  men  of  the 
place  had  a  desire  for  her  fair  hand  and  the  heart  that  went  with  it. 
But  John  McXie].  the  son  of  an  old  comrade-in-arms  of  her  father,  tall, 
handsome  and  manly,  was  the  favored  suitor.  Who  would  not  like  to 
know  the  particulars  of  that  courtship '?  When  Alphonso  and  Juliana, 
after  flirting  with  and  kissing  half-a-dozen  other  girls  and  men.  engage 
themselves  nowadays,  between  the  pauses  in  the  waltz,  and  hie  away 
the  next  morning  to  announce  the  fact  to  all  their  friends,  the  story 
does  not  seem  sweet  at  all.  But  it  was  difl:erent  in  the  early  days  of 
our  century.  Young  lovers  saw  each  other  only  in  the  presence  of 
others  letters  were  studied  and  formal,  and  the  engagement  was  kept 
secret  according  to  custom.  Human  hearts,  however,  are  the  same  in 
all  ages,  and  love  was  as  strong  and  fiery  then  as  now,  though  hidden 
under  modest  reserve.  Many  a  time,  undoubtedly,  John  and  Eliza- 
beth walked  arm-in-arm  along  this  path,  talking  the  same  old  story 
tliat  lovers  always  have.  One  almost  envies  them  the  delicious  thrill 
of  the  sacred  secret  when  their  hands  touched  in  the  stately  Cjuadrille, 
or  their  eyes  told  the  sweet,  unspoken  story.  They  were  married  en 
Christmas  day.  1811.  John  McXeil  became  a  general  and  a  famous 
Xew  Hampshire  worthy,  and  his  Elizabeth  made  a  most  true  wife  and 
loving  mother.  Both  died  before  their  famous  relative  went  into  the 
White  House. 

On  the  opposite  side  of  the  road  stands  a  long,  low  building,  in  good 
repair.  This  was  formerly  the  old  horse-shed,  in  one  corner  of  which 
a  room  was  finished  as  a  law  ofiice,  where  the  future  president  first 
'•set  up  in  business."  It  was  in  the  year  1827  that  young  Pierce 
began  his  practice  of  law  in  this  place.  Few  >vho  saw  the  young 
attorney  then  imagined  they  Avere  looking  on  the  future  chief  magis- 
trate of  the  nation.  Not  much  above  the  middle  size,  nervous  and 
hesitating  in  speech,  he  did  not  even  look  as  though  he  would  succeed 
as  a  lawyer.  Indeed,  his  first  efibrt  as  an  advocate  was  a  marked 
failure.  But  there  were  elements  of  greatness  in  the  young  man.  and 
he  could  not  be  discouraged.  Said  he  to  a  friend  who  condoled  with 
him,  "I  will  try  nine  hundred  and  ninety-nine  cases,  if  clients  will  con- 
tinue to  trust  me,  and  if  I  fail  just  as  I  have  to-day,  will  try  the 
thousandth.  I  shall  live  to  argue  cases  in  this  court-house  in  a  manner 
that  will  neither  mortify  myself  nor  my  friends."  He  made  his  asser- 
tion good,  and  even  as  a  lawyer  Franklin  Pierce  had  few  superiors. 
George  Barstow,  Esq.,  was  the  last  practitioner  of  law  who  used  the 
oflicer  The  innovation  of  railroads  left  the  old  village  out  in  the  cold 
and  carried  its  business  to  other  places,  and  the  law-office  of  an  Ameri- 
can president  is  now  devoted  to  the  humble  use  of  a  carriage-house. 

The  old  house  still  remains  in  the  family,  practically  speaking. 
Governor  Pierce  died  in  1839,  and  some  years  prior  to  that  ereut 


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Franklin  had  removed  to  Concord.  The  homestead  became  the  prop- 
erty of  Mrs.  McNeil,  with  whom  it  remained  until  her  death,  in 
1852.  Her  daughter,  Fanny  Maria  McNeil,  inherited  it  and  lived 
in  the  old  mansion  many  years  with  her  talented  husband,  the  Hon. 
Chandler  E.  Potter.  For  the  last  few  years  the  property  has  been 
owned  by  General  Samuel  Andrews,  a  nephew  of  Governor  Pierce's 
first  wife. 

From  the  History  of  President  Pierce. 

Benjamin  Pierce  was  a  native  of  Chelmsford,  Mass.  He  never 
received  a  liberal  education ;  in  fact,  he  was  almost  entirely  a  self- 
educated  man,  gaining  his  knowledge  more  from  men  than  from 
books.  At  the  early  age  of  seventeen  he  bade  farewell  to  his  plow, 
and  enlisted  as  a  common  soldier  in  the  great  war  of  the  American 
Revolution.  On  the  19th  of  April,  1775,  the  revolutionary  committee 
sent  couriers  out  in  every  dh*ection  ;  one  of  them  drove  up  before  the 
farm-house  of  the  uncle  of  Benjamin,  and  told  his  brief  tale  of  the 
news  of  the  battle  of  Lexington.  The  simple  account  of  the  courier 
was  all  that  was  needed  to  fire  the  brave  heart  of  the  young  farmer, 
and  he  shouldered  his  musket,  and  with  the  blessings  of  his  parents, 
started  on  foot  for  the  seat  of  war.  He  soon  arrived  in  Boston,  where 
he  enlisted  as  a  private  in  the  regiment  commanded  by  Colonel 
Brooks.  He  was  in  the  great  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  the  17th  of  June 
following,  and  there  distinguished  himself  by  his  bravery.  In  one  of 
the  many  important  actions  in  which  he  was  subsequently  engaged, 
during  the  hottest  of  the  battle,  Avhen  the  leaden  rain  was  fiercest, 
Benjamin  Pierce  saw  the  flag  of  his  legiment  wave  to  and  fro,  and  as 
if  the  bearer  were  unable  longer  to  uphold  it.  Although  the  act  was 
accompanied  with  the  greatest  danger,  he  rushed  forward,  and  grasp- 
ing it,  held  it  proudly  in  its  proper  place,  while  the  old  bearer  dropped 
dead  at  his  feet.  And  until  the  action  was  finished  and  the  victory 
complete,  he  continued  to  uphold  it.  The  brave  action  was  noticed, 
and  the  next  morning  the  young  farmer  was  rewarded  with  an 
ensigncy.  His  superior  bravery,  and  his  military  talents,  attracted 
attention,  and  when  the  Revolutionary  War  was  brought  to  a  termina- 
tion, he  quitted  the  army  with  the  rank  of  captain.  Such  was  the 
wretched  pecuniary  condition  of  the  treasury,  that  the  soldiers  were 
paid  ofi"  for  their  services  in  a  depreciated  currency,  and  Captain  Peirce 
found  that  he  possessed  only  about  $200.  He  was  necessitated,  there- 
fore, to  retire  to  the  wilderness,  where  land  was  cheap,  and  purchase 
himself  a  farm.  In  the  fall  of  the  year  1786,  General  Sullivan,  who 
was  then  a  resident  of  New  Hampshire,  determined  upon  forming  the 
militia  of  Hillsborough  county  into  a  brigade,  and  appointed  Benjamin 
Pierce  a  brigade-major.  His  services  were  of  great  value  to  the  militia 
of  New  Hampshire,  and  he  finally  rose  to  a  brigadier-general.  In 
1789,  he  was  elected  from  Hillsborough  to  sit  in  the  House  of  Repre 
sentatives  at  Concord,  and  continued  to  represent  that  town  in  the 
House  for  twelve  consecutive  years.    In  1803,  he  was  elected  a  mem- 


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ber  of  the  Governor's  Coiiacil,  in  which  office  he  continued  until  1809, 
when  he  was  appointed  Sheriff  of  Hillsborough  county.  This  office  he 
occupied  for  four  years.  For  many  years  following  he  was  either 
Sheriff  of  the  county  or  he  was  a  member  of  the  Governor's  Council. 
In  1827,  Benjamin  Pierce  was  elected  Governor  of  the  State  of  New 
Hampshire;  in  1828,  in  times  of  great  political  agitation,  he  was  for 
once  defeated  in  his  election,  but  was  triumphantly  re-elected  again 
in  1829. 

Without  the  advantages  of  early  education,  without  opulent  and 
powerful  friends,  Benjamin  Pierce  grew  to  be  the  most  influential  man 
in  New  Hampshire.  His  influence  in  the  county  of  Hillsborough  was 
overwhelming,  and  indeed  through  the  State.  He  was,  in  fact,  a  man 
of  great  native  talent.  Shrewd,  good-natured,  and  possessed  of  com- 
mon-sense, he  soon  took  his  position  as  a  leader  of  men.  In  personal 
appearance  he  was  striking,  He  was  rather  short,  and  thick-set,  had  a 
rigid,  honest-looking  face,  resembling,  to  a  degree,  the  best  portraits 
of  Gen.  Jackson.  He  was  a  universal  favorite — fearless,  frank-hearted, 
entirely  devoid  of  all  aristocratical  pride — he  was  calculated  to  please 
the  great  body  of  the  people. 

In  the  jail  at  Amherst,  N.  H.,  there  were  three  aged  prisoners,  viz. : 
Moses  Brewer,  Isaac  Lawrence,  and  George  Lancy ;  one  of  them  had 
remained  there  for  four  years,  in  the  closest  confinement,  all  for  the 
non-payment  of  a  trifling  debt.  When  Benjamin  Pierce  was  elected 
Sherifi"  of  the  county,  one  of  his  first  acts  was  to  appoint  a  day  for  the 
releasement  of  these  prisoners.  The  people  thought  the  occasion 
worthy  of  a  public  meeting,  and  when  the  day  arrived,  Nov.  20,  1818, 
a  large  number  attended. 


Fkom  the  History  of  The  Cincinnati  Society. 

Benjamin  Pierce  was  born  in  Chelmsford,  Mass.,  Dec.  25,  1757. 
Losing  his  father  when  he  was  but  six  years  of  age,  he  labored  on  the 
farm  of  his  Uncle  Robert  until  April  25,  1775,  when  he  enlisted  in 
Ford's  company  of  Bridge's  Regiment  and  was  in  the  battle  of  Bunker 
Hill.  He  was  orderly-sergeant  of  Jackson's  (8th)  Regiment,  and  was 
promoted  ensign  for  gallantry  at  Bemis  Heights,  Oct.  7,  1777 ;  he  was 
subsequently  commissioned  lieutenant,  July  7,  1 782.  He  was  a  prisoner 
in  New  York,  and  was  grossly  insulted  by  a  British  officer,  whom  he 
ran  through  the  body  in  a  duel.  After  the  evacuation  of  New  York, 
in  1786,  he  commenced  clearing  land  for  a  farm  in  the  valley  of  the 
Contoocook  River  in  N.  H.  He  was  representative  to  the  General 
Court  in  1789  and  1802.  Successively  Major,  Colonel  and  in  1805 
Brigadier-General  of  Militia.  Member  of  the  Council  1803  to  1809  and 
1814  to  1818.  Sheriff  of  Hillsborough  1809  to  1814  and  1818  to  1823. 
Governor  of  N.  H.  1827  and  1829,  and  Yice-President  of  the  Mass. 
*  Society  of  the  Cincinnati,  from  1836  to  his  death  at  Hillsborough, 
N.  H.,  April  1,  1839. 

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Children  : — 

856.    i.     Elizabeth  A.,  b.  Aug.  9,  1788;  m.  Gen.  John  McNeil.  Shed. 

Mar.  27,  1855.    Children:  John  W.  S.,  b.  1817,  d.  Sept.  10, 
1837.*  Elizabeth  A.,  m.  Capt.  G.  W.  Benham ;   Frances,  m. 
Col.  Chandler  E.  Potter,  of  Manchester ;  Benjamin  P.,  d.  June 
12,  1853. 

The  death  of  Mrs.  McNeil,  widow  of  the  late  Gen.  John 
McNeil  and  daughter  of  the  late  Gov.  Pierce,  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, was  announced  some  weeks  since.  Mrs.  McNeil  inherited 
the  same  strength  of  mind,  nobleness  of  soul,  and  generosity  of 
heart  of  her  father,  in  whose  bosom  patriotism,  liberality  and 
charity  ever  burned.  A  portion  of  her  life  was  spent  in  the 
wilds  of  the  west,  whither  she  followed  him  in  whom  she  had 
*'  garnered  up  her  heart."  She  was  bland  in  her  manners,  and 
possessed  a  richly  endowed  mind;  and  the  christian  generosity 
which  was  extended  to  all  without  distinction,  made  her  the 
friend  of  the  needy  who  always  found  relief  at  her  hands.  She 
was  proud  of  her  country,  and  was  ready  to  make  great  sacrifices 
for  its  protection  and  advancement  when  public  services  called 
her  husband  beyond  the  pale  of  civilization,  in  the  flush  and  en- 
thusiasm of  her  youth,  and  with  the  devotedness  and  self-sacri- 
ficing spirit  of  the  best  and  truest  of  her  sex,  she  shared  his 
dangers  and  sufferings  with  a  high  sense  of  woman's  duties. 
Fit  consort  for  such  a  man  she  has  followed  many  loved  ones 


*Lieutenant  McNeil  was  the  son  of  General  John  McNeil,  of  Boston,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  grandson,  on  his  mother's  side,  of  the  late  General  Benjamin 
Pierce,  of  Hillsborough,  New  Hampshire.  He  was  born  on  the  Island  of 
Mackinaw,  Michigan  Territory,  February  17,  1817.  He  remained  several  years 
with  his  parents  at  Chicago,  Illinois,  while  his  father  was  commandant  of  the 
United  States  troops  of  that  station.  In  1824,  he  returned  with  his  parents  to 
New  England;  was  at  West  Point;  spent  some  time  in  the  office  ot 
Hon.  Franklin  Pierce,  at  Hillsborough,  New  Hampshire,  and  entered  the 
United  States  Array  in  the  spring  of  1838,  as  Lieutenant  of  a  company  in  the 
2d  Regiment  of  Dragoons.  He  recruited  through  the  summer,  and  in  the 
following  winter  was  ordered  to  Florida.  He  continued  in  the  service,  and 
was  out  in  several  skirmishes  till  the  fall  of  1837,  when  he  fell  in  a  fight  with 
the  Seminole  Indians  on  the  morning  of  September  10. 

The  circumstances  of  that  encounter  were  these:  General  Hernandes  on 
the  7th  set  out  an  expedition  from  Head-Quarters,  at  Picolata,  in  the  vicinity 
of  St.  Augustine,  against  a  body  of  Indians  that  had  taken  a  position  about 
sixty  miles  to  the  southwest.  In  the  absence  of  their  superior  officers,  the 
command  of  the  battalion,  under  the  direction  of  General  Hernandes,  was 
given  to  Lieutenants  McNeil  and  Peyton.  On  the  evening  of  the  9th  the  bat- 
talion approached  the  Indians,  who  occupied  a  position  deemed  almost 
impregnable  by  reason  of  a  swamp  and  thicket  that  surrounded  them. 
The  battalion  halted  till  dawn  of  day  (Sabbath  morning),  when  the 
attack  was  made  in  two  columns,  headed  respectively  by  Lieutenants 
McNeil  and  Peyton.  The  savages  had  time  to  give  but  one  fire  before  they 
were  surrounded  and  taken.  While  McNeil  was  advancing  at  the  head  of  his 
column,  he  saw  their  chief,  Uchee  Billy,  level  his  rifle  at  him ;  and  at  the 
moment  he  drew  his  pistol,  the  rifle  of  the  chief  was  discharged,  the  bullet 
passing  through  his  pistol  hand  and  taking  effect  in  the  abdomen.  McNeil  re- 
mained on  the  field  through  the  action;  and  when  the  Indians  were  secured, 
he  was  carried  on  a  litter  to  the  camp,  about  ten  miles  distant.  The  next  day 
the  battalion  set  out  for  St.  Augustine,  but  McNeil  died  on  the  way,  Monday 
night  at  10  o'clock.  His  remains  were  carried  to  St.  Augustine,  and  buried 
with  the  honors  of  war;  after  which  the  officers  of  the  army  met  and  passed 
resolutions  expressive  of  their  sense  of  his  character  as  a  soldier  and  as  a 


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to  the  mansions  of  rest,  and  slowly  waited  till  her  spirit  took 
its  flight  to  that  brighter  world  on  high.  "  Then  shall  the  dust 
return  to  the  earth  as  it  was  :  and  the  spirit  shall  return  unto 
God  who  gave  it."  Eccles.  xn:  7.  During  her  severe  illness, 
her  youngest  daughter,  like  the  ministering  angel  of  mercy, 
watched  over  her,  "smoothed  her  dying  pillow,"  and  with 
words  of  heavenly  cheer  and  comfort,  "soothed  the  pain  and 
anguish  of  her  disease."  Soon,  ah!  too  soon,  and  that  which 
was  born  of  the  flesh  gave  way,  and  the  earthly  tabernacle  sank 


man.  Though  only  about  twenty  years  of  age  when  he  ffiU,  he  was  as  brave 
an  oflicer  as  ever  commanded  troops.  Had  he  lived,  and  circumstances  con- 
curred, there  is  every  reason  for  believing  that  he  would  have  worthily  emu- 
lated the  bravery  and  generalship  of  his  distinguished  father. 

'■'■To  the  memory  of 

Lieutenant  John  W.  S.  McNeil,  of  the  United  States  Army,  who  fell  in  an 
engagement  with  the  Seminole  Indians,  near  St.  Augustine,  Florida, 
September  10,  1837. 

In  that  wild  land  drenched  by  our  bravest  blood, 
Poured  out  in  torrents  like  the  Autumn  rain, 
Of  all  the  young  and  gallant  multitude 
Whose  bones  have  whitened  many  a  fatal  plain. 
Repose  no  nobler  relics  of  the  slain 
Than  thine,  McNeil,  the  generous,  mild,  and  brave ! 
Why  should  we  mourn  his  early  fate  in  vain? 
For  he  has  gone  into  a  glorious  grave, 
Wet  by  the  grateful  tears  of  those  he  died  to  save. 

And  when  the  turf  Was  laid  upon  his  breast, 
His  country's  cannon  thundered  o'er  his  head 
A  requiem  fitting  for  the  Soldier's  rest — ■ 
There  sleeps  he  on  his  gory-mantled  bed 
Among  a  nation's  unforgotten  dead; 
Fain  would  I  rest  where  he  is  sleeping  now ! 
The  patriot's  life-blood  for  his  country  shed 
Blooms  up  afresh  in  the  perennial  glow 
Of  Laurels  twined  by  Fame  around  his  glittering  brow. 

The  generous  flame  that  burned  within  his  soul 
Was  lit  by  nature  at  a  kindred  fire : 
Sprung  from  a  race  that  never  brooked  contijol, 
Rightly  to  glorious  deeds  he  might  aspire, 
The  highborn  oftspring  of  a  noble  sire  ! 
And  she  who,  with  a  mother's  untold  grief, 
Yearns  o'er  his  early  tomb  with  vain  desire. 
Was  daughter  of  New  Hampshire's  bravest  chief, 
Late  gathered  to  his  rest  like  the  o'erripened  sheaf. 

And  as  the  Spartan  matrons  searched  of  yore 
The  bodies  of  their  sons  in  battle  slain. 
And  when  they  found  the  mortal  wounds  before 
Knew  they  fell  bravely,  and  in  gladsome  train 
Exulting  bore  them  from  the  bloody  plain 
With  proud  though  bitter  joy, — so  now  may  they 
Lament  his  loss  with  no  complaining  strain ; 
Though  pierced,  he  sank  not  through  the  well-fought  day. 
Till  Victory's  joyous  shout  wafted  his  soul  away ! 
May  3,  1812." 


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in  death  while  that  which  is  spiritual  still  exists,  binding  soul 
to  soul.  Never  was  a  mother  worn  down  with  the  ftitigues  of 
an  eventful  life  and  the  workings  of  disease,  more  blest  than 
was  Mrs.  McNeil  in  the  untiring  attentions  of  the  child  of  love. 

All  that  purest  affection  could  prompt  submissive  hands 
procured,  but  finite  love,  though  stronger  than  death,  could  not 
save.  Child  of  sorrow,  thou  art  surrounded  by  many  dear 
friends,  and  thou  art  supported  with  the  consciousness  of 
having  administered  to  the  wants  of  a  sick  and  dying  mother. 
God  has  blessed  you  in  that  mother,  dearly  beloved  by  all  her 
children. 


Another  Belie. 

The  good  sword  of  a  brave  man  was  recently  deposited 
among  the  mementoes  of  the  revolution  in  the  museum  at  Inde- 
pendence Hall.  It  was  borne  by  Benjamin  Pierce  (father  of 
President  Pranklin  Pierce),  who  rallied  at  Lexington  to  defend 
his  country,  and  thence  continued  in  the  army,  fought  at  Bunker 
Hill,  at  Long  Island  and  at  the  siege  of  Yorktown.  He  re- 
mained in  the  service  until  the  final  disbanding  of  the  army,  at 
West  Point,  in  1784.  He  retired  in  command  of  his  company 
and  continued  in  the  line  of  well-earned  promotion  ;  was  twice 
elected  Governor  of  New  Hampshire.  His  granddaughter, 
Mrs.  C.  E.  Potter,  of  Hillsborough.  N.  IL,  is  the  depositor. 


857.  ii.    Benjamin  K.,  b.  Aug.  29,  1790;  m.   LaPlambou;  m.  2nd., 

Amanda  ;  m.  3rd.,  Reed. 

858.  iii.   Nancy  M.,  b.  Nov.  2,  1792;  m.  Feb.  16,  1815,  Gen.  Solomon  Mc- 

Neil. She  d.  Aug.  27,  1837,  leaving  Anna,  b.  July  17,  1817,  ra. 
Tappan  Wentworth,  of  Lowell;  Solomon,  b.  1819;  John,  b. 
Nov.  6,  1822,  m.  C.  M.  Morse,  and  res.  in  Winchester,  Mass. 

859.  iv.    John  S.,  b.  Nov.  5,  1796;  ra.  Marietta  O.  Putthofi". 

860.  v.     Harriet  B.,  b.  1800;  ra.  June  25,  1822,  Hugh  Jameson.    She  d. 

Nov.  24,  1837. 

861.  vi.    Charles  G.,  b.  1803;  d.  June  25,  1828,  in  Utica,  N.  Y. 

862.  vii.  Franklin,   b.  Nov.   23,   1804;  ra.   Nov.   10,   1834,   Jane  M. 

Appleton. 

863.  viii.  Charlotte;  d.  infancy. 

864.  ix.    Henry  D.,  b.  Sept.  19,  1812;  ra.  Susan  Tuttle. 

394.  Merrill^  Pierce  {Benjmnin^^  Stepheii^,  Ste^jhen^^  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  29,  1764  ;  m.  Dorcas  Barker,  b.  1771,  d.  July  23, 
1840.    He  d.  Dec.  17,  1816,  in  Hillsboro,  N.  H.  Children:— 

865.  i.      Polly,  b.  Sept.  30,  1794;  m.  Dec.  25,  1823,  Moses  Chapman,  b. 

Mar.  16,  1796,  d.  Mar.  3,  1859.  She  d.  July  11,  1867,  in  Peter- 
boro,  N.  H.  Ch.:  - Albert  P.,  b.  Mar.  29,  1826,  ra.  Mary 
Blanchard;  Jackson,  b.  Oct.  18,  1824,  m.  Ann  Black;  Walter 
D.,  b.  Dec.  13,  1836,  d.  May  20,  1858;  Jerome  B.,  b.  Jan.  25, 
1832,  d.  Oct.  25,  1863;  Martin  Van  B.,  b.  Oct.  3,  1834,  d.  Sept. 
29,  1865;  Julia  A.,  b.  Jan.  22,  1828,  m.  George  Handy;  Adaline 
P.,  b.  Aug.  11,  1830,  d.  Sept.  14,  1848;  Harriet  M.,  b.  Apr.  11, 
1839,  d.  June  17,  1864. 

866.  ii.     Mary  A.  A.,  b.  Sept.  4,  1803;  m.  Nov.  22,  1826,  William  B. 

Kimball,  b.  May  24,  1801.  She  d.  Feb.  5,  1849,  in  Peterboro, 
leaving  Mary  A.,  M.  D.,  b.  Aug.  31,  1827;  Elizabeth,  b.  Sept. 
17,  1830. 


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101 


867.  iii.    Adalixe;  m.  Xov.  23,  1831.  BeniamiD  B.  Gushing,  b.  Sept.  29, 

1808.  She  d.  Nov.  30,  1870.  iii  Marlboro,  N.  H.  Ch.  :  Eliza- 
beth P.,  b.  Aus:.  24,  1832,  d.  Apr.  17,  1835:  Adaliue  P.,  b.  Mar. 
7,  1834,  d.  May  2,  1842;  Ann  B.,  b.  Oct.  26,  1837,  m.  J.  J. 
Durham  ;  Benj.  P.,  b.  Sept.  22,  1849,  m.  Louisa  Lawrence. 

Mrs.  (Pierce)  Gushing  was  a  woman  of  remarkable  traits  of 
character,  endearing  herself  to  both  young  and  old.  The 
Physician  who  attended  her  having  become  so  much  attached 
to  her  wept  like  a  child  when  she  died.  She  was  ouly  in  Marl- 
boro, N.  H.,  for  one  year,  and  the  Gongregational  minister 
remarked  that  she  was  no  ordinary  woman. 

868.  iv.    Louisa  A.,  b.  Aug.  31,  1809;  m.  Dec.  25,  1851,  Thomas  McCoy, 

d.  Mar.  10,  1870.  She  d.  without  issue  in  Sharon,  X.  H., 
Nov.  22,  1873. 

869.  v.     Nancy,  b.  1812;  m.  Gol.  E.  P.  Emerson  of  Nashua,  N.  H.    Ch.  : 

William  B.,  b.  June  20,  1835,  m.  Abby  M.  Presby ;  Edward  M., 
b.  Julv  25,  1843.  d.  1865 :  Jessie  D.  P.^,  b.  June  13,  1845,  ra.  Geo. 
H.  Taylor,  A.  M. 

870.  vi.    Merrill  ;  m.  Mary  Dickinson. 

871.  vii.   Jesse;  d.unm.  • 

872.  viii.  Elizabeth  M.,  b.  Dec.  10,  1816;  m.  1836.  Cornelius  G.  Fencer, 

b.  Aus:.  6,  1800.  Ch.  :  Elizabeth,  b.  Aug.  14,  1837,  m.  Rev.  F. 
M.  Baker;  Arthur  P.,  b.  Sept.  2,  1839,  d.  1840;  Arthur  P.,  b. 
Sept.  10.  1841,  d.  1843;  Arthur  P.,  b.  Feb.  6,  1844,  unm.,  and 
res.  in  Boston,  P.  0.  Box  1495. 

398.  Jonathan^  Pierce  {^Stephen^^  Jacoh^^  Stephen'^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas'^),  b.  April  11.  1727:  m.  Nov.  10,  1750,  Ruth  Gilson,  b.  Mar. 
21,1728.    He  d  1785-6.    Res.  Groton.  Children:— 

873.  1.      JoxATHAX,  b.  Dec.  3,  1751;  m.  Abigail  Prescott. 

874.  ii.     Bexja^iln',  b.  June  5,  1754;  m.  Rebecca  Wright. 

875.  iii.    Ruth,  b.  June  10.  1757;  d.  vouu^. 

876.  Iv.    Molly,  b.  March  25,  1759;  d.  Jan.  12,  1766. 

877.  V.      Stephen,  b.  Aug.  13,  1761;  d.  Jan.  14,  1766. 

878.  vi.    Joseph,  b.  May  15,  1764;  d.  Jan.  20,  1766. 

879.  vii.   Ruth,  b.  April  17.  1767:  m.   Fletcher. 

880.  viii.  SoLOAiox.  b.  Sept.  2,  1771. 

408.    Saivitel^   Pierce  {Sarauel^,  Samuel"^,  SamueP,  TJiomas^, 

Thomas'^),  b.  July  31,  1743  ;  m.  Anoa  ;  m.  2nd,  Mrs.  Wiilard. 

Res.  Herkimer,  N.  Y.    Children : — 

881.  i.      Samuel,  b.  June  11,  1779;  m.  Butler. 

882.  ii.     Gershom,  b.  Jan.  16,  1781. 

883.  iii.    Haxxah  K.,  b.  April  2,  1783. 

884.  iv.    Abigail  F.,  b.  June  7,  1789. 

885.  V.     James,  b.  Aug.  19,  1792. 

412.  Josiah^  Pierce  {Samuel^,  Samuel'^.  SamueP,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  March  17.  1751:  m.  March  13.  1783,  Miriam  Pierce 
[421].  b.  March  1.  1757.  She  d.  May  5,  1845.  He  d.  May  10,  1845. 
Res.  Charlemont,  Mass. 

Children  : — 


887. 
888. 
889. 


Seth,  b.  March  19,  1784;  d.  April  6,  1784. 

i.  Seth,  b.  June  16,  1785:  m.  Cynthia  Hawkes. 

ii.  JosiAH,  b.  June  18,  1787;  ra.  Jemima  Thornton. 
V.    David,  b.  Oct.  14,  1789 ;  m.  Providence  . 


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PIEECE  PEDIGREE. 


890.  V.     Miriam,  b.  May  16,  1792;  cl.  unm.  Sept.,  1879. 

891.  vi.    Richard,  b.  June  9,  1794;  m.  Sally  Rudd. 

892.  vii.  Judith,  b.  Dec.  6,  1796. 

416.  JosiAH^  Pierce  {Josiah^,  Samuel^^  SamueP,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  11,  1745;  m.  1771,  Lucy  Fairfield,  b.  Feb.  26,  1745. 
She  d.  April  6,  1845.    He  d.  March  22,  1834.    Res.  Hadley,  Mass. 

Children  : — 

893.  i.      Lucy,  b.  July  1,  1773;  d.  Sept.  26,  1775. 

894.  ii.     Dolly,  b.  Oct.  29,  1774;  m.  Rufus  Shumway. 

895.  iii.    Anne,  b.  May  7,  1776;  m.  Andrew  Dunuakiu. 

896.  iv.    Lucy,  b.  April  26,  1778 ;  m.  Elijah  White. 

897.  V.     David,  b.  March  31,  1780;  ra.  Miriam  Cook. 

898.  vi.    Elihu,  b.  Jan.  27,  1782;  m.  Nancy  Dunnakin. 

899.  vii.   Job,  b.  July  8,  1785 ;  m.  Thankful  Fairfield. 

418.  Samuel^  Pierce  {Josiah^,  Samuel^ ^  SamueP^  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  11,  1749;  m.  April  3,  1794,  Anna  Cook,  b.  1758. 
She  d.  March  1,  1825.    He  d.  Jan.  12,  1796,    lies.  Charlemont,  Mass. 

No  Children. 


422.  Seth^  Pierce,  Jr.  {Seth^,  Samuel'^,  SamueP,  Thomas^, 
Thoma8^\  b.  Sept.  12,  1744;  m.  Apr.  17,  1767,  Bethiah  Fields,  b. 
1745,  d.  Sept.  18,  1807  ;  m.  2nd,  1813,  Patty  Rindge,  d.  1829.  He  d. 
in  Homer,  N.  Y.,  in  1835.    Children  :— 

900.  1.      Sarah,  b.  N  ov.  20,  1767 ;  m.  Royal  Storrs. 

901.  ii.     LuciNDA,  b.  Sept.  14,  1769 ;  m.  Nov.  27,  1788,  Thomas  Welch,  b. 


Feb.  17,  1757,  d.  Mar.  20,  1832.  She  d.  in  Enfield,  Conn.,  Jan. 
25,  1854.  Ch.  :  Martha,  b.  Feb.  24,  1790,  d.  Feb.  2,  1854; 
Harriet,  b.  Feb.  20,  1792,  d.  June  15,  1811;  Jerusha,  b.  Jan.  14, 
1794,  m.  Jesse  Cordy;  Marcus,  b.  Nov.  27,  1795,  d.  Apr.  7, 
1872;  Lucas,  b.  Dec.  19,  1797,  m.  Alma  Pierce;  Clarissa  A.,  b. 
Mar.  25,  1800,  d.  Oct.  4,  1802;  Daraia,  b.  July  19,  1702,  m. 
Dennis  R.  Olrastead;  Clarissa  A.,  b.  May  14,  1803,  m.  Lewis 
Chapin;  Caroline  M.,  b.  Apr.  8,  1807,  m.  Calvin  King;  Bennett 
S.,  b.  July  25,  1809,  ra.  Elizabeth  Kilborn ;  Harriet,  b.  Sept.  18, 
1811,  m.  Geo.  C.  Wilson. 


902.  iii.    Bennett,  b.  Sept.  12,  1771;  d.  Mar.  17,  1773. 

903.  iv.    Gordon,  b.  Aug.  31,  1773;  m.  1796,  Thirsa  Smalley. 

904.  V.     Bennett,  b.  July  14,  1775. 

905.  vi.    Samuel,  b.  May  23,  1777;  d.  Aug.  26,  1778. 

906.  vii.    Samuel,  b.  May  20,  1779 ;  m.  Persis  Barrows. 

907.  viii.  Elijah,  b.  Apr.  27,  1781 ;  m.  Feb.  8,  1801,  Patty  Moulton. 

908.  ix.    Seth,  b.  Feb.  17,  1784. 

909.  X.     Daniel,  b.  Mar.  16,  1786. 

910.  xi.    Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  12,  1788;  m.  Chester  Collins. 

911.  xii.   Bela,  b.  Apr.  13,  1792. 

428.  Enoch^  Pierce,  Jr.  {JEnoch^^  Samuel^,  SamueP,  Thomas^^ 
Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  23,  1749  ;  m.  Dec.  14,  1783,  Experience  Storrs,  b. 

1751.  She  d.  An^.  31,  1789;  m.  2ncl,  Oct.  31,  1792,  Molly  Snow. 


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103 


She  d.  Dec.  5,  1811.  He  d.  Nov.  6,  1828.  Res.  Mansfield,  Conn.,  and 
Noi-th  Pitcher,  K  Y.    Children  :— 

912.  i.  EsECK,  b.  1784;  d.  Jan.  4,  1786. 

913.  ii.  Algernon,  b.  Jan.  17,  1786;  m.  Pbebe  Evans. 

914.  iii,  SopHRONiA,  b.  July  5,  1788;  in.  Given  Atwood. 

915.  iv.  Experience,  b.  Aug.  16,  1793;  m.  A.  A.  Starks. 

916.  V.  Enoch,  b.  July  17,  1795;  m.  Laura  Dean. 

917.  vi.  Earl,  b.  April  3,  1798;  m.  Olive  Stearns. 

430.  Samuel^  Pierce  {JEnoch^,  Samxiel^^  Samuel^,  Thomas'^, 
Thomas^),  b.  June  24,  1755  ;  m.  May  28,  1778,  Joanna  Babcock. 
Res.  Mansfield,  Conn.,  and  Derwinter,  Chenango  Co.,  N.  Y. 

Children  : — 

918.  i.      Anna,  b.  April  24,  1779  ;  m.  Enoch  Eldridge. 

919.  ii.     Mary,  b.  Oct.  7,  1781 ;  m.  Samuel  Finch. 

920.  iii.    Sarah,  b.  Nov.  16,  1787;  m.  Samuel  Eldridge. 

921.  iv.    Olive,  b.  Sept.  7,  1791;  d.  uum. 

922.  V.     Joanna,  b.  April  24,  1793;  m.  Charles  Hyde. 

923.  vi.     Auelia,  b.  April  14,  1796;  m.  Moses  Smith. 

924.  vii.   Eunice,  b.  July  28,  1800. 

432.  Capt.  Joseph^  Pierce  {Isaac^,  Isaad^^  SamueP,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  25,  1745;  m.  Apr.  6,  1771,  Ann  Dawes,  b.  May 
19,  1753,  d.  Mar.  4,  1812.  He  d.  Jan.  1,  1828.  She  was  dau.  of  Col. 
Thos.  Motley  and  sister  of  the  late  Hon.  J.  Lathrop  Motley,  the  histo- 
rian, and  minister  to  England. 

Joseph  Pierce  died  in  Boston  Jan.  1,  1828  ;  was  graduated  at  the 
Boston  Latin  School,  1756.  Joseph  was  a  prominent  merchant  of  the 
times  and  a  man  of  great  integrity,  and  possessed  considerable  influ- 
ence with  his  fellow-citizens.  Feeble  health  and  a  young  and  increas- 
ing family  prevented  his  taking  an  active  part  in  the  struggle  for 
liberty,  which,  however,  received  the  aid  both  of  his  purse  and  his. 
influence.  From  his  store  on  the  north  side  of  State  street  he  wit- 
nessed the  "  massacre  "  of  Nov.  5,  1770.  In  connection  with  the  suf- 
ferings of  the  inhabitants  of  Boston  during  the  siege  he  often  spoke  of 
the  fact  that  rats  were  eaten,  occasionally,  to  appease  hunger.  He 
was  the  founder  of  the  Provincial  Grenadier  corps  and  its  commander 
on  the  occasion  of  its  first  parade,  June  8,  1772,  Henry  Knox,  after- 
wards Major-General  and  Secretary  of  War,  being  second  in  com- 
mand. The  splendid  uniform,  military  appearance,  drill,  and  the 
efliciency  of  its  corps,  are  of  traditional  renown.  It  elicited  the  com- 
mendation of  the  British  oflicers  then  in  Boston,  and  received  the 
special  notice  of  Gov.  Gage  on  his  public  entry  into  Boston  in  May, 
1774.  He  was  the  friend  and  correspondent  of  Gov.  Knox,  with 
whom  he  afterwards  associated  himself  in  the  proprietoi'ship  of  large 
tracts  of  land  in  Maine.  Knox's  letters  were  unfortunately  lost  in  1811 
by  the  burning  of  a  store  in  which  they  were  deposited.  Capt.  Pierce, 
from  his  personal  acquaintance  with  the  leaders  of  the  Revolution  and 
the  principal  oflicers  of  the  army,  and  having  himself  participated  in 
the  early  events  of  the  contest,  was,  in  his  old  age,  full  of  reminiscences 


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PIEECE  PEDIGREE. 


and  anecdotes  relating  to  them,  and  was  consequently  a  most  interest- 
ing and  instructive  companion.    Res.  in  Boston.    Children  : — 

925.  i.      Hannah,  b.  1771;  d.  1775. 

926.  ii.     J.  Haedy,  b.  March  8,  1773;  m.  Frances  Temple  Cordis  and 

Abby  Robinson. 

927.  lii.    Ann,  b.  Aug.  11,  1774;  m.  John  Lathrop,  Jr. 

928.  iv.    Thomas,  b.  Oct.  4,  1775;  d.  Oct.,  1776. 

929.  V.     Hannah,  b.  Oct.  5,  1777;  d.  Sept.,  1778. 

930.  vi.    Lucy,  b.  Feb.  17,  1779 ;  d.  March  9,  1779. 

931.  vii.   Hardy,  b.  July  17,  1780;  d.  Oct.  15,  1780. 

932.  viii.  Isaac,  b.  Dec.  13,  1781;  d.  March  16,  1793. 

933.  Ix.    Hannah  D.,  b.  Jan.  3,  1783;  m.  Thomas  P.  Kettell. 

934.  X.     Lucy,  b.  Oct.  28,  1785;  d.  Oct.  28,  1785. 

935.  xi.    Elizabeth  S.,  b.  Oct.  25,  1787;  ra.  Fitch  Pool  Putnam. 

936.  xii.   Maria,  b.  Oct.,  1789;  d.  Aug.  11,  1874. 

937.  xiii.  Francis,  b.  Aug.  31,  1792;  d.  Sept.  2,  1792. 

439.  William^  Pierce  (  William^,  Sommers"^^  William^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^)',  m.  Mar.  30,  1780,  Sarah  Holt.  Res.  Wilton,  K  H.,  and 
Weston,  Vt.    Children  : — 

938.  i.     Roxanna;  m.  Wra.  Campbell. 

939.  ii.    Asa,  b.  Dec.  6,  1788  ;  m.  Hannah  Higgins. 

940.  iii.   Sally  ;  m.  John  Kimball. 

941.  iv.   Phebe;  d.  unm. 

942.  V.    William,  b.  Sept.  20,  1785 ;  m.  Mary  Moncrief. 

943.  vi.    Betsey;  m.   Lockvvood. 

944.  vii.  Hannah;  m.  Charles  Lockwood. 

945.  viii.  Lydia;  m.  Aaron  Blanchard. 

946.  ix.    Polly;  d.  unm. 

947.  X.     Calvin;  d.  unm. 

440.  Benjamin^  Pierce  (  William^,  Sommers^,  William'^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  May  18,  1762  ;  ra.  Oct.  27,  1785,  Dorcas  Lovejoy,  b. 
April  16,  1762.  She  d.  Aug.  15,  1817.  He  m.  2nd,  Feb.  8,  1820,  Mrs. 
Nabby  F.  Dodge.  She  d.  Aug.  28,  1865.  He  d.  May  9,  1847.  Benja- 
min Pierce  was  born  in  Wilton,  N.  H.,  and  enlisted  in  the  Revolution- 
'ary  Array  when  but  18  years  old  and  served  during  the  war.  He  enlist- 
ed first  for  3  mo.  and  then  for  3  years.  The  war  ended  just  before  his 
time  expired.  He  was  stationed  at  West  Point  when  Arnold  sold  out 
to  the  British.  Soon  after  he  was  detailed  as  one  of  Gen.  Washing- 
ton's life  guard  and  remained  in  that  position  till  the  close  of  the  war. 
He  assisted  in  raoving  Gen.  Washington  and  faraily  to  Mt.  Vernon, 
after  the  Declaration  of  Independence  was  signed  and  sealed.  Res. 
Andover  and  Londonderry,  Vt. 


Children  : — 

948.    i.     Dorcas,  b.  Jan.  22,  1786;  m.  Jan.  15,  1809,  Thomas  Hall.    He  d. 

July  13,  1835,  and  she  d.  Sept.  7,  1853.  Res.  South  Londonderry. 


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105 


Ch. :  Harriet  K.,  b.  Jan.  18,  1812,  m.  Joseph  Carlton;  James 
P.,  b.  Feb.  23,  1815,  m.  Susan  Dodge;  Henry  B.,  b.  Oct  18, 
1817,  m.  Melita  Mason;  Sally  A.,  b.  April  7,  1822,  m.  John  Fel- 
ton;  John  K.,  b.  Feb.  23,  1825,  m.  Nancy  Wilbar. 

949.  ii.     Polly,  b.  April  29,  1787;  m.  July  26,  1810,  Daniel  Dodge. 

Daniel  Dodge  removed  to  Londonderry,  Vt.,  from  Andover, 
Vt.,  in  1817.  They  purchased  one  of  the  first  rights  of  Dr. 
Samuel  Thomson,  to  practice  his  system  of  medicine,  and  Polly 
(Pierce)  Dodge  was  often  called  to  N.  H.  to  visit  the  sick, 
going  the  entire  distance  on  horseback.  She  was  familiarly 
known  as  the  "  old  Steam  Doctor  Woman''  for  miles  around 
her  home;  her  success  was  excellent.  She  d.  Dec.  20,  1851. 
Ch.  :  Polly,  b.  Aug.  12,  1811,  m.  Sumner  Wait;  Dorcas,  b.  Mar. 
12,  1812,  ra.  Solon  Richardson. 

950.  iii.    James,  b.  Aug.  17,  1789;  m.  Dec.  5,  1811,  Mary  Walker,  and  d.  s. 

p.,  April  12,  1813. 

951.  iv.    Abiel,  b.  Mar.  21,  1791 ;  m.  Nancy  Holt;  m.  2Qd,  Hannah K.  Man- 

ning. 

952.  V.     Asa,  b.  Mar.  17,  1793;  m.  Betsey  Dodge. 

953.  vi.     Alvah,  b.  Oct.  6,  1796 ;  m.  Dolly  Baker. 

954.  vii.   Nancy,  b.  Dec.  2.  1798;  m.  Sept.  30,  1830,  Isaac  Jewett,  d.  1852; 

m.  2nd,  David  Putnam.    She  d.  Aug.  4,  1862. 

955.  yiii.  Alanson,  b.  Aug.  27,  1801;  m.  Hannah  Bulton. 

956.  ix.     Abel,  b.  April  1,  1804;  m.  Harriet  Dodge. 

957.  X.     Abigail,  b.  Nov.  25,  1820,  m ;  April  7,  1842,  George  C.  Mason,  b. 

Sept.  18,  1811.  Res.  Farmer,  Ohio.  Ch.  :  Sabrina  E.,  b.  Aug. 
1,  1845,  d.  April  28,  1856;  Welcome  G.,  b.  July  1,  1847,  m.  Era- 
ma  P.  Hauser;  Frank  P.,  b.  Dec.  21,  1851,  unm. ;  Harland  J., 
b.  June  13,  1854,  unm. 

958.  xi.    James,  b.  Dec.  22,  1822;  d.  Oct.  21,  1842. 

959.  xii.  Lucy,  b.  June  17,  1825;  m.  Sept.  11,  1851,  Daniel  P.  Chittenden. 

Ch.  :  Abbie  J.,  b.  June  1,  1852,  d.  June  2,  1863;  DeelbertD.,  b. 
Sept.  23,  1859,  d.  June  8,  1863;  Willie  E.,  b.  April  11,  1857; 
Flora  A.,  b.  Aug.  2,  1861.    Res.  N.  Springfield,  Vt. 

960.  xiii.  Benjamin  F.,  b.  Feb.  7,  1828;  m.  May  8,  1851,  Julia  Ewing,  b. 

Mar.  16,  1830.    Res.  s.  p.,  Bethlehem,  Penn. 

441.  Timothy^  Pierce  (  William^,  jSommers"^,  William'^,  Tho77ias^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  4,  1765  ;  m.  May  5,  1785,  Phebe  Carlton.  Res. 
Wilton,  N.  H.  Children 

960i.  i.     Timothy,  b.  Aug.  15,  1785;  d.  Sept.  21,  1787. 
960^.  li.    Hannah,  b.  Oct.  27,  1789. 

447.  Nathan^  Pierce  {James^^  James^^  James^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  1759;  m.  July  24,  1781,  Sarah  Leathe,  b.  Nov.  8,  1755. 
She  d.  Aug.  20,  1850.    He  d.  Nov.  14,  1841.    Res.  Woburn. 

Children  :— 

961.  i.     Sarah,  b.  Jan.  29,  1783;  m.  Ephraim  Brown. 

962.  ii.    Susanna,  b.  Feb.  26,  1785;  d.  1815, 

963.  iii.    Nathaniel,  b.  Mar.  27,  1787;  m.   Woods. 

964.  iv.    Nathan,  b.  July  8,  1789;  d.  Dec.  23,  1806. 

965.  V.     James,  b.  June  7,  1790 ;  m.  Polly  Wood. 

966.  vi.    Samuel,  b.  1800  ;  m.  Merriam  ;  m.  2nd,  Priscilla  E.  Moore. 

967.  vii.  Phebe,  b.  May  28,  1798;  m.  John  Scaddiug. 

968.  viii.  Josiah,  b.  1804;  m.  Ellen  Davis  ;  m.  2nd,  Polly  Baker. 

448.  Abel^  Pierce  {James^,  James"^,  James^^  Thomas^,  Thomas^), 

14 


106 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


b.  1767;  m.  Mar.  14,  1792,  Ruth  Parker.    He  d.  inWoburn,  May  22, 
1888. 
Children : — 

969.  i.     Harriet,  b.  March  23,  1793 ;  m.  April  19.  1812,  Samuel  Wvman. 

970.  ii.     Abel,  Jr.,  b.  Aug.  14,  1795;  d.  Mar.  17,  1796. 

971.  ill.  Abel,  Jr.,  b.  Jan.  25,  1797;  m.  April  4,  1822.  Almira  Russell;  m. 

2nd,  Jan.  17,  1840,  Mary  C.  Dickson;  m.  3rd,  Jan.  17,  1849, 
Eliza  Dickson. 

972.  iv.   Charles,  b.  Feb.  23,  1800. 


973.  V.     Franklin,  b.  Mar.  21,  1802;  d.  Feb.  20,  1837. 

974.  vi.    Mary  A.,  b.  Dec.  22,  1804;  m.  May  26,  1824,  Bradley  Simonds,,b. 

Dec.  19,  1799.  They  res.  in  Lexington  and  Ashby.  Ch.  :  Frank, 
Nathan,  Calvin,  Bradley,  Mary,  Hattie,  Sarah,  Sophronia. 

975.  vii.  William,  b.  April  30,  1807;  m.  June  19,  1828,  Lydia  Sleeper;  m. 

2nd,  May  12,  1856,  Jane  Clark. 

976.  viii.  George  W.,  b.  July  14,  1819  ;  m.  Sept.  26, 1840,  Eliza  B.  Hutchin- 

son ;  m.  2nd,  Hannah  C.  Merrill. 

977.  ix.    Sewell  W.,  b.  Dec.  11,  1813;  m.  Feb.  7,  1839,  Margaret  R. 

Adams. 

978.  X.     Eliza,  b.  1816;   m.  Mar.  30,  1830,  Samuel  Cook,  and  had  a 

Samuel,  Jr. 

450.  Joshua^  Pierce,  Jr.  {Joshua^,  James^^  James^^  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  16,  1756  ;  m.  Dec.  25,  1781,  Sarah  Lund,  b.  July 
6,  1763  ;  d.  Oct.  20,  1851.    He  d.  in  Hudson,  K  H.,  Sept  24,  1857. 


Children  : — 

979.  i.  Joshua,  b,  Feb.  27,  1783;  d.  Feb.  10,  1784. 

980.  ii.  John,  b.  April  22,  1785;  d.  Oct.  11,  1825. 

981.  iii.  Joshua,  b.  July  9,  1787;  m.  Mar.  10,  1810,  Dolly  Hutchins. 

982.  iv.  James,  b.  Mar.  31,  1792;  m,  April  11,  1821,  Belinda  Cross. 

983.  V.  Joseph  B.,  b.  Oct.  4,  1794;  d.  unm.  Jan.  7,  1841. 

984.  .  Abraham,),    ^       ^         .  C  d.  Aug.  18,  1804. 

985.  Isaac,       5  '  ^^^^ '  ^  d.  Nov.  24,  1798. 

986.  vii.  CosMORE,  b.  Aug.  28,  1802;  d.  Jan.  31,  1804. 

453.  Nathan^  Pierce  {Joshua^,  James^^  J'ames^,  Thomas'^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  11,  1766;  ra.  Phebe  Cummings,  b.  July  8,  1768  ; 
d.  June  14,  1860.    He  d.  Jan.  29,  1853,  in  Bradford,  N.  H. 

Children : — 

987.  i.     Nathan,  Jr.,  b.  Jan.  15,  1789;  m.  Abigail  Graves. 

988.  ii.     Susan,  b.  May  5,  1792;  d.  Sept.  13,  1797. 

989.  iii.   Mary,  b.  July  12,  1794;  d.  Aug.  ,  1863. 

990.  iv.    Cummings,  b.  1796;  d.  Dec.  1,  1801. 

991.  V.     Susan,  b.  Feb.  7,  1799;  m.  Enos  Collins. 

992.  vi.    Daniel,  b.  July  17,  1801 ;  m.  Lucy  Wheelock. 

993.  vii.  Cummings,  b.  May  22,  1803 ;  m.  Caroline  Dowlin. 

994.  viii.  Stephen  C,  b.  Nov.  4,  1807;  m.  Martha  Collins. 


SIXTH  GENERATION. 


107 


454.  James^  Pierce  {Joshua^,  James^,  Jaraes^,  Thomas'^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  8,  1768  ;  m.  Jan.,  1795,  Mary  Stacy,  b.  Dec.  20, 
1774  ;  d.  Sept.  15,  1847.    He  d.  Feb.  4,  1849,  in  W.  Swanzey,  K  H. 

Children  : — 

995.  i.     Alvah,  b.  July  30,  1795  ;  in.  Leafee  Miller. 

996.  ii.    Avery,  b.  April  6,  1797;  d.  Oct.  16,  1798. 

997.  iii.    Polly,  b.  July  20,  1799 ;  m.  Soloruou  Fields,  and  d.  Oct.  28,  1837. 

998.  iv.    Daniel,  b.  Oct,  24,  1801;  m.  Ursula  Caldwell. 

999.  V.     Enoch  C,  b.  Nov.  8,  1803;  d.  Xov.  22,  1815. 

1000.  yi.    Sarah  C,  b.  Mar.  2,  1806;  m.  Feb.  10,  1837,  Charles  Greene,  b. 

Feb.  5,  1803.  She  d.  in  W.  Swauzev,  Sept.  10,  1876.  Ch.  : 
Charles,  b.  Oct.  22,  1838;  Rexfoud,  b.  Sept.  14,  1840;  Mary,  b. 
Aug.  17,  1842;  George,  b.  Jan.  30,  1844;  James,  b.  Jan.  24, 
1846. 

1001.  vii.  Nancy,  b.  July  5,  1808;  d.  June  28,  1853. 

1002.  viii.  James,  Jr.,  b.  Sept.  24,  1810;  m.  Jan.  1,  1839,  Chloe  Holbrook. 

1003.  ix.    William,  b.  Jan.  6, 1813  ;  m.  Mar.  13,  1844,  Martha  M.  Whitcomb. 

455.  Daniel^  Pierce  {Joshua^,  James^^  James"^^  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  8,  1763  ;  m.  Hannah  Marsh,  b.  1765.  She  d.  Jan. 
13,  1842.  He  d.  previous  to  1830.  She  m.  2nd,  Dea.  Jabez  True. 
Res.  Hudson,  N.  H.  .  . 

Children : — 

1004.  i.     Samuel,  b.  Mar.  25,  1784;  m.  Abigail  Davis. 

1005.  ii.     Sarah,  b.  Mar.  12,  1786;  m.  Eben  Dustin. 

1006.  iii.    Daniel,  b.  May  31,  1789;  m.  Clarissa  Hardy. 

1007.  iv.    Robert  F.,b.  Oct.  5,  1790;  m.  Sarah  Harvey. 

1008.  V.     Isaac,  b.  July  13,  1793;  m.  Mary  Floyd. 

1009.  vi.    Joshua;  m.  Apr.  3,  1817,  Sarah  Barnard. 

1010.  vii.  WiLLLAM  M.,  b.  June  15,  1806;  m.  Lois  C.  Kenniston. 

1011.  viii.  Abigail;  m.  Morrill  Clement. 

457.  Jacob^  Pierce,  Jr.  {Jaooh^^  ^James^,  James^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  28,  1755  ;  m.  Oct.  13,  1783,  Martha  Johnson,  b. 
Dec.  20,  1763  ;  d.  Oct.  2,  1849.  He  d.  Oct.  2,  1825.  They  res.  in 
Woburn. 

Children : — 

1012.  i.     Martha,  b.  Dec.  20,  1784 ;  m.  Feb.  17,  1807,  Joseph  Gardner,  b. 

Aug.  8,  1780,  d.  April  13,  1858.  She  d.  Sept.  9,  1869.  They  had 
Joseph,  b.  Feb.  13,  1809,  m.  Nancy  Hodgton ;  George,  b.  Sept.  21, 
1814,  m.  Mary  C.  Gardner;  Mary,  b.  Oct.  1,  1820,  m.  Ebenezer 
L.  Pierce:  Martha,  b.  Julv  2.  1816,  m.  Allen  Lincoln. 

1013.  ii.    Mary,  b.  Nov.  7,  1786  ;  m.  May  29,  1810,  Rev.  Timothy  F.  Rogers, 

of  Bernardstou.  She  d.  July  5,  1846.  Ch. :  Mary,  m.  John 
Morey ;  Timothy  and  William. 


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PJERCE  PEDIGREE. 


1014.  iii.    Jacob,  Jr.,  b.  June  20,  1789;  m.  Sept.  26,  1816,  Melicent  Law- 

rence. 

1015.  iv.    RuFUS,  b.  Oct.  9,  1791;  d.  unm.  April  12,  1845. 

458.  Ephraim^  Pierce  {Jacoh^,  James^,  James^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  8,  1758  ;  m.  Nov.  30,  1782,  Mrs.  Abigail  Porter,  b. 
June  18,  1756;  d.  Jan.  9,  1840.  He  d.  May  17,  1810.  They  res.  in 
Stoneham. 


Children  : — 

1016.  i.     Ephraim,  b.  Oct.  2,  1783;  m.  May  3,  1806,  Sarah  Leathe. 

1017.  ii.    Abigail,  b.  Jan.  5,  1786;  m.  Dec.  3,  1807,  John  Alden. 

1018.  iii.    Samuel,  b.  July  6,  1788;  d.  April  24,  1813. 

1019.  iv.    Betsey,  b.  Aug.  2,  1790;  m.  April  18,  1811,  James  Steele  and  had 

a  son  John. 

1020.  V.     Timothy,  b.  Oct.  2,  1792. 


1021.  vi.    Polly,  b.  April  1,  1795;  m.  Feb.  20,  1820,  Onesimus  Hadley,  and 

d.  May  28,  1831,  in  Stoneham. 

1022.  vii.  William,  b.  Mar.  8,  1798 ;  d.  July  3,  1832. 

460.  Samuel^  Pierce  {Jacob^,  James^,  James^,  Thomas^,  Thom- 
as^), b.  in  Woburn,  Aug.  7,  1764  ;  was  the  fifth  child  and  third  son  of 
Jacob  and  Abigail  (Kendall)  Pierce.  He  always  lived  in  Woburn, 
and  for  some  time  taught  school  there,  and  a  good  many  stories  and 
anecdotes  are  told  of  him  by  persons  now  living  who  were  his  scholars. 
A  pocket-book  with  a  great  many  of  his  school  bills,  and  memoranda  of 
articles  bought  for  the  school,  private  papers,  &c.,  in  it,  just  as  he  left 
it  when  he  died,  is  in  the  possession  of  Fred.  B.  Pierce,  47  Broad 
street,  Boston.  It  was  found  among  the  effects  left  by  his  brother, 
Jacob  Pierce  of  Woburn,  and  given  to  the  present  owner  by  Mr. 
Ebenezer  L.  Pierce  of  Woburn. 


461.  Heman^  Pierce  {Jacoh^^  James^,  James^,  Thomas^  Thorn 
«si),  b.  Feb.  16,  1768;  m.  July  4,  1793,  Mary  Bowen,  b.  1771,  d.  Oct. 
14,  1828.    Hed.  in  Reading,  Yt.,  Mar.  17,  1818. 


Children : — 
1023.    i.     Joseph,  b.  1796 ;  d.  June  24,  1830,  unm. 


SIXTH  GEXEEATIOX. 


109 


1024:.    ii.     Hexry,  b.  Xov.  25,  1798;  m.  Mary  Newton. 

1025.  iii.    Ja3ies,  b.  Mar.  7,  1803;  m.  Oct.  15,  1828,  Marv  Slayton. 

1026.  iv.     Samuel  B.,  b.  'Aug.  li,  1806;  m.  Dec.  17,  1829,  Hannah  R. 

Homer. 

1027.  V.      Chkistrax't,  b.  Aug.  10,  1814;  d.  Apr.  4,  1816. 

465.  Bexjaaiin^  Pierce.  Jr.  {Benjamin^^  Thomas^,  Benjamin^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  21,  1756  ;  m.  Xov.  28,  1782,  Eunice 
Jones,  dan.  of  Abraham  and  Mercy  (Gale)  Jones,  at  Wayland  (for- 
merly East  Sudbury),  b.  July  1.  1755.  He  was  a  farmer :  was  a  soldier 
in  the  Eevolution.  was  in  the  battles  of  White  Plains.  Ticonderoga, 
Crown  Point  and  other  places.    He  died  Jan.  13,  1819. 


Children  :— 

1028.  i.      Eunice,  b.  Nov.  19.  17S6;  m.  1818,  William  Spring.    He  d.  Apr. 

12.  1823.  Ch.  :  Eunice,  b.  1819,  m.  Stephen  Seaverens  ;  Geo., 
b.  Feb.  1,  1821,  m.  Marv  A.  Starr;  Mary  E.,  b.  Mar.  21,  1823. 

1029.  ii.     Bex.jamix,  Jr.,  b.  June  15.  1788:  d.  1792. 

1030.  iii.    Lois,  b.  Oct.  18,  1789:  d.  Oct.  10,  1856. 

1031.  iv.    Luther,  b.  Aug.  21,  1791:  ra.  Jan.  6,  1818,  Betsey  Brackett. 

1032.  V.     Bexjamix,  b.  Jan.  3.  1791: :  m.  Mar.  10,  1818,  Almira  Harrington. 

1033.  vi.    Martha,  b.  Aur-.  20.  1795  ;  ra.  Oct.  9.  1817,  Samuel  Hews.  She 

d.  Jan.  26,  1871.    Ch.  :  George,  b.  Julv  10,  1827:  Henry  A.,  b. 
Jan.  20,  1828;  Samuel  G.,  b.  Aus.  12,  1830,  d.  1833. 
1031.    vii.   Mary,  b.  Sept.  26,  1797;  d.  Dec.  15,  1867. 

466.  JoH.N^  Pierce  {Benjarain^.  Thomas'^,  Benjamin'^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  18,  1758  ;  m.  Mary  Webb,  b.  Feb.  28,  1766,  d. 
Dec.  21,  1816.  They  res.  in  Weston,  Mass.  and  East  Embden,  Me. 
He  d.  Apr.  19,  1837. 


Children  : — 

1035.  i.      JoHX,  Jr.,  b.  Jan.  16,  1789;  m.  1815,  Ann  Cragin;  m.  2ud,  Oct. 

22,  1822,  Sarah  Spalding. 

1036.  ii.     David  AV.,  b.  Feb.  7,  1791 ;  m.  May  12,  1819,  Ruth  Andrews. 

1037.  iii.    Benjamin,  b.  Mar.  6,  1795;  m.  Dec.  18,  1817,  Hannah  Cragin ; 

m.  2ud.  May  30,  1811,  Lois  H.  Bartlett. 

1038.  iv.    Mahy  T.,  b.  Mar.  5,  1797;  m.  Henry  Moore,  b.  June  3,  1799,  d. 

June  13,  1863.    No  issue. 

1039.  V.     Sarah  W.,  b.  July  11,  1801;  m.    Cleveland,  and  d.  May  2, 

1835,  in  Embden,  leaving  Thaddeus  S.,  b.  Aug.  31,  1818;  res. 
Calais,  Ohio. 

467.  Amos^  Pierce  {Benjamin^.  Thomas^,  Benjamin^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  5,  1760;  ra.  Mar.  3,  1789,  Hepsibah  Smith,  b. 
Aug.  31,  1761.  They  res.  in  Ashburuham'.  She  d.  Oct.  3,  1873.  He 
d.  Dec.  30,  1872. 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


Children  : — 

1040.  i.      Hepsibah,  b.  June  8,  1791 ;  d.  Oct.  3,  1793. 

1041.  ii.     Amos,  Jr.,  b.  Aug.  1,  1794;  d.  July  18,  1849. 

1042.  iii.    Lucy,  b.  Apr.  8,  1798;  d.  Oct.  24,  1814. 

1043.  iv.    James,  b.  Aug.  20,  1801 ;  m.  Martha  W.  Warren. 

470.    Stephen^  Pierce  {Benjami7i^,  I'homas^,  Benjamin^,  Thorn- 

as%   Thomas^),  b;  Oct.  2,  1768  ;  m.  .    Res.  Dublin  and 

Chesterfield,  N.  H.  Children:— 

1043.  i.     Mary  M.,  b.  ;  m.  Jan.  21,  1821,  Solomon  Blodgett. 

Ch.  :  Mary  W.,  b.  Jan.  11,  1822;  Walter  M.,  b.  Dec.  11,  1823. 

1044.  ii.     Lucretia;  m.  1827,  Cyrus  Powers. 

474.  Joseph^  Pierce  {Thomas^^  Thomas^^  Benjamin^,  Thomas'^, 
Thomas^),  b.  July  12,  1757;  ra.  Hannah  Green,  b.  Dec.  28,  1764. 
She  d.  Dec.  18,  1840.  He  d.  June  4,  1809.  She  m.  2nd,  Stephen 
Dyre.    Res.  Hubbardston,  Mass.,  and  Chester,  Vt.    Children  : — 

1045.  i.  Levi,  b.  June  27,  1785 ;  m.  Betsey  Eaton  and  Eunice  Green. 

1046.  ii.  Clarissa,  b.  Oct.  7,  1789 ;  d.  Nov.  20,  1868. 

1047.  iii.  Abel  G.,  b.  Feb.  10,  1792;  m.  Susan  H.  Rice. 

1048.  iv.  Lydia,  b.  May  17,  1795;  d.  Sept.  9,  1796. 

1049.  V.  Lydia,  b.  June  10,  1797;  d.  Sept.  30,  1816. 

1050.  vi.  Myra,  b.  Jan  3,  1800;  d.  April  4,  1878. 

476.  Eliab^  Pierce  {Thomas^,  Thomas^^  Benjami^i^,  Thomas% 
Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  5,  1761 ;  m.  Lydia  Wood,  b.  April  5,  1759.  She 
d.  Oct.  12,  1833.  He  d.  Nov.  30,  1851.  Res.  Putney,  Vt.  and  Fair- 
field, N.  Y. 

He  was  born  of  poor  but  respectable  parents,  in  the  town  of  Hop- 
kinton,  Middlesex  Co.,  Mass.  He  lived  for  about  a  year  with  his 
maternal  uncle,  Noah  Havens,  in  the  south  part  of  Dedhani,  Mass., 
when  he  was  about  ten  years  old.  His  parents  at  that  time  moved  to 
Hubbardston,  Worcester  Co.,  about  40  miles.  Thinking  they  were 
going  so  far  that  all  intercourse  of  communication  would  be  cut  off 
they  took  Eliab  with  them.  When  nearly  eighteen  Eliab  enlisted  in 
the  Militia  Co.  then  doing  duty  in  R.  I.,  where  he  served  under  sordid 
officers  and  was  cheated  out  of  his  rations  and  most  of  his  pay.  The 
next  summer  he  re-enlisted  and  went  to  West  Point  and  vicinity,  where 
he  served  under  Benedict  Arnold. 

Children  : — 

1051.  i.      Ira,  b.  March  28,  1794;  m.  Mary  J.  Brown. 

1052.  ii.     AciiSA,  b.  Feb.  2,  1800;  d.  Dec.  2,  1855,  unm. 


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Ill 


477.  Thomas^  Pieece  (77?om^zs^  Thomas'^,  Benjmnin^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas'^),  b.  Dec.  5,  1763  ;  ni.  Feb.  12,  1792,  Sally  Deny,  b.  Dec.  23, 
1766,  d.  April  2,  1840.  He  d.  Oct.  13,  1850.  Res.  Putney,  Yt., 
Fairfield  and  Ashford,  K  Y. 


Children  :— 

1053.  i.      LissETA,  b.  Nov.  19,  1792;  d.  Feb.  24,  1879. 

1054.  ii.     Henrietta,  b.  Nov.  16,  1794;  m.  Bradford  Joslin. 

1055.  iii.    Chauncey,  b.  Sept.  17,  1796;  m.  Lvdia  Wells. 

1056.  iv.    SAR.m,  b.  Oct.  20,  1798,  d.  Sept.  19,  1860. 

1057.  V.     Thomas,  b.  Dec.  8,  1800 ;  m.  Catberiue  Weber  and  Mary  Etta 

Scobey. 

1058.  vi.    Betsey,  b.  Feb.  11,  1803;  m.  Sylvester  Perry. 

1059.  vii.   GiFFOED,  b.  Feb.  2,  1805;  m.  four  times. 

1060.  viii.  Mary,  b.  Nov.  21,  1808 ;  m.  Jacob  Myers. 

480.  Moses  H.^  Pierce  {Thomas^,  Thomas'^,  Benjamin^^  Thoii%- 
as'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  15.  1771  ;  m.  Dec.  6,  1792,  Anna  Rice.  He 
d.  July  30,  1846.    Res.  Hubbardston.  Children 

1061.  i.      Patty,  b.  March  5,  1793;  m.  June  9,  1811,  Silas  Davis. 

1062.  ii.     JoHX,  b.  Feb.  15,  1795 ;  d.  Oct.  7,  1798. 

1063.  iii.    Haven,  b.  Nov.  12,  1797;  m.  Hannah  Rice. 

1064.  iv.    Le\t:,  b.  Jan.  7,  1799;  m.  Marv  M.  Clark. 

1065.  V.     Asa,  b.  Sept.  13,  1800;  m.  Harriet  Wheeler. 

1066.  vi.    Margaret,  b.  Oct.  7,  1802;  d.  Sept.  4,  1823. 

1067.  vii.   J.  Hervey,  b.  Nov.  23.  1804;  ra.  Eunice  Davis. 

1068.  viii.  Mary  M.,  b.  1807;  d.  unm.  Aus:.  28,  1865. 

1069.  ix.    Dexter,  unm. 

1070.  X.     Melissa;  m.  Bryant. 

484.  Joseph''  Pierce  {Silas^,  Joseplv'^  Joseph^^  Jonathan^, 
Samuel?,  Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  5,  1775;  m.  May  28,  1805,  Nancy  Hollis, 
b.  Aug.  23,  1785,  d.  Nov.  11,  1861.  He  d.  Mar.  28,  1835,  and  she 
then.  Mar.  12,  1841,  m.  Abijah  Carter.  He  (Jos.)  res.  in  Chelmsford, 
Lowell  and  Fitchburg.    Children  : — 

1071.  i.      Harriet,  b.  Aug.  16,  1806;  m.  June  2,  1829,  Ross  C.  Stevens,  b. 

Mar.  26,  1806,  d.  Jan.  19,  1876,  in  Marlboro.  Ch.  :  Mary  E.  P., 
b.  Nov.  19,  1842,  m.  Eufus  L.  Cooper. 

1072.  ii.     Joseph,  b.  Feb.  1,  1817;  m.  May  1,  1838,  Sarah  S.  Sawyer.  They 

res.  in  Fitchburg  and  have  had  no  issue. 

1073.  iii.    Ja:^ies,  b.  June  19,  1819;  ra.  June  4,  1844,  Ellen  L.  Weatherbee; 

m.  2nd,  Aug.  13,  1864,  Elvira  Sibley. 

488.  Levi'^  Pierce,  Jr.  {Levi^,  Joseph^,  Joseph^,  Jonathan^, 
Samuel^,  Thomas^),  b.  July  22,  1778;  m.  Sept.  18,  1804,  Rhoda  Cut- 
ter, d.  Sept.,  1850.  He  d.  Aui?.  28.  1838.  Children,  b.  in  Temple, 
K  H.:-  "  ^ 

1074.  i.      Ehoda,  b.  Aug.  16,  1806;  m.  Dec.  6,  1825,  Howard  S.  Blood. 

Ch.  :  George  H.,  Levi  H.,  Emily  P.  She  d.  June,  1838,  in 
Temple,  N.  H. 

1075.  ii.     Han^xah,  b.  July  25,  1808;  d.  July,  1867. 

1076.  iii.    Emily,  b.  Mar.  18,1811;  m.  May  27,  1834,  Joseph  Spear.    Ch.  : 

Joseph  A.  and  Edward  H.  She  d.  Mar.  30,  1837,  in  N.  Ips- 
wich, N.  H. 


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PIERCE  PEDIGKEE. 


1079. 

1. 

1080. 

ii. 

1081. 

iii. 

1082. 

iv. 

1083. 

V. 

1084. 

vi. 

1085. 

vii, 

1077.  iv.    Louisa,  b.  Feb.  4,  1814. 

1078.  V.     Levi  A.,  b.  Sept.  2,  1818;  m.  Nov.  27,  1847,  Rachel  A.  Lovejoy. 

492.  Joseph'''  Pierce  {Levi^^  Joseph^,  Joseph^ ^  Jonathan^ ^ 
Samuel'^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  2,  1790;  m.  Dec.  27,  1810,  Elizabeth 
Dimklee,  b.  May  10,  1789,  d.  Aug.  9,  1855.  He  was  adopted  one 
month  before  he  was  named  by  his  uncle  Willard  Pierce  of  Merriraac, 
N.  H.  He  d.  June  24,  1825.  He  was  a  sea  Captain  and  sailed  from 
Boston.  Jonas  Chickering,  afterwards  the  famous  piano-forte  builder, 
was  at  one  time  a  mate  of  his.    Children  : — 

Elizabeth  D.,  b.  Sept.  23,  1811  ;  m.  Apr.  15,  1830,  Ralph  Burns. 
Maky  B.,  b.  Feb.  1,  1813;  m.  John  S.  Marshall,  and  d.  Aug.  17, 
1853. 

Susannah  T.,  b.  Jan.  13,  1815;  m.  Mar.  14,  1838,  Freeman  C. 
Sevvell. 

Electa,  b.  Mar.  13,  1817;  d.  Jan.  17,  1849,  num. 
Joseph  B.,  b.  Mar.  10,  1819;  m.  Mary  B.  Cummings.  Res. 

White  River  Junction,  Vt. 
Sophia,  b.  Dec.  8,  1821;  m.  Jan.  24,  1850,  Charles  Wilson,  d. 

Aug.  23,  1859. 
Phebe  W.,  b.  Mar.  14,  1825;  d.  Apr.  15,  1831. 

495.  Erasmus  Pierce  {Erasmus^,  Isaac^,  Isaac^,  Jonathan"^, 
Samuel^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  29,  1780;  m.  April  3,  1809,  Elizabeth 
Messenger,  b.  July  29,  1783,  d.  Oct.  5,  1836.  He  d.  Aug.  26,  1852. 
Res.  Philadelphia,  Pa.    Children  : — 

1086.  i.  Erasmus  J.,  b.  May  21,  1810;  d.  May  21,  1810. 

1087.  ii.  Mary  E.  M.,  b.  Oct.  19,  1815;  m.  Wm.  A.  Drown. 

1088.  iii.  Catherine  A.  C,  b.  Sept.  1,  1822;  m.  Henry  D.  Landis. 

1089.  iv.  Epaminondas  J.,  b.  Oct.  24,  1823;  ra.  Susan  Savery. 

500.  Peter'^  Pierce  {Erasmus^  ^  Isaac^,  Isaac^^  Jonathan^, 
Samuel^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  29,  1789;  m.  Dec.  25,  1821,  Gwenthalla 
Morris,  b.  Sept.  9,  1802,  d.  April  24,  1824;  m.  2d,  July  19,  1825, 
Elizabeth  Lunberg,  b.  March  9,  1809,  d.  March  3,  1867.  He  d.  Aug. 
29,  1872.    Res.  Benoyn,  Pa.  Children:— 

1090.  i.  EraSxAIUS  J.,  b.  Oct.  7,  1822;  d.  June  11,  1823. 

1091.  ii.  Elizabeth  M.,  b.  April  20,  1824. 

1092.  iii.  Caroline  M.,  b.  Nov.  16,  1826;  ra.  John  M.  Bradford. 

1093.  iv.  Robert  M.,  b.  Aug.  19,  1828;  m.  Elizabeth  G.  Hodgson. 

1094.  V.  Peter,  b.  Nov.  23,  1830;  d.  Jan.  20,  1832. 

1095.  vi.  Mary  E.,  b.  Nov.  7,  1832;  d.  Oct.  3,  1844. 

1096.  vii.  Adelaide  B.,  b.  Jan.  27,  1835. 

1097.  viii.  Arabella  L.,  b.  Eeb.  5,  1838. 

1098.  ix.  William  A.  D.,  b.  July  9,  1840. 

1099.  X.  Clarissa,  b.  Aug.  9,  1842;  d.  July  12,  1845. 

501.  Daniel'''  Pierce  {Erasmus^,  Isaac^,  Isaac'^,  Jonathan?, 
SamueP,  Thomas^),  b.  May  28,  1791  ;  m.  Aug.  19,  1819,  Mary  Ann 
Taylor.  He  d.  1873.  She  m.  2nd,  Seth  Hyatt.  Res.  Washington, 
D.  C. 


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Children  : — 

2000.  i.      SusAX  S.,  b.  Dec.  28,  1820;  m.  E.  Eufus  Ward. 

2001.  ii.     Mary  A.,  b.  Oct.  11,  1829;  m.  John  Willis. 

2002.  iii.    Haxxah:  d.  infancy. 

2003.  iv.    Emelixe.  b.  July  4,  1834;  m.  Wm.  G.  Bishop. 

2004.  V.     Harvey  L.,  b.  Aug.  24,  1839 ;  m.   Perrington. 

502.  Joseph'''  Pierce  {JosephP^  Isaac^^  Isaac^,  Jonathoji^, 
Samuel^,  Thomas^),  b.  July  30,  1783 ;  m.  Aug.  14,  1808,  Sally  Hatch, 
b.  Jan.  3,  1787,  d.  Sept.  22,  1841.  He  d.  Feb.  27,  1863.  Res.  Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio. 

Captain  Joseph  Pierce  was  born  in  Boston,  on  the  30th  of  July, 
1783,  and  was  consequently  nearly  eighty  years  of  age  at  his  demise. 
At  an  early  age  he  chose  a  sailor's  life  and  went  to  sea.  He  pursued 
this  adventurous  career  for  many  years,  during  which  he  circumnavi- 
gated the  globe,  visiting  nearly  all  the  important  places  of  the  world. 
As  early  as  1802,  while  employed  on  board  the  armed  ship  Juno  of 
Bristol,  R.  I.,  he  entered  the  Oregon  river  and  Puget's  Sound  on  the 
Pacific  coast — points  then  almost  unknown  to  commerce.  During  the 
war  of  1812,  he  was  engaged  in  the  naval  service  of  our  country;  in 
what  capacity  we  are  not  informed,  but  if  we  mistake  not  he  was  taken 
prisoner  and  suffered  confinement,  for  a  time,  in  one  of  the  noted  dun- 
geons of  England.  In  1818  he  emigrated  to  the  West  and  engaged 
in  the  navigation  of  the  western  waters,  and  for  many  years  was  known 
as  one  of  the  most  successful  commanders  on  the  rivers.  Identifying 
himself  with  this  pursuit  he  ever  afterward  retained  a  deep  interest  in 
all  the  improvements  which  have  characterized  our  river  trade.  Xo 
man  in  the  community  was  better  posted  in  all  matters  pertaining  to 
steam  power,  the  machinery,  equipments,  architecture  and  finish  of  our 
river  craft.  It  is  nearly  or  quite  a  quarter  of  a  century  since  his  first 
appointment,  by  the  Insurance  Companies  of  Cincinnati,  as  Inspector 
of  Steamboats ;  which  position  he  continued  to  occupy  till  his  death, 
without  intermission.  His  previous  life  and  occupation  pre-eminently 
qualified  him  for  the  duties  of  this  department — and  the  length  of  time 
he  filled  the  place  bespeaks  the  confidence  reposed  in  him  by  the  insti- 
tutions he  served. 

Politically,  Capt.  Pierce  was  a  Whig  of  the  Henry  Clay  school,  and 
stood  firm  and  unshaken  in  his  faith  through  all  the  vicissitudes  of  the 
party  and  its  leadei*.  The  principles  he  then  embraced  he  retained  to 
the  last;  yielding  only  to  the  imperious  demands  of  fate  which,  for  the 
time  being,  swept  them  in  part  from  the  political  platforms  of  the  day. 
He  could  never  sympathize  in  any  degree  with  the  radicalism  of  any 
party.  Above  all  personal  or  party  considerations,  his  country  and  its 
government,  w^hether  administered  by  political  friends  or  foes,  occu- 
pied the  first  place  in  his  affections ;  and  unsparing  and  terrible  were 
his  denunciations  of  him  who  dared,  in  his  presence,  to  suggest  even 
the  possibility  of  a  dismemberment  of  the  great  family  of  States.  Xo 
heart  ever  beat  in  truer  loyalty  than  his.  His  patriotism  was  untar- 
nished by  a  single  corrupt  thought.  When  the  present  rebellion  was 
inaugurated,  the  highest  regret  he  entertained  was  that  age  and  phys- 
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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


ical  disabilities  prevented  him  from  taking  up  arms  for  the  defense  of 
his  country.  To  his  dying  hour  his  purest  earthly  aspiration  was 
expressed  in  the  wish  that  this  Government,  consecrated  by  the  sacred 
blood  of  our  fathers,  might  survive  the  shock  of  civil  war  under  which 
it  now  trembled,  and  stand  forth  before  the  world  an  exemplification 
of  the  principles  on  which  it  is  founded,  furnishing  in  all  time  to  come 
proofs  of  a  higher  civilization  than  has  been  elsewhere  attained — a 
monument  of  the  wisdom  which  laid  its  foundations  in  blood. 

Socially,  Captain  P.  was  in  the  highest  sense  genial ;  his  eventful 
life  and  its  stirring  incidents,  rendered  him  capable  of  affording  pure 
entertainment  to  the  social  cii'cle.  When  the  Spring  Gi'ove  Cemetery 
was  orgrnized  (nearly  twenty  years  ago),  he  became  one  of  the  original 
lot  owners — selecting  the  spot  where  he  desired  his  remains  might 
repose  after  life's  journey  was  accomplished.  His  interest  in  its 
preparation  was  for  a  time  intense.  At  great  expense  he  provided  a 
vault  and  erected  a  monument,  which  was  among  the  most  creditable 
structures,  in  its  early  days,  of  this  now  almost  unequalled  "  city  of  the 
dead."  The  remains  of  his  wife,  deceased  many  years  before,  he  re- 
moved from  Boston  and  placed  them  in  the  only  niche  in  the  vault, 
besides  the  one  prepared  for  himself.  He  procured  a  coffin  for  his 
own  body,  made  strictly  after  his  own  instructions,  and  accurately 
adapted  to  the  place  it  was  intended  finally  to  occupy.  A  silver 
plate  to  be  adjusted  to  the  same  was  also  procured,  and  suitable  in- 
scriptions of  his  name,  date  of  birth,  with  a  blank  for  the  date  of  his 
death,  and  appropriate  masonic  emblems  (of  which  fraternity  he  was  a 
member),  all  engraved  on  the  same  so  that  the  least  possible  additional 
service,  preparatory  to  his  burial,  would  be  required.  This  plate  for 
safe  keeping,  he  placed  in  a  frame  and  hung  it  in  his  room.  On  the 
back  of  the  frame  he  had  attached  in  manuscript  in  his  own  hand- 
writing, the  form  of  an  epitaph,  which  he  designed  for  his  monument 
after  his  decease.  This  recounted  briefly  the  date  of  his  birth — the 
principal  events  of  his  life — and  leaving  a  blank  space  for  the  date  of 
his  death,  it  closed  with  a  declaration  of  his  religious  faith  in  the  cer- 
tainty of  ''''future  happiness  and  in  the  existence  of  a  just  God.^ 


Children  : — 

2005.  i.      Joseph,  b.  May  23,  1809;  m.  Mary  Thrives. 

2006.  ii.     Sally  Ann,  b.  March  20,  1811 ;  d.  April  1,  1816. 

2007.  iii.    William  H.,  b.  Feb.  23,  1813;  m.  Eveline  Jackson,  Elizabeth 

Garrison  and  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Jacques. 

2008.  iv.    James  W.,  b.  March  25,  1814;  m.  Eliza  Woods. 

2009.  V.     Sally  Ann,  b.  Sept.  23,  1820 ;  m.  Oct.  3,  1837,  Lewis  Worthiugton, 

b.  Feb.  24,  1808.  She  d.  April  1,  1876,  leaving  one  son,  Lewis 
Sedam  Worthino^ton,  b.  Mar.  21,  1839.  He  graduated  from 
Yale  College  in  the  class  of  1860,  M.  D.  of  Miami  University, 
Cincinnati',  Ohio,  March,   1871,  M.  D.  of  the  Paris,  France, 


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115 


School  of  Medicine,  Aug.,  1875.  He  resides  in  Paris  at  36 
Rue  des  Ecuries  d'Artois. 

2010.  vi.    Charles  J.,  b.  April  12,  1823;  d.  Nov.  3,  1834. 

2011.  vii.   Franklin,  b.  Aug.  28,  1825;  d.  April  27,  1826. 

2012.  viii.  Benjamin  F.,  b.  June  2,  1827;  m.  Frances  A.  Rockinfeld. 
ix.     Sally,  b.  July  15,  1818;  d.  July  15,  1818. 

X.     Josiah,  b.  Feb.  5,  1817;  d.  Feb.  15,  1817. 

504.  Isaac'''  Pip:rce  {Josepli^^  Isaac^^  Isaac^^  Jonathan^ ^  SamueV^, 
Thomas^),  b.  April  7,  1788;  m.  June  25,  1809,  Alice  B.  Barstow,  b. 
Sept.  24,  1790,  d.  1818.  He  m.  2nd,  Dec.  24,  1818,  Nancy  Brack,  b. 
Dec.  8,  1800.    He  d.  Aug.  8,  1830.    Res.  Charlestown,  Mass. 

Children : — 

2013.  i.  Isaac,  b.  Aug.  26,  1810;  d.  1847,  iinm. 

2014.  ii.  Alice  B.,  b.  Jan.  3,  1813;  m.  John  Campbell  and  d.  June  3,  1847. 

2015.  iii.  Charles,  b.  Oct.  1,  1815;  m.  Hannah  Eaton. 

2016.  iv.  George  B.,^b.  Jan.  3,  1818;  d.  Apr.  27,  1818. 

2017.  V.  Joseph,  b.  Nov.  21,  1819;  m.  Elizabeth  Huff. 

2018.  vi.  George  J.,  b.  Sept.  30,  1821;  m.  Emeline  C.  Canterbury. 

2019.  vii.  Sarah  E.,  b.  Feb.  8,  1824;  m.  Silas  Morse. 

2020.  viii.  Nancy,  b.  April  26,  1826  ;  m.  Daniel  Rhoades  and  d.  Mar.  17,  1869. 

2021.  ix.  Edward  F.,  b.  Feb.  22,  1828 ;  m.  Harriet  E.  Deguio. 

2022.  X.  Benjamin  A.,  b.  Dec.  8,  1830;  d.  Nov.  13,  1850. 

505.  .Tames^  VmucE.  {Joseph^,  Isaac^,  Isaac^,  Jojxathan^^  SamueV^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  28,  1790;  ra.  Aug.  7,  1813,  Abigail  Waite,  b.  Dec. 
30,  1790,  d.  Jan.  16,  1822;  m.  2nd,  Dec.  1,  1822,  Nancy  Waite,  b. 
June  17,  1793,  d.  July  8,  1873.  He  d.  March  24,  1863.  Res. 
Boston. 


Children  :- 


Nancy  W.,  b.  March  19,  1814;  d.  March  20,  1814. 
Nancy  W.,  b.  Feb.  25,  1815;  d.  Sept.  12,  1816. 
Sarah  A.  J.,  b.  June  22,  1817;  m.  Daniel  Tourtellott. 
Harriet  N.,  b.  Oct.  7,  1818. 

James  W.,  b.  July  8,  1820;  m.  Sarah  E.  D.  B.  Wilson. 
Abigail,  b.  Jan.  15,  1822;  d.  Jan.  16,  1822. 

Abigail  W.,  b.  Nov.  3,  1823;  m.  Wm.  H.  Lyon  and  Francis  H. 
Barrett. 

Thomas  P.,  b.  Nov.  30,  1825;  m.  Anna  Clapp. 
Nancy  W.,  b.  Aug.  20,  1827;  m.  Samuel  Walker. 
William  .T.,  b.  April  19,  1829;  m.  Sarah  L.  Bunten. 
Isaac,  b.  Dec.  27,  1830;  ra.  Jennie  Hayes. 
Joseph,  b.  Oct.  1,  1832;  d.  Sept.  27,  1833. 
Mary  B.,  b.  Jan.  9,  1834;  ra.  George  W.  Booth, 
xiv.  Joseph,  b.  Aug.  26,  1835 ;  ra.  Emily  A.  Norwood. 

515.  John  W."^  Pierce  {Samuel^,  Samuel^ ^  Stephen^^  Jonathan^^ 
SamueP,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  4,  1812;  ra.  June  5,  1836,  Lydia  Ann 
Osborn,  b.  Nov.  8,  1815.    Res.  Boston,  No.  5  Mil  ford  street. 


2023. 

i. 

2024. 

ii. 

2025. 

iii. 

2026. 

iv. 

2027. 

V. 

2028. 

vi. 

2029. 

vii. 

2030. 

viii. 

2031. 

ix. 

2032. 

X. 

2033. 

xi. 

2034. 

xii. 

2035. 

xiii. 

2036. 

xiv. 

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Children  : — 

2037.  i.  George  W.,  b.  March  24,  1841;  unm;  res.  with  parents.  He  is 
a  lawyer  at  12  Equitable  Building,  Boston,  having  graduated 
from  Harvard  University  in  the  class  of  1864. 


2038.  ii.     Annie  L.,  b.  July  13,  1845;  m.  Nov.  14,  1871,  Joseph  Southwick, 

b.  Aug.  6,  1841.    Res.  s.  p.  No.  126  W.  Concord  street,  Boston. 

2039.  iii.    Lizzie  M.,  b.  April  16,  1849;  unm. 

2040.  iv.    Hezekiah  C,  b.  Dec.  26,  1854;  d.  Mar.  10,  1861. 

516.  Samuel'''  Pierce  {Samuel^,  Samuel^,  Stephen^ ^  Jonathan^^ 
SamueV^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  11,  1814;  m.  July  15,  1833,  Rebecca  P. 
Dorell,  d.  April  29,  1862  ;  ra.  2nd,  Jan.  1,  1863,  Caroline  Tufts,  d.  Dec. 
6,  1871  ;  m.  3rd,  May  15,  1872,  Mary  Payson.    Res.  Westboro,  Mass. 

Children : — 

2041.  i.      S.  WiNSLOW,  b.  July  19,  1835;  m.  Fannie  Whitney. 

2042.  ii.     Rebecca,  b.  April  7,  1837;  m.  L.  Remington. 

2043.  iii.    Sarah,  b.  Jan.  8,  1841 ;  d.  Aug.  24,  1841. 

2044.  iv.    Mary  E.,  b.  Jan.  15,  1844;  m.  John  Beaman. 

2045.  V.     Sarah,  b.  Sept.  7,  1851 ;  m.  Charles  Howe. 

2046.  vi.    Harriet  R.,  b.  March  13,  1865. 

2047.  vii.   Arthur,  b.  Jan.  30,  1867. 

519.  Edward  K.^  Pierce  {Samuel^,  SamiieP^  Stephen^,  Jona 
than^,  Samuel^  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  21,  1820;  m.  Aug.  17,  1845, 
Margaret  E.  Bass,  b.  May  6,  1826,  d.  Jan.  15,  1862.  He  d.  Aug.  23, 
1870.    Res.  Boston,  Millbury  and  Worcester.    Children  : — 

2048.  i.      E.  Henry,  b.  July  2,  1847 ;  m.  Luella  Lake. 

2049.  ii.     J.  Elizabeth,  b.  March  25,  1849. 

2050.  iii.    Charles  A.,  b.  Feb.  11,  1852;  d.  Nov.  19,  1853. 

520.  Barzillai'''  Pierce  {Jonathan^ JosephP.,  Daniel^,  John^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Dec,  1779;  ra.  Jan.  10,  1802,  Jane  Turner,  b. 
1779,  d.  Mar.  4,  1833;  ra.  2nd,  Dec.  29,  1833,  Sarah  Hix,  b.  1787,  d. 
July  12,  1860.    He  d.  Oct.  24,  1861.    Res.  So.  Thoraaston,  Me. 

Children  : — 

2051.  i.      William,  b.  Jan.  13,  1803;  m.  Jane  Spratt. 

2052.  ii.     Israel  S.,  b.  Jan.  1,  1805;  m.  Mary  Snow. 

2053.  iii.    John,  b.  Feb.  1,  1807;  d.  unm.  Sept.  30,  1846. 

2054.  iv.    Jane,  b.  Dec.  28,  1809;  m.  Eliphalet  Martin. 

2055.  V.     Joseph  S.,  b.  Feb.  5,  1811;  m.  Margaret  Snow. 

2056.  vi.    Archlbald,  b.  Jan.  24,  1813;  d.  May  7,  1835. 

2057.  vii.   George  W.,  b.  May  13, 1816;  m.  Nancy  F.  Martin  and  Harriet  N. 

McLane. 

2058.  viii.  Nancy  C,  b.  Nov.  14,  1819;  d.  Mar.  28,  1843. 

2059.  ix.    Charles  G.,  b.  June  12,  1823. 

524.    Joseph'^    Pierce  {Jonathan^,    Joseph^ ^   Daniel^,  Johii^, 


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117 


Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  1789;  m.  ;  cl.  1814.    She  m. 

2Dd,  Samuel  Putnam.    Child : — 

20G0.    i.      Joseph,  b.  1812;  d,  at  sea,  1842. 

525.  Barzillai^  Pierce  {Barzillai^,  Josepti^^  Daniel^^  John^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^) ;  m.  Lucy   .    Res.  Lunenburg.  Mass. 

Child  :— 

2061.    i.      Stephen,  b.  July  21,  1809;  d.  Oct.  13,  1809. 

526.  Simon"  Pierce  {Z>avicP^  Daniel^,  Daniel^,  John^.  Thomas^^ 
Thomas^),  b.  March  1,  1764;  m.  Xov.  10,  1787,  Hepzibah  Wood,  b. 
July  3,  1771,  d.  Aug.  23,  1842.  He  d.  April  9,  1814.  Res.  Chester 
yille,  Me. 


Children  : — 

2062.  i.  Lucy,  b.  Oct.  16,  1788;  d.  Jan.  28,  1789. 

2063.  ii.  Cyrus,  b.  Aug.  18,  1793;  m.  Julia  Sewall. 

2064.  iii.  Lucinda,  b.  Sept.  20,  1797;  m.  Luther  Pierce  [2083]. 

2065.  iv.  Layinia,  b.  Mar.  28,  1800;  m.  Wm.  0.  Bradbury. 

2066.  V.  Cephas,  b.  Sept.  30,  1802;  d.  June  8,  1803. 

2067.  vi.  EUFUS,  b.  Aug.  30,  1804;  d.  July  31,  1805. 

2068.  vii.  Phebe,  b.  June  6,  1806;  m.  Sumner  Russell. 

2069.  viii.  Abner,  b.  Jan.  17,  1809;  m.  Abigail  Walton. 

2070.  ix.  Julia  A.,  b.  May  30,  1812;  m.  Angi  Sanborn. 

527.  Calvin'^  Pierce  {David^,  Daniel^,  Daniel'^^  JoJui^,  Thomas'^, 
Thomas'),  b.  Feb.  10,  1766;  m.  April  4,  1790,  Deboruh  Blackwell,  b. 
Jan.  23,  1772,  d.  Jan.  29,  1849.  He  d.  Oct.  7,  1814.  Res.  Bingham, 
Me. 


Children  : — - 

2071.  i.  Moses  C,  b.  May  4,  1791 ;  m.  Temperance  Savage. 

2072.  ii.  Nathaniel,  b.  March  25,  1793:  m.  Andrew  Balder. 

2073.  iii.  Sarah,  b.  Feb.  16,  1795:  m.  Simon  Piper, 

2074.  iv.  James  S.,  b.  Peb.  3,  1797:  m.  Mercy  B.  Hale. 

2075.  V.  Joshua  B.,  b.  Feb.  19,  1799;  m.  Hannah  Bean. 

2076.  vi.  Elizabeth,  b,  Feb.  28,  1801;  m.  Mark  Langley. 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


2077.  vii.  Susannah,  b.  May  5,  1803 ;  d.  Jan.  17,  1804. 

2078.  viii.  Susan,  b.  Sept.  26,  1804;  ra.  Edmund  Spalding. 

2079.  ix.  EzEKiEL,  b.  Jan.  17,  1807;  m.  Content  B.  Pierce  [2116]. 

2080.  X.  Charlotte,  b.  Feb.  28,  1809 ;  m.  Edward  L.  Eldridge. 

2081.  xi.  LoviNiA,  b.  May  2,  1811;  m.  Heman  Mclntire. 

528.  Luther'''  Pierce  {David^,  Daniel^,  Daniel'^,  Jolin^^  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  May  12,  1768;  m.  1793,  Susanna  Gray,  b.  April  22, 
1766,  d.  April  8,  1835;  m.  2nd,  Oct.,  1835,  Mrs.  Martha  Kimball,  d. 
Nov.  18,  1853.    He  d.  Jan.  14,  1846.    Res.  Solon,  Me. 


Children  : — 

2082.  i.      John,  b.  May  2,  1795 ;  ra.  Rachel  L.  Nudd. 

2083.  11.     Luther,  b.  Feb.  8,  1797;  m.  Lucinda  Pierce  [2064],  and  Mary  S. 

Burns. 

2084.  iii.    Jesse,  b.  Jan.  17,  1799;  m.  Catherine  Reed. 

2085.  iv.    Sally,  b.  Jan.  17,  1802 ;  m.  Luther  Chaney. 

529.  David^  Pierce  {David^,  Daniel^ ^  Daniel^,  John^^  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  20,  1771  ;  m.  1794,  Olive  Russell,  b.  Nov.  15,  1779, 
d.  Sept.  22,  1819.    He  d.  June  20,  1844.    Res.  Norridgewock,  Me. 


Children : — 

2086.  1.      Isaac  R.,  b.  Oct.  15,  1795;  m.  Eliza  Chute. 

2087.  ii.     Samuel  D.,  b.  Jan.  18.  1797:  m.  Lucy  Barstow. 

2088.  iii.    Olive  R.,  b.  Jan.  26,  1801;  d.  May  13,  1817. 

2089.  iv.    RuFus  W.,  b.  Dec.  31,  1805 ;  m.  Sally  Hosraer  and  Martha  Nutting. 

2090.  V.     Mary,  b.  Oct.  8,  1808;  d.  Oct.,  1819. 

2091.  vi.   Martha,  b.  Jan.  7,  1810;  m.  Dec.  22,  1830,  James  Young.  They 

had  nine  children,  four  of  which  number  are  now  living.  He 
d.  Dec.  22,  1869. 

2092.  vii.   Caleb  S.,  b.  Jan.  13,  1812;  m.  Eliza  Young. 

2093.  viii.  Simon  D.,  b.  June  10,  1813;  m.  Sarah  A.  Parsons. 

2094.  ix.    Betsey,  b.  June  16,  1816;  d.  1818. 

2095.  X.     Calvin,  b.  July  13,  1818;  m.  Julia  A.  Swan. 

530.  Charles'^  Pierce  {David^,  Daniel^,  Daniel^,  Jolin^^  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  March  10,  1775  ;  m.  Abigail  Ayer,  b.  July  7,  1779,  d. 
Aug.  5,  1864.    He  d.  April  11,  1851.    Res.  Bingham,  Me. 


SEVENTH  GENERATION. 


119 


Children  : — 

2096.  i.      Alice,  b.  Jan.  15,  1798;  m.  Roby  Marston. 

2097.  ii.     Mahala,  b.  Feb.  18,  1799;  m.  Abraham  Smith. 

2098.  iii.    Christian,  b.  Nov.  21,  1800;  m.  Daniel  Strickland. 

2099.  iv.    Sally,  b.  March  7,  1802 ;  m.  Samuel  Atwood. 

2100.  V.     Harry,  b.  July  23,  1803 ;  m.  Fidelia  Quint. 

2101.  vi.    Peter,  b.  Nov.  20,  1804;  m.  Lydia  Walters. 

2102.  vii.   William,  b.  April  22,  1806;  m.  Anula  Quint. 

2103.  viii.  Hepzibah,  b.  Nov.  27,  1807 ;  m.  James  Kincade. 

2104.  ix.    Lucy,  b.  Jan.  1,  1810;  m.  Abraham  Smith. 

2105.  X.     Harriet,  b.  Auo:.  19,  1811;  m.  Cyrus  Robinson. 

2106.  xi.    Abigail,  b.  May  26,  1813;  m.  Abner  Albee. 

2107.  xii.   Polly,  b.  June  8,  1815;  m.  William  Norton. 

2108.  xiii.  Charles  T.  ;  ra.  Polly  Strickland. 

2109.  xiv.  Betsey;  m.  Obed  Allen. 

2110.  XV.   Elias  M.  ;  m.  Mary  E.  Allen. 

531.  Peter'7  Pierce  {Damd^^  Dmiiel^  Daniel'^,  Joh^i^,  Thomas^^ 
Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  12,  1777;  m.  Aug.  6,  1799,  Elizabeth  Blackwell, 
b.  April  2,  1785,  d.  Dec.  6,  1838.  He  d.  Dec.  18,  1858.  Res.  Mos 
cow,  Me. 


Children  : — 

2111.  i.      Alvin  B.,  b.  Aug.  13,  1800;  m.  Sally  Baker. 

2112.  ii.     Deborah,  b.  Jan.  17,  1802;  m.  William  Robinson. 

2113.  iii.    Charles,  b.  Nov.  25,  1804;  m.  Hannah  R.  Jones. 

2114.  iv.    Dorcas,  b.  May  1,  1806;  m.  Ucebus  Whitcomb. 

2115.  v.     Heman,  b.  Dec.  15,  1808;  m.  Achsah  Holman. 

2116.  vi.     Content  B.,  b.  Aug.  12,  1810  ;  m.  Ezekiel  Pierce  [2079]. 

2117.  vii.   Simon,  b.  Feb.  10,  1813;  m.  Betsey  Graves. 

2118.  viii.  Adra,  b.  Aug.  6,  1816;  m.  William  Fentaman  and  Roger  Smith 


539.  Zebediah"^  Pierce  {Reuben^  ^  DanieP,  Daniel"^,  John^, 
Thomas^,  Tho7nas^\  b.  Dec.  23,  1784;  m.  Sept.  17,  1807,  Phebe 
Tyler,  b.  Sept.  6,  1785,  d.  Jan.  28,  1829.  He  d.  March  12,  1828. 
Res.  Jaffiey,  N.  H. 


Children  : — 

2119.  i.      Reuben,  b.  Dec.  9,  1809;  m.  Cornelia  Jewell. 

2120.  ii.     Rebecca,  b.  March  31,  1811;  m.  Dec.  15,  1835,  Elijah  Smith,  b. 

Jan.  9,  1812.    Cli.  :  Rebecca,  b.  Aug.  31,  1840. 

2121.  iii.    Almira,  b.  June  3,  1823;  m.  Dec.  7,  1843,  Benj.  B.  Davisou,  b. 

1818,  d.  Nov.  16,  1861. 

540.  Abijah^  Pierce  {Reuben^,  Daniel^,  Daniel"^,  John"^,  Thom- 
as%  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  7,  1788;  m.  Sept.  20,  1817,  Sally  Maynard,  b. 


Howes. 


120 


PIERCE  PEDIGKEE. 


Oct.  4,  1798,  d.  Oct.  6,  1840  ;  m.  2nd,  June,  1842,  Mrs.  Elvira  (Maynard) 
Jewett,  b.  July  23,  1806.    He  d.  Oct.  23,  1870.    Res.  Jaffrey,  N.  H. 


Children  : — 

2123.  i.      Abijah  A.,  b.  March  9,  1818;  m.  Caroline  Marole. 

2124.  ii.     Lewis  L.,  b.  March  28,  1820;  m.  Christina  M.  Billings. 

2125.  iii.    Eeuben  P.,  b.  Feb.  19,  1823,  d.  Aug:.  2,  1827. 

2126.  iv.     SaPvAH,  b.  June  3,  1826,  d.  Dec.  7,  1829. 

2127.  V.     Mary  C,  b.  Sept.,  1828;  ra.  Aug.  29,  1846,  George  F.  Follansbee, 

b.  July  26,  1825,  . d.  Sept.  27,  1858.  Ch.  :  Ella  M.,  b.  July  3, 
1847.  m.  Addison  Peirce,  Jr.  (see  Peirce  Genealogy) ;  Annie  S., 
b.  Jan.  29,  1850,  m.  John  H.  Steele;  Geo.  W.,  b.  Nov.  19,  1853; 
Fred.  A.,  b.  July  20,  1855;  Ida  M.,  b.  Nov.  10,  1857.  They  res. 
in  Peterboro',  N.  H.,  Pierpont,  O.,  and  E.  Jaffrey,  N.  H. 

2128.  vi.    Eeuben  P.,  b.  June  4, 1831 ;  m.  Charlotte  ,  and  Susan  Davis. 

541.  Asaph Pierce  {Samuel^,  Dmiiel^,  Daniel^,  John'^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  July  9,  1774;  m.  Feb.  10,  1797,  Hannah  Stickney,  b. 
Dec.  24,  1773,  d.  Dec.  29,  1836.  Asaph  Pierce  was  a  tall,  energetic 
and  powerful  man,  full  of  ready  wit  and  a  great  lover  of  horses  and 
cattle.  It  was  his  custom  for  many  years  to  drive  an  ox  team  from 
Montpelier,  Yt.,  to  Boston  and  back  twice  a  year,  besides  carrying  on 
his  farm,  carrying  down  such  produce  as  would  sell  well  in  Boston  and 
returning  with  merchandise  for  the  merchants  in  Montpelier.  He  d. 
Feb.  9,  1840.    Res.  Barre,  Berlin  and  Moretown,  Vt. 

GRAVESTONE   INSCRIPTION  : 

"  Here  lies  beneath  this  grassy  sod, 
An  aged  friend  and  father  clear, 
On  earth  he  strove  to  walk  with  God, 
In  Heaven,  we  trust,  he's  joined  the  choir." 

Children  : — 

2129.  i.  Phebe,  b.  Jan.  4,  1798;  d.  Dec.  8,  1813. 

2130.  ii.  Samuel,  b.  Dec.  23,  1799;  m.  Matilda  Bailey. 

2131.  iii.  Kimball,  b.  Jan.  12,  1802;  d.  May  19,  1804. 

2132.  iv.  Lattace,  b.  Oct.  26,  1804;  m.  Girdon  Gurley. 

2133.  V.  RoxANNA,  b.  Jan.  20,  1806 ;  m.  David  Dodge. 

2134.  vi.  Hannah,  b.  Dec.  13,  1809;  m.  Uriah  Howe. 

2135.  vii.  Rebecca,  b.  Nov.  13,  1812;  m.  Ira  Cameron,  and  d.  June  20,  1872. 

542.  Samuel"^  Pierce,  Jr.  {Samuel^,  Daniel^,  Daniel'^,  John^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  9,  1776 ;  m.  Feb.  21,  1806,  Hetty  Brooks, 
b.  Dec.  26,  1777,  d.  April  7,  1866.  He  d.  in  Jalfrey,  N.  H.,  April  8, 
1858. 


Children  :— 

2136.    1.      Luke  C,  b.  Jan.  11,  1807;  m.  May  5,  1836,  Margaret  Smith;  ra. 
2nd,  Dec.  16,  1851,  Hester  E.  Lammous. 


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121 


2137. 

i. 

2138. 

ii. 

2139. 

iii. 

2140. 

iv. 

2141. 

V. 

Luther  B.,  b.  Jan.  11,  1807;  m.  Sept.  29,  1831,  Mary  A.  Wilson. 
Samuel  W,,  b.  Aug.  31,  1808;  m.  Apr.  27,  1837,  Mary  Duttou; 

m.  2nd,  Sept.  28,  1847,  Martha  Plummer. 
EuRiDYCE,  b.  Oct.  11,  1810;  d.  Sept.  2,  1863. 
Charles  W.,  b.  May  27,  1812;  m.  May  27,  1835,  Abigail  G.  Going. 
RosiNA,  b.  Dec.  19,  1813;  m.  Edwin  F.  Wheeler,  d.  Aug.  6,  1863, 
in  E.  Jaffrey,  N.  H.  Ch.  :  John  F.,  b.  Sept.  21,  1844;  James 
A.,  b.  Mar.  12,  1849,  m.  Maddelon  P.  Emery;  Mary  J.,  b.  Sept. 
27,  1853,  m.  Frank  P.  Wellinan. 

2142.  vi.    Asaph,  b.  Nov.  17,  1815;  d.  Sept.  10,  1818. 

2143.  vii.   Hetty,  b.  May  28,  1818;  d.  July  16,  1819. 

2144.  viii.  Nancy,  b.  Jan.  2,  1820 ;  m.  Mar.  23,  1843,  James  H.  Holt,  b.  Aug. 

16,  1818.  Res.  in  Milton,  N.  H.  Ch.  :  Samuel  P.,  b.  Sept.  9, 
1844;  James  A.,  b.  May  22.  1847,  m.  Mary  E.  Dodge;  Nathaniel 
K.,  b.  Nov.  24,  1855;  Charles  D.,  b.  Nov.  29,  1857;  Emma  R., 
b.  Sept.  21,  1863. 

2145.  ix.    Asaph,  b.  Feb.  25,  1823;  m.  Feb.  7,  1846,  Fanny  D.  Jewell.  They 

res.  in  Hudson,  Mich.,  and  have  no  children. 

544.  Caleb'''  Pierce  {Samuel^,  Daniel^^  Daniel^,  John^^  Thomas^^ 
Thomas'),  b.  Jan.  30,  1781  ;  m.  Feb.  20,  1805,  Lacy  Gale,  b.  Dec.  19, 
1785,  d.  May  10,  1S73.  He  d.  Aug.  30,  1850.  They  res.  in  Alstead, 
N.  H.,  Lyme,  N.  Y.,  and  Flint,  Mich.    Children  :— 

Fanny,  b.  June  29,  1806. 
Lucy,  b.  Apr.  23,  1808. 

Caleb  W.,  b.  Feb.  28,  1810;  m.  Nov.  2,  1835,  Mary  M.  Miles. 
Mary  W.,  b.  Mar.  21,  1815;  m.  D.  W.  Montague. 
Silas  R.,  b.  June  27,  1817;  m.  Apr.  24,  1844,  Mary  A.  Wolverton; 

m.  2nd,  Jan.  3,  1851,  Caroline  Crocker. 
Harriet,  b.  May  21,  1819;  m.  Aug.  26,  1873,  Marion  Williams, 
b.  Sept.  31,  1809.    They  res.  in  Flint,  Mich.,  and  have  had  no 
issue. 

2152.  vii.   Charles  G.,  b.  Dec.  19,  1822;  d.  1824. 

549.  Joseph'''  Pierce  {Samuel^,  Daniel^,  Daniel^ ^  John^,  Thom- 
as^, Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  23,  1792;  m.  Dec.  18,  1821,  Esther  (Jaquith) 
Pierce,  d.  Mar.  29,  1866.  He  d.  Apr.  20,  1860.  They  res.  in  Auburn, 
Mass.    Children  :— 

2153.  i.      Frederick  S.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1822;  m.  Dec.  10,  1848,  Martha  Tol- 

man;  m.  2nd,  Jan.  29,  1853,  Mary  A.  Grant. 

2154.  ii.     Sarah  E.,  b.  Mar.  12,  1824;  m.  Aug.  26,  1850,  George  Eddy.  She 

d.  Dec.  10,  1858.  Ch.  :  Frank  J.,  b.  Jan.  25,  1854,  d.  Aug.  13, 
1864.    Res.  Byron,  111. 

2155.  iii.    Samuel  J.,  b.  Dec.  1,  1825;  d.  Sept.  9,  1827. 

2156.  iv.    Samuel  S.,  b.  July  14,  1828;  m.  April  9,  1851,  Stella  L.  Clark. 

2157.  V.      DiANTHA  M.,  b.  June  18,  1830;  unm. 

2158.  vi.    Esther  L.,  b.  July  29,  1832;  m.  Nov.  27,  1851,  Hollis  R.  Clark, 

b.  April  20,  1832.  Ch.  :  Herbert  W.,  b,.  Oct.  18,  1852,  m.  Ella 
A.  Brown;  Ida  L.,  b.  Nov.  20,  1854;  Ella  E.,  b.  Sept.  29,  1860, 
d.  July  13,  1862;  Nettie  L.,  b.  Sept.  11,  1862;  Minueola  E.,  b. 
Sept.  22,  1865;  Howard  P.,  b.  Dec.  22,  1867.  Res.  No.  105 
Canal  >treet.  Providence,  R.  I. 

2160.  vii.     Silas,  b.  Nov.  27,  1835;  d.  Oct.  22,  1840. 

2161.  viii.    Emily,  b.  Sept.  19,  1837;  d.  Oct.  15,  1837. 

551.    Jacob^    Pierce,    Jr.    {Jacoh^,    Daniel^,    Daniel^,  John^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Apr.   28,   1778;  m.  Nov.  27,   1800,  Mary 
Sawtell,  b.  Aug.  27,  1778;  d.  Oct.  7,  1812;  m.  2nd,  Nov.  17,  1813, 
16 


2146. 

2147. 

ii. 

2148. 

iii. 

2149. 

iv. 

2150. 

V. 

2151. 

vi. 

122 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


Electa  Evans,  b.  Feb.  20,  1815,  d.  Apr.  1,  1817  ;  m.  3rd,  Jan.  18, 1818, 
Betsey  Pierce,  b.  Mar.  29,  1779  [543],  d.  Mar.  10,  1823;  m.  4th,  Mar. 
23,  1823,  Sally  Garfield,  b.  1782,  d.  Sept.  4,  1872.  He  d.  May  18,  1828. 
They  res.  in  Westminster,  Mass.    Children  : — 

2162.  i.      Polly,  b.  Oct.  20,  1801;  ni.  John  Colburn,  and  d.  Dec.  25,  1822, 

leaving  two  children. 

2163.  ii.      Tkiphosa,  b.  Aug.  7,  1803;  ra.  Moses  Templeton,  and  d.  Nov. 

12,  1852. 

2164.  iii.    Jacob  S.,  b.  Mar.  22,  1805;  d.  Jan.  27,  1820. 

2165.  iv.    Orville  W.,  b.  Dec.  6,  1806;  ra.  Amanda  Templeton  and  Mrs. 

Lydia  Flanders. 

2166.  V.     Daniel,  b.  Aug.  24,  1808;  m.  Oct.  18,  1836,  Alraira  Black. 

2167.  vi.    Tryphene,  b.  June  27,  1812;  m.  Sept.  25,  1834,  Willard  Booth, 

b.  Aug.  3,  1811.  Ch.  :  Alvin  O.,  b.  Aug.  15,  1836,  d.  Jan.  2, 
1871;  Orville  W.,  b.  June  3,  1838,  m.  Martha  M.  Corlet;  Mary 
A.,  b.  July  4,  1841,  m.  A.  Ilenshaw;  Lucy  J.,  b.  May  28,  1843, 
m.  Chas.  Pillsbv ;  Sarah  E..  b.  Nov.  29,  1845,  m.  Albint  Litch- 
field; Hatty  E.  W.,  b.  Nov.  9,  1847,  m.  Aaron  B.  Bixby;  Lydia 
M.,  b.  June  13,  1851,  m.  John  Spalding. 

2168.  vii.   Electa,  b.  Feb.  20,  1815;  d.  Apr.  30,  1853. 

2169.  viii.  Joseph,  b.  Apr.  30,  1816;  d.  June  12,  1817. 

2170.  ix.    Jacob  L.,  b.  May  6,  1822;  d.  Oct.  11,  1823. 

2171.  X.      Sakah  R.,  b.  Dec.  24,  1823;  m.  ;  m.  2nd,  Oct.  16, 

1849,  Leonard  R.  Peirce. 

2172.  xi.    Samuel  G.,  b.  Jan.  13,  1825;  m.  Nov.  29,  1853,  Almira  E. 

Kimball. 

552.  Benjamin"^  Pierce  {Jacoh^,  Daniel^,  Daniel"^,  John^,  Thom- 
as^, Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  2,  1782;  m.  Aug.  1,  1813,  Sally  Erskine,  b. 
1782,  d.  Dec.  27,  1851.  He  d.  May  16,  1864.  They  res.  in  Pulaski, 
N.  Y.    Children  :— 

2173.  i.      Benjamin,  Jr.,  b.  Dec,  8,  1814;  m.  Feb.  13,  1838,  Louisa  A.  R. 

Scott. 

2174.  ii.     HiLLMAN,  b.  June  9,  1815 ;  m.  Nov.  26,  1869,  Sarah  A.  Wood. 

2175.  iii.    Marshal,  b.  Nov.  30,  1819 ;  m.  May  15,  1849,  Sarah  A.  Stowe. 

553.  Reuben'''  Pierce  {Jacob^^  Daniel^,  Daniel^,  John^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^  b.  Sept.  4,  1787  ;  m.  Mar.  9,  1814,  Lydia  Holden,  b.  Nov. 
19,  1785,  d.  Jan.  15,  1823;  m.  2nd,  May  21,  1823,  Florilla  Sweetland, 
b.  Aug.  25,  1805.  He  res.  in  North  Bloomfield,  N.  Y.,  and  d.  June 
26,  1857. 

Reuben  Pierce  engaged  in  the  vi^ar  of  1812  and  was  taken  prisoner 
at  Black  Rock,  near  Buffalo,  New  York,  and  taken  to  jail  at  Montreal, 
Canada.  He  was  finally  liberated  when  peace  was  declared.  He  was 
a  fine  man  and  respected  by  all  who  surrounded  him. 


Children  : — 

2176.    i.      Imogens,  b.  Mar.  11,  1815;  m.  Apr.  5,  1835,  David  Shaddock,  b. 

Sept.  5,  1809.  Ch.  :  Albert,  b.  Sept.  12,  1836,  m.  Huldah  Barn- 
hart;  George  G.,  b.  July  19,  1838,  m.  Pliebe  Raynols;  Henry  IL, 


SEVENTH  GENERATION. 


123 


b.  May  11,  18-tl ;  Eeuben  R.,  b.  Nov.  29,  1843,  m.  Fanny 
Palmer;  Beuj.  F.,  b.  Mar.  26,  1845;  Serauno  B.,  b.  Dec.  i, 
1848,  m.  Alice  Moses;  Sarah  J.,  b.  Dec.  19,  1850,  ra.  Nelson 
Cloon;  Brace  H.,  b.  Apr.  11,  1853;  MarvL.,  b.  Sept.  1,  1861. 
Res.  W.  Bloorafleld,  N.  Y. 

2177.  i.      Bexjamin  W.,  b.  May  31,  1825 ;  m.  Oct.  21,  1847,  Salina  Wiggins. 

2178.  ii.     Amos  E.,  b.  Apr.  12,  1827;  m.  Jan.  7,  1851,  Emilv  Foote,  b.  Jan. 

10,  1828.  They  res.  at  No.  1521  N.  Eleventh  street,  St.  Louis, 
Mo.,  and  have  no  children. 

2179.  iii.    Marcl^  L.,  b.  Aug.  9,  1829 ;  m.  June  13,  1855,  A.  Jav  Carmichael, 

b.  July  22,  1823.  Ch.  :  Asahel  A.,  b.  June  12,  1856,  d.  Apr.  17, 
1857;  John  J.,  b.  Aug.  21,  1858;  Amos  O.,  b.  May  23,  1861; 
TVilliam  B.,  b.  Apr.  15,  1864.    Res.  N.  Weston,  N.  Y. 

2180.  iv.     SiviLLA  L.,  b.  Aug.  11,  1831;  m.  Apr.  14,  1857,  Henry  H.  Clark, 

b.  June  10,  1834,  d.  Jan.  29,  1865.  She  d.  July  12,  1862,  and  he 
m.  IMar.  24,  1863,  Mary  A.  Pierce,  his  sister-iu-law.  He  had 
no  children. 

2182.  Y.      Daxiel  K.,  b.  Aug.  2,  1833;  d.  Julv  2,  1836. 

2183.  vi.    RosANXA  O.,  b.  Oct.  17,  1835;  m.  Jan.  13,  1861,  William  W. 

St.  John,  b.  May  9,  1828.  Ch.  :  Frank  N.,  b.  Nov.  2,  1865; 
Fred.  Y.,  b.  Jan.  10,  1871.    Res.  Bunceton,  Mo. 

2184.  vii.    Mary  A.,  b.  Mar.  2,  1838;  m.  Heurv  H.  Clark  [see  iv.]  ;  ra.  2nd, 

Apr.  12,  1866,  Columbus  White, "b.  June  12,  1826.  Ch. :  Rosa 
M.,  b.  Feb.  15,  1867;  Frank  A.,  b.  Oct.  7,  1870;  Grace  E.,  b. 
Oct.  12,  1871;  Dean  S.,  b.  Oct  7,  1873,  d.  Mar.  15,  1877; 
Dickie,  b.  Apr.  28,  1875,  d.  Apr.  10,  1876. 

2185.  viii.  Franklin  K.,  b.  Nov.  11,  1841;  m.  Mar.  16,  1871,  Mrs.  Sarah 

Raines. 

2186.  ix.    Flora  L.,  b.  Apr.  27,  1844;  m.  Jan.  28,  1861,  Eli  H.  Babcock,  b. 

Oct.  15,  1838.  Ch.  :  John  R.,  b.  June  15,1862;  Amos  A.,  b. 
Oct.  8,  1866;  Marion  F.,  b.  Aug.  4,  1869;  Daisy  A.,  b.  Nov.  30, 
1871.    Res.  Canaudaigua,  N.  Y. 

2187.  X.     Kate  R.,  b.  Aug  8,  1846;  num. ;  N.  Bloomfield,  N.  Y. 

2188.  xi.    Charles  R.,  b.  May  17,  1849;  m.  Apr.  24,  1869,  Mary  A.  Wood- 

ward. 

554.    M()SES~  Pierce  (.Jacob^,  Daniel^,  JDaniel\  John^,  Thomas'^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Juue  22,  1793  ;  m.  Betsey  Jewett.    Res.  Oshkosb,  Wis. 
Children  : — 

2189.  i.      Lucy;  m.  Albert  Wilson.    Res.  Baraboo,  Sauk  Co.,  Wis. 

2190.  ii.     Elvira,  b.  Jan.  26,  1829. 

562.  Josiah''  Pierce  {Jacoh^.  BanieP,  Daniel^,  Jokn^,  Thomas'^^ 
Thomas^),  b.  June  19,  1798  ;  in.  Feb.  9,  1824,  Pauline  Erskiue,  b.  Dec. 
25,  1801.    They  res.  in  Mexico,  N.  Y. 

Children : — 

2191.  i.      OrtllaR.,  b.  Jan.  29,  1825. 

2192.  ii.     S.  Maria,  b.  Apr.  13.  1826;  ra.  Oct.  5,  1847,  Stephen  F.  Emery,  b. 

June  25,  1823.  They  res.  in  Mexico,  N.  Y.,  and  have  no 
children.  . 

2193.  iii.    Augusta  J.,  b.  Nov.  29,  1828;  m.  Dec.  25,  1850,  Louisa  A. 

Evarts. 


124 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


565.  John'''  Pierce  {John^,  JohnP,  Daniel"^,  John^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  13,  1803;  m.  Dec.  8,  1828,  Sarah  Parker,  b.  Jan.  4, 
1803,  d.  Jan.  1,  1845;  m.  2nd,  Nov.  3,  1845,  Louisa  Percy,  b.  June  12, 
1810.    Res.  Boston. 


Children : — 

2194.  i.      Sarah  E.,  b.  Nov.  18,  1829;  m.  H.  A.  Stone. 

2195.  ii.     John,  b.  Dec.  18,  1831 ;  d.  Dec.  24,  1836. 

2196.  iii.    George,  b.  Aug.  27,  1833;  d.  Oct.  10,  1835. 

2197.  iv.    Frances  M.,  b.  Nov.  4,  1834;  m.  Thompson. 

2198.  V.     Harriet,  b.  Aug.  4,  1836;  d.  Aug.  29,  1836. 

2199.  vi.    Louisa  T.,  b.  Julv  26,  1837;  ra.  A.  Eawcett. 

2200.  vii.   John,  b.  Nov.  18,  1839. 

2201.  viii.  Ellen,  b.  Aug.  4,  1842 ;  m.  H.  E.  Adams. 

2202.  ix.    Emily,  b.  Nov.  16,  1843 ;  m.  Chales  Tarr  and  J.  B.  Clark. 

566.  Stillman'''  Pierce  {John^^  John^^  Daniel^,  John^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  April  23,  1 809 ;  m.  Sarah  French.  He  d.  1872.  Res. 
Cambridge.    Children  : — 

2203.  i.      William  ;  m.  . 


2204.  ii.     Annie;  m.  E.  Holt. 

567.  John'''  Pierce  {Calvi7i^,  John^^  Daniel^,  tTohn^,  Thomas'^, 
Thomas^),  b.  March  23,  1786;  m.  July  1,  1814,  Sally  Brighani,  b. 
Feb.  2,  1791,  d.  Feb.  28,  1873.    He  d.  April  28,  1853.    Res.  Bolton. 

Children : — 

2205.  i.      Susan  M.,  b.  Nov.  30,  1815;  m.  Levi  Johnson. 

2206.  ii.     Harriet  E.,  b.  Nov.  19,  1817;  d.  June  2,  1821. 

2207.  iii.    John  E.,  b.  Aug.  22,  1819;  m.  three  times. 

2208.  iv.    Albert,  b.  May  17,  1821 ;  m.  Abigail  Moody. 

2209.  V.     Addison  B.,  b.  May  16,  1826. 

577.  John''  Pierce  {Ebenezer^,  Ebenezer^^  Ehenezer^^  John^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  21,  1774;  m.  April,  1796,  Sarah  Frissell, 
b.  May  6,  1778,  d.  May  15,  1858.    He  d.  in  Peru,  Mass.,  Sept.  14,  1820. 


Children : — 

2210.  i.      John,  b.  June  12,  1797 ;  m.  Laura  Barrett. 

2211.  ii.     Sally,  b.  May  4,  1799;  d.  May  17,  1857. 

2212.  iii.    Lydia,  b.  Feb.  2,  1801 ;  m.  Royal  Gushing.    Ch. :  Mary,  m.  Geo. 

Berkus ;  Sarah,  b.  1844,  d.  Nov.  6,  1862. 

2213.  iv.    Erastus,  b.  Aug.  17,  1802;  d.  Nov.  19,  1803. 

2214.  V.     Erastus,  b.  Jan.  8,  1805;  m.  Apr.  3,  1833,  Sophia  Morgan. 

2215.  vi.    Marshall,  b.  Mar.  1,  1807;  m.  Mary  Francis. 


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125 


2216.  vii.  Ashley,  b.  Jan.  6,  1810;  m.  Mary  McGee. 

2217.  viii.  Judith,  b.  Oct.  29,  1814;  d.  Apr.  30,  1872. 

2218.  Ix.  Eunice,  b.  Jan.  9,  1812;  d.  May  7,  1812. 

2219.  X.  Lewis,  )        „  u  t,  ^        ioit   f  in.  Mary  Aiken. 

2220.  xi.  LUCIUS,  I  1^1^ '  \  m.  Matilda  Spencer. 

2221.  xii.  Eunice,  b.  Apr.  18,  1819;  m.  Milton  Nash,  by  whom  she  had  no 

children;  d.  Apr.  13,  1852. 

581.  Asa"^  Pierce  {Ehenezer^,  Ehenezer^,  Ehenezer^^  Johrv^, 
Thomas\  Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  25,  1779;  m.  Feb.  25,  1807,  Caroline 
Worthington,  b.  1779,  d.  July  23,  1862.    He  d.  Sept.  1,  1819,  in  Peru. 

Children  : — 

2222.  L      Martha  C,  b.  Jan.  30,  1809;  m.  Mar.  12,  1834,  Fred.  Curtis. 

Ch.  :  Worthington,  b.  Dec.  12,  1835;  Sarah,  b.  Mar.  2,  1837; 
Clinton,  b.  Dec.  17,  1838;  Arthur,  b.  Apr.  11,  1841;  Frank,  b. 
May  2,  1850. 

2223.  li.     Warren,  b.  Nov.  25,  1811;  m.  Clemence  Morgan  and  Abigail 

Wright. 

2224.  iii.    Juliet,  b.  Mar.  2,  1813 ;  d.  May  13,  1817. 

2225.  iv.    Harriet,  b.  Feb.  22,  1815;  ni.  Levi  Phillips.    No  issue. 

2226.  V.     Elbridge  G.,  b.  Aug.  26,  1816;  m.  Electa  Rockwell. 

2227.  vi.    AsaC,      ")  fm.  Oct.  24,  1855,  Mary 


■)  fm.  Oct.  24,  1855, 

Uwins,  b.  July  17,  1819;-^  Wilson. 
J  Id.  Nov.  10,  1819. 


2228.  vii.  Caroline, 

2229.  viii.  Frank,  b.  May  15,  1817;  d.  Feb.  11,  1819. 

585.  Ebenezer"^  Pierce,  Jr.  {Ebenezer^,  Ehenezer^^  JEbenezer^, 
John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  28,  1788;  ra.  May  22,  1816, 
Electa  Phillips,  b.  Apr.  16,  1794,  d.  May  15,  1872.  He  d.  July  15, 
1865,  in  Peru,  Mass. 


Children  : — 

2230.  i.      Fidelia,  b.  June  16, 1817 ;  m.  May  5, 1840,  Lyman  Granger,  b.  Sept. 

19,  1817.  Ch.  :  Chole  A.,  b.  Aug.  27,  1842,  m.  Davis  Bartlett; 
Helen  E.,  b.  Mar.  27,  1844,  d.  June  1,  1868;  Idella  E.,  b.  June 
16,  1846,  d.  Mar.  3,  1868. 

2231.  li.     Aaron,  b.  June  6,  1819;  m.  Martha  Thompson. 

2232.  iii.    Chole,  b.  July  29,  1822;  d.  Feb.  12,  1838. 

2233.  iv.    Eunice,  b.  Apr.  15,  1827;  m.  Samuel  Watkins. 

2234.  V.     Martin,  b.  Mar.  21,  1833;  m.  Mar.  4,  1853,  Malvina  M.  Thomp- 

son. 

586.  Enoch"^  Pierce  {Ehenezer^,  Ehenezer^,  Ehenezer^,  John^, 
Thomas^  Thomas^  b.  Apr.  17,  1791  ;  m.  May  28,  1821,  Mary 
Moseley ;  d.  Oct.  31,  1856,  in  Pittsfield.    Children  :— 

2235.  i.  Arthur  G.,  b.  Feb.  19,  1822;  m.  Mar.  17,  1853,  Dolly  Thompson. 

2236.  ii.  David  S.,  b.  Aug.  22,  1825;  m.  Aug.  9,  1853,  Charlotte  Todd. 

2237.  iii.  Dwight  G.,  b.  Sept.  17,  1831  ;  d.  Nov.  28,  1837. 

2238.  iv.  Mary,  b.  Aug.  28,  1834;  d.  Sept.  5,  1861. 

590.  Luther^  Pierce  {John^,  Ebenezer^,  Ehenezer"^,  Johoi^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^  b.  Oct.  14,  1781  ;  m.  March  23,  1803,  Clarissa 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


Reed,  b.  Mar.  12,  1780,  d.  July  9, 1824  ;  m.  2nd,  May  31,  1825,  Aurilla 
Terry,  b.  May  6,  1786,  d.  Sept.  12,  1866.  He  d.  Nov.  14,  1861.  Res. 
GraftOD,  Mass.,  and  Thompsonville,  Conn. 


Children  : — 

2239.  i.      Luther,  b.  June  23,  1804;  m.  Mary  A.  Ashley. 

2240.  ii.     Clarissa  R.,  b.  Dec.  17,  1805;   ra.  1844,  Wm.  "Wood.  Res. 

Warren. 

2241.  iii.    Lucy  C,  b.  Aug.  19,  1807;  d.  Aug.  18,  1835. 

2242.  iv.    John  II.,  b.  May  18,  1809;  m.  March  6,  1831. 

2243.  V.     Charlotte  R.,  b.  July  7,  1811;  m.  Stephen  Sibley.  Res.  Auburn. 

2244.  vi.     Martll\  R.,  b.  May  18,  1813;  m.  Rev.  S.  P.  Robblns,  and  d.  1841. 

2245.  vii.  Pauline,  b.  June  15,  1812;  m.  Isaac  B.  Lee.  Res.  Longmeadow. 
224G.    viii.  Nehemiah  P.,  b.  Aug.  28,  1817;  m.  Frances  A.  Ely. 

2247.  Ix.    Francis  R.,  b.  Oct.  22,  1821;   m.  Cynthia  E.  Hitchcock  and 

Marietta  E.  Tuttle. 

2248.  X.     Ebenezer,  b.  March  24,  1826;  m.  Charlotte  Kimball. 

591.  Calvin"^  Pierce  (John^,  Ebenezer^,  Ebenezer^ ^  John^,  Thorn 
as^,  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  12,  1784;  m.  Sept.  28,  180S,  Sophronia  Colton, 
b.  Oct.  14,  1786,  d.  Feb.  19,  1866.  He  d.  June  23,  1812.  Res.  Mill- 
bury,  Mass. 


Children  : — 

2249.  i.      Sophronia,  b.  Sept.  18,  1809;  d.  April  27,  1826. 

2250.  ii.     Calvin  W.,  b.  May  5,  1811;  m.  Catherine  Lathrop, 

595.  Hervet'''  Pierce  {John^,  Ebenezer^,  Ebenezer^  J'ohn^, 
Tho7nas^,  Thomas^),  b.  March  26,  1797  ;  ra.  July  15,  1819,  Linia 
Stone,  b.  Aug.,  1796,  d.  April  23,  1870.  He  d.  April  16,  1851.  Res. 
Millbury,  Mass. 


Children  : — 

2251.  L      Andreas  W.,  b.  April  29,  1820;  m.  Mary  Putnam. 

2252.  li.     Sarah  S.,  b.  March  23,  1824;  m.  Robert  Jones. 

605.  Dea.  Nathan"^  Pierce  {David^^  Ebenezer^,  Ebenezer*,  John^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^\h.  Nov.  24,  1784;  m.  Oct.  8,  1806,  Sally  Rich- 
mond, b.  Oct.  23,  1781,  d.  Sept.  16,  1854.    He  d.  Oct.  23,  1849.  Res. 


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127 


Barnarrl,  Brandon,  Yt.,  and  Whitehall,  N.  Y.  Dea.  Pierce  was  a  native 
of  Sonthborongh,  Mass.  At  the  age  of  17  he  united  with  the  Congre- 
gational Church  at  Barnard,  Vt.  About  40  years  before  he  died,  he  re- 
moved to  Brandon,  Vt.,  where  he  was  soon  after  elected  a  deacon.  For 
more  than  twenty -five  years,  he  was  an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian  Church 
in  Whitehall.  His  singular  consistency  of  christian  character  commanded 
the  respect  of  all.  The  following  testimonial  of  his  worth  was  placed 
on  the  records  of  the  church  of  which  he  was  the  oldest  member:  "In 
recording  the  death  of  Dea.  Nathan  Pierce,  the  senior  member  of  this 
body,  this  session  would  express  their  sincere  regards  for  the  integrity 
and  christian  principle  which  marked  his  character,  as  also  the  high 
estimation  in  which  they  held  his  discreet  counsels  and  earnest  prayers. 
While  they  mourn  their  own  loss  in  his  removal  as  well  as  that  of  his 
family,  the  church  and  the  community  of  which  he  was  a  member,  they 
record  their  humble  gratitude  for  the  clear  evidence  he  left  that  for 
him  to  die  was  gain.  When  asked  in  his  last  hours  if  he  had  any  wish 
to  express,  he  answered,  'only  that  the  name  of  the  Lord  be  glorified.'  " 


Children  : — 

2253.  i.  Nelson,  b.  Aug.  24,  1807;  d.  May  30,  1809. 

2254.  ii.  Emily,  b.  April  21,  1809;  d.  June  27,  1812. 

2255.  iii.  Persis,  b.  Feb.  27,  1812;  ni.  J.  J.  Howard. 

2256.  iv.  Edmond  I).,  b.  April  24,  1813;  d.  July  9,  1814. 

2257.  V.  Wellington  B.,  b.  July  6,  1815;  d.  Aug.  26,  1816. 

2258.  vi.  Sarah  A.,  b.  Aug.  24,  1820;  m.  John  D.  Hunt. 

606.  Judge  Daviu"^  Pierce  {Bavid^^  JEbenezer^,  Ebenezer^,  Johv?^ 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  March  26,  1786;  m.  Oct.  5,  1819,  Ruth 
Downer,  b.  Jan.  8,  1797,  d.  June  23,  1833;  m.  2nd,  Dec.  17,  1834, 
Mary  S.  Gardner,  b.  Jan.  11,  1804,  d.  May  24,  1871.  He  d.  Aug.  17, 
1872.  Res.  Woodstock,  Vt.  David  Pierce  was  born  in  Southboro', 
Mass.  He  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College  in  1811.  He  taught  the 
Royalton,  Yt.,  Academy  from  1811  to  1812.  Read  law  with  Hon. 
Charles  Marsh  (D.  C.  1786),  at  Woodstock,  Vt.  Began  practice  there 
in  1816.  After  some  years,  he  left  the  profession  and  was  devoted  to 
scientific  pursuits.  Had  a  part  in  the  construction  of  the  "  Horizontal 
and  Perpendicular  machine."  Was  chosen  by  the  Vermont  Legislature 
Auditor  of  State  Accounts  in  1823  and  was  re-elected  annually  for 
twenty-three  years.  Was  Judge  of  the  Windsor  County  Court  from 
1846  to  1856.  Judge  Pierce  published  much  on  financial  concerns  and 
against  the  doctrine  of  secession  by  South  Carolina  in  1833. 


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Children  : — 

2259.  i.      JohnD.,  b.  Aug.  1,  1820;  d.  Aug.  29,  1820. 

2260.  ii.     Jason  B.,  b.  Dec.  13,  1821 ;  m.  Harriet  Lemmix. 

2261.  iii.    Maeia  D.,  b.  June  21,  1824;  m.  H.  B.  White. 

607.  Dr.  Aaron"^  Pierce  {David^^  Ebenezer^^  Ehenezer^^  John^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  23,  1787  ;  m.  Dec.  28,  1819,  Sarah 
Hough,  b.  March  21,  1797,  d.  Oct.  3,  1842;  m.  2nd,  July  9,  1844. 
Mary  Billings,  b.  Feb.  8,  1799,  d.  Feb.  13,  1879.  He  d.  June  1,  1860, 
Res.  Barton,  Vt. 

SKETCH  OF  DR.  AARON  PIERCE. 

BY  MRS.   J.   K.  COLBY. 

Dr.  Aaron  Pierce  was  the  son  of  Deacon  David  and  Sally  Pierce,  of 
Barnard,  Vt.  He  was  born  Nov.  23,  1787.  He  died  June  1,  1860, 
aged  72  years.  "  His  father's  family  embraced  eleven  children.  It  was 
a  household  penetrated  with  much  of  the  Puritan  spirit."  If  there  was 
sometimes  an  apparent  want  of  gentleness  in  it,  there  was  always 
evidence  of  strong  christian  love  and  principle.  Tlie  support  of  such 
a  large  family  from  a  farm  of  little  natural  fertility,  required  hard 
work  and  strict  economy.  The  life  which  was  the  result  of  these  con- 
ditions, gave  to  the  family  a  large  share  of  that  robustness  which  has 
distinguished  the  New  England  character. 

Aaron,  the  third  son  in  this  family,  labored  on  the  farm  until  he  was 
22  years  of  age.  He  then  fitted  for  college  intending  to  enter  at  Middle- 
bury,  Vt.,  and  after  completing  his  undergraduate  course  to  study  for  the 
ministry.  Alarming  symptoms  of  lung  disease,  however,  compelled  a 
change  in  his  cheiished  plan  for  life,  and  led  him  to  begin  the  study  of 
medicine.  After  studying  for  a  time  with  a  physician  of  experience  in 
his  native  town  he  attended  lectures  at  the  Dartmouth  Medical  School, 
at  Hanover,  N.  H.^,  but,  like  many,  at  that  time,  did  not  include  sui  gery 
in  his  course,  and  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Cornish,  N.  H. 

In  this  place,  Dec.  29,  1819,  he  was  united  in  maniage  to  Sarah  Hough, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Hough  and  Sarah  Kimball,  of  Lebanon,  N.  H.,  a 
woman  of  most  lovely  christian  character.  She  was  boi  n  at  Lebanon, 
N.  H.,  March  21,  1797,  and  died  at  Barton,  Vt.,  Oct.  3,  1842.  [For 
genealogy  of  Houghs,  see  history  of  New  London,  Conn.,  by  E.  M. 
Caulkins].    To  them  were  given  ten  children. 

On  the  9th  of  July,  1844,  Dr.  Pierce  was  united  in  marriage  to  Mary 
Billing,  who  was  born  at  Lebanon,  N.  H.,  Feb.  8,  1799,  and  died  at 
Barton,  Vt.,  Feb.  13,  1879. 

Although  he  remained  in  Cornish  only  a  few  years — a  moi'e  lucrative 
practice  being  offered  to  him  in  Weathersfield,  Vt.,  he  was  long  remem- 
bered there  with  lespect  and  affection.  After  practising  eleven  years 
in  Weathersfield,  he  removed  to  Irasburgh,  Vt.  From  this  place  he  re- 
removed  in  1842  to  Barton,  Vt.,  where,  for  a  time,  he  united  to  some 
extent  the  practice  of  both  towns — Irasburgh  and  Barton. 

His  personal  appearance  commanded  respect.  He  was  a  little  more 
than  six  feet  in  height  and  well  pi  oportioned.  He  was  always  digniHed 
in  his  bearing.    His  convictions  were  strong,  and,  if  he  thought  occasion 


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required  it,  they  were  apt  to  be  expressed  with  far  more  regard  for  the 
truth  than  for  the  opinion  of  others.  He  was  sometimes  abrupt  to  a 
degree  approaching  harshness.  An  anecdote  illustrating  this  character- 
istic is  related  of  him  soon  after  he  went  to  Irasburgh.  A  woman  in 
a  neighboring  town  who  had  an  idiotic  child,  hearing  that  a  physician 
of  skill  and  experience  had  come  to  reside  near  her,  summoned  Dr. 
Pierce.  He  looked  at  the  child,  examined  it  for  a  few  minutes,  but  re- 
mained silent.  The  mother  then  asked,  "  Can  you  do  anything  for  my 
child?"    "Nothing,  Madam,  your  child  is  a  fool !"  was  the  reply. 

To  his  family,  though  sometimes  stern  in  discipline,  he  was  affection- 
ate and  confiding, 

"  In  his  profession,  he  was  skilful  and  successful.  His  counsel  was 
often  sought  and  highly  valued.  A  physician  who  knew  him  well,  says 
of  him,  that  his  information  was  extensive,  that  he  ranked  among  the 
first  physicians  in  the  region  where  he  resided  and  was  second  to  none. 
His  information  was  well  digested  into  serviceable  knowledge,"  which 
he  was  quick  to  apply  as  occasion  offered.  He  was  a  diligent  student  of 
medical  books,  and  was  a  regular  subscriber  to  the  most  approved 
medical  journals.  The  extreme  accuracy  of  his  information  never  permit- 
ted him  to  pass  unnoticed  a  mistake  even  in  pronunciation  or  quotation, 
and  if  made  by  one  of  liis  family,  it  never  failed  to  receive  correction 
even  during  his  last  sickness.  He  was  enthusiastically  fond  of  his  pro- 
fession, still  he  never  lost  his  love  for  that  of  his  first  choice.  More  than 
thirty  sermons  were  found  among  his  papers  after  his  death.  These 
were  written  during  his  residence  in  Irasburgh,  and  most,  if  not  all, 
were  read  by  him  on  the  Sabbath,  at  intervals,  when  the  church  was 
without  a  pastor.  Neither  did  he  lose  his  love  for  the  employment  of 
his  boyhood — farming.  In  every  place  where  he  resided  after  leaving 
Cornish,  he  owned  some  land,  and  enjoyed  much  the  care  of  its  cultiva- 
tion. Though  diligent  in  his  profession,  he  left  only  a  small  property. 
This  was  not  due  to  any  want  of  accuracy  in  book-keeping,  neither  to 
failure  in  collecting  his  bills,  nor  in  the  practice  of  strict  economy  ;  but 
to  the  small  fees  which  the  time  and  region  where  he  practised  allowed, 
and  the  still  smaller  returns  in  cash. 

In  politics,  Dr.  Pierce  was  a  decided  Whig.  Earnestly  opposing  Jack- 
son's Bank  and  Indian  policy,  and  predicting,  at  an  early  period,  civil 
war  as  the  result  of  the  slavery  conflict,  h*e  found  himself  in  hearty  sym- 
pathy with  the  anti-slavery  party.  Still  he  never  took  an  active,  public 
part  in  relation  to  any  of  these  questions.  He  had  no  political  ambition 
to  gratify.  He  held  no  office  in  state  or  church.  His  profession  was 
his  life  work. 

In  religion,  Dr.  Pierce  was  an  earnest  christian.  A  member  of  the 
Congregational  Church,  he  labored  to  advance  its  interests  wherever  he 
lived,  and  to  the  utmost  of  his  ability  he  aided  the  spread  of  the  gospel. 
Whenever  it  was  possible,  he  was  present  at  the  services  of  the  sanctu- 
ary, leading  for  many  years  the  choir  of  singers  with  his  own  rich  tenor 
voice.  In  the  social  meeting,  he  was  a  helper.  His  christian  expe- 
rience was  mature,  founded  on  a  sound  basis  of  Biblical  knowledge." 
He  loved  the  Bible,  and  his  "  Scott"  bears  the  marks  of  diligent  use. 
17 


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He  also  loved  the  Calvinistic  doctrines,  but  he  did  not  teach  them  at 
second  hand.  He  could  state  and  defend  them  ably  from  the  Bible. 
His  reading  was  largely  of  a  religious  character,  well  chosen,  digested 
and  made  his  own.  His  thoughts  on  moral  and  religious  subjects  and 
on  other  topics  which  interested  him,  were  well  defined  and  clearly  ex- 
pressed, both  in  writing  and  conversation.  "His  mind  was  of  a  high 
order." 

Toward  the  close  of  his  life  he  suffered  several  years  from  abnormal 
action  of  the  heart,  and,  at  times,  from  inflammation  of  the  kidneys.  A 
cold,  increasing  the  trouble  of  the  heart,  occasioned  his  death. 

A  true  child  of  the  Puritans,  he  gave  to  his  generation  the  service  of 
a  good  citizen,  a  trusted  physician  and  a  spiritually  minded  man. 


Children  : — 

2262.  i.      Sarah  A.,  b.  Nov.  8,  1820;  d.  July  10,  1822. 

2263.  ii.     Sarah  A.,  b.  May  6,  1822;  m.  James  K.  Colby.    Ch. :  Lucy  J. ; 

James  F. ;  Edward  A.,  Principal  of  St.  Johnsbury  Academy. 

2264.  iii.    Emeline  K.,  b.  July  23,  1824;  m.  A.  K.  Gray  and  M.  Pearson. 

2265.  iv.    Edward  M.,  b.  Marcb  29,  1826;  d.  May  8,  1826. 

2266.  v.     Edward  P.,  b.  Aug.  13,  1827;  d.  June  26,  1839. 

2267.  vi.    Henry  M.,  b.  July  14,  1829;  d.  July  18,  1830. 

2268.  vii.   Ellen  M.,  b.  March  15,  1832;  missionary  at  Aintab,  Turkey. 

2269.  viii.  Henry  H.,  b.  April  6,  1836;  m.  Sarah  Kirkland. 

2270.  ix.    Edward  G.,  b.  Sept.  8,  1839;  d.  June  13,  1860. 

611.  Dea.  Dana'''  Pierce  {David^^  Ehenezer^^  Ebenezer^,  Johri^^ 
Thomas'^^  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  7,  1795;  m.  June  10,  1819,  Diademia 
Paul,  b.  Dec.  5,  1798,  d.  Oct.  4,  1873.  He  d.  March  23,  1870.  Res. 
Woodstock,  Yt. 

Died  at  his  residence  in  Woodstock,  Yt.,  Monday  evening,  the  23rd 
instant,  Dea.  Dana  Pierce,  at  the  age  of  seventy-four. 

Dana  Pierce  was  born  in  Lancaster,  Mass.,  the  7th  of  September,  1795. 
In  the  winter  of  1796-97,  his  parents  removed  to  Barnard,  Yt.,  and  there 
settled.  Dana  Pierce  was  brought  up  in  that  town  and  spent  there 
nearly  thirty-nine  years  of  his  life.  On  the  10th  of  June,  1819,  he 
married  Diademia  Paul.  He  united  with  the  Congregational  Church 
in  Barnard,  in  the  autumn  of  1822,  and  was  elected  a  deacon  in  that 
church  in  June,  1825.  In  April,  1835,  he  removed  to  Woodstock  and 
settled  on  the  farm  now  owned  by  Henry  C.  Johnson.  On  the  2nd  of 
July,  1841,  he  was  chosen  a  deacon  in  the  Congregational  Church  in 
this  place,  which  office  he  actively  filled  to  the  very  close  of  his  life. 
Deacon  Pierce  was  a  model  of  an  industrious  farmer,  faithful  always  to 
his  vocation,  believing  in  its  dignity,  and  drawing  his  inspiration  as 
well  as  the  means  of  subsistence  from  the  soil  he  cultivated.  To  what- 
ever work  was  to  be  done  he  applied  himself  vigorously,  and  never 
spared  his  strength  in  the  hours  of  toil.  Believing  that  every  good 
thing  is  the  gift  of  Divine  Providence  he  realized  as  truth  that  children 
are  an  heritage  of  the  Lord,  and  that  happy  is  the  man  who  has  filled  his 


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quiver  with  them  ;  having  himself  in  the  course  of  a  long  life  met  the 
smiles  of  numerous  oifspring  of  his  own.  most  of  whom  are  still  living 
to  revere  his  memory.  Though  Deacon  Pierce  shared  in  the  frailties 
tliat  are  the  common  lot  of  humanity,  you  could  not  but  feel  that  there 
was  an  odor  of  sanctity  about  him  to  give  the  world  assurance  of  the 
honesty  of  his  professions.  Here  was  no  vain  show  of  religion,  but  the 
substance,  proven  in  the  sincere  piety  that  adorned  his  whole  life.  A 
little  stern,  perhaps,  he  stood  in  the  eye  of  the  beholder  a  rugged  oak, 
breasting  the  stomas  of  life,  but  with  branches  ever  raised  Heavenward 
as  if  reaching  after  the  serene  atmosphere  above.  Firm  in  his  faith, 
yet  without  enthusiasm,  he  was  possessed  with  a  deep  settled  convic- 
tion that  it  was  his  duty  and  his  special  privilege  to  live  for  the  glory 
of  God.  His  humanity,  however,  was  such  as  to  persuade  him  that  at 
best  he  imperfectly  fulfilled  his  calling.  \Ve  honor  him  for  his  integri- 
ty. AVe  thank  him  for  his  example,  and  we  especially  thank  him 
for  proving  anew  that  a  Xew  England  deacon  is  not  necessarily  the 
embodiment  of  cant  and  hypocrisy,  and  we  deem  the  church  happy 
which  has  been  permitted  to  count  such  a  man  among  its  members. — 
[  Woodstock  Paper. 


Children  : — 

2271.  i.      XelsoxM.,  b.  Mav  IS.  1520;  m.  Cvutliia  A.  Brown. 

2272.  ii.     Della.  M..  b.  Feb.  11,  1822;  m.  Dec.  28,  18il,  Ira  Atwood.  and 

d.  Jan.  2i,  1871. 

2273.  iii.    TTiulia:*!  D.,  b.  Jane  9,  1824;  m.  Soplironia  E.  Sperry. 

2274.  iv.    Edwix,  b.  June  25,  1826;  m.  three  times. 

2275.  V.     Rodney  C,  b.  May  24,  1828:  m.  Mary  H.  Severance. 

2276.  vi.     Sakah  A.,  ^        *  f  m.  July  11,  1865,  George 

I  twins,  b.  Apr.  14,  1830  ;  <^  Fisher. 

2277.  vii.   Jaxe  I.,     J  U- ^larch  10,  1832. 
227S.    viii.  Sa.mcel  X.,  b.  May  6,  1832;  m.  Margaret  X.  Peirce.    [See  Peirce 

Gen.,  page  202.]" 

2279.  ix.    LuciAX  F.7  1  ,    .       -  tqoi  /  m.  Susan  Heizer. 

2280.  X.     Lucius,    '  T™"'      ^P'"  ^'  ^^^^'jd.  Oct.  6,  1834. 
22sl.    xi.    Paysox  a.,  b.  Feb.  26,  1836;  m.  Frances  M.  Swain. 

2282.  xii.    Harriet  E.,  b.  April  28,  1838;  d.  April  2,  1839. 

2283.  xiii.  Charles,  b.  Jan.  22,  1840;  d.  Sept.  7,  1862. 

2284.  xiv.  VTorthixCtTOX  W.,  b.  June  1,  1848;  m.  M.  J.  Bennett. 

2285.  xv.   David  G.,  b.  Jan.  6,  1845;  d.  Jan.  30,  1847. 

C12.  Edaiuxd'  Pierce  {David^.  Ehenezer^,  Ehenezer^.  John'^^ 
Thomas^.  Thomas'^),  b.  Aug.  19.  1797;  m.  Oct.  17,  1822.  Louisa 
Staiie.  d.  Jan,  22,  1876.  He  d.  June  10.  1877.  Res.  Barnard,  Vt., 
and  Manhattan,  Kansas. 


Children  :  — 

2286.    i.      Catherixe  F.,  b.  Jan.  18,  1825;  m.  R.  J.  Harper. 


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2287.  ii.  Henry  B.,  b.  April  14,  1827;  m.  Laura  A.  Hoyt. 

2288.  iii.  Claudius  B.,  b.  April  10,  1829;  m.  Mary  E.  Fairchild. 

2289.  iv.  Edward  E.,  b.  Jan.  17,  1831,  d.  July  24,  1854. 

2290.  V.  Ellen  E.,  b.  April  22,  1833;  m.  Geo.  L.  Coleman. 

2291.  vi.  Lyman  B.,  b.  Jan.  14,  1835;  m.  . 

620.  Dr.  Leonard'''  Pierce  {Aaro7i^,  Ehenezer^,  Ehenezer^,  John^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  11,  1798;  m.  Nov.  15,  1831,  Mary  Le- 
Baron,  daughter  of  Capt.  Israel  Putnam,  of  Sutton,  d.  Nov.  7,  1843. 

Dr.  Leonard  Pierce  studied  medicine,  practised  successfully  for  a 
time  in  Sutton ;  then  removed  to  Canton,  III;  where  he  died  Aug.  30, 
1843. 


Children  : — 

2292.  1.      Mary  F.,  b.  May  19,  1834;  unm. ;  res.  Sutton. 

2293.  ii.     Ellen  D.,  b.  Aug.  22,  1836;  ra,  Nov.  16,  1864,  Marius  Hovey. 

Ch.  :  John  William,  b.  Aug.  24,  1865;  Marius,  Jr.,  b.  June  15, 
1875.  He  res.  in  Sutton  and  is  one  of  its  most  prominent  men  ; 
has  been  Representative. 

621.  Aaeon^  Pierce,  Jr.  {AaronP,-  Ehenezer^,  Ehenezer^^  John^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  8,  1802;  m.  Feb.  14,  1839,  Sophronia 
Scott,  b.  June  21,  1814.    He  d.  Sept.  27,  1878.    Res.  Millbury,  Mass. 


Children  : — 

2294.  i.      Hannah,  b.  Aug.  3,  1845;  d.  Jan.,  1854. 

2295.  ii.     Florella,  b.  July  15,  1849;  m.  William  Robinson. 

2296.  iii.    Joseph  ;  m.  Lucia  Kingman. 

623.  Thomas  S.'''  Pierce  {Joshua^ ^  JoshuaP^  Ebenezer^,  Johii^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  13,  1767;  m.  Aug.  2,  1791,  Dolly 
Boutelle.    Res.  Leominster,  Mass.    Children  : — 

2297.  i.  Dolly,  b.  Dec.  26,  1792;  d.  Sept.  28,  1809. 

2298.  ii.  Lydia,  b.  Aug.  7,  1794 ;  d.  Sept.  20,  1857. 

2299.  iii.  Augustus,  b.  Dec.  29,  1795 ;  m.  Eliza  Whitney. 

2300.  iv.   ,  b.  Sept.  1,  1797;  d.  Sept.  1,  1797. 

2301.  V.  Jonas,  b.  Sept.  1,  1798;  d.  Sept.  1,  1799. 

2302.  vi.  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  10,  1800;  d.  May  28,  1821. 

2303.  vii.  Houghton,  b.  April  20,  1802 ;  m.  Mira  Snow. 

2304.  viii.  Henry,  b.  July  2,  1804. 

2305.  ix.  DORINDA,  b.  Feb.  23,  1806;  d.  May  28,  1828. 

2306.  X.  Orrisse,  b.  Jan.  17,  1808;  m.  Smith  Colburn. 

2307.  xi.  Dorothy,  b.  Dec.  25,  1810;  m.  John  Brigham. 

2308.  xii.  Almira,  b.  Feb.  23,  1813;  m.  Horace  Cook. 

627.  Asa"^  Pierce  {Joshua^^  Joshua^^  Ehenezer^^  John-^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  5,  1775  ;  m.  Dec.  2,  1800,  Deborah  Joslin,  b.  Aug. 


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21,  1779,  d.  Dec.  8,  1818;  m.  2ncl,  Nov.  18,  1821,  Martha  (Joslin) 
Richardson,  b.  Jan.  28,  1790,  d.  Dec.  15,  1866.  He  d.  Nov.  13,  1842. 
Res.  Leominster,  Mass.    Children  : — 

2309.  1.      Sylvester,  b.  Jan.  24,  1802 ;  m.  Abigail  Taylor. 

2310.  11.     Asa,  b.  Feb.  14,  1803;  res.  Leominster. 

2311.  lii.    Joseph,  b.  Dec.  10,  1804;  m.  Koxanna  Bailey  and  Susan  A.  W. 

Goodrich. 

2312.  iv.    Deborah,  b.  April  7,  1808;  d.  April  2,  1824. 

2313.  V.     Catherine,  b.  June  3,  1811;  m.  Israel  T.  Nichols. 

2314.  vi.    Franklin,  b.  Sept.  10,  1814;  res.  Holliston. 

2315.  vii.   MaryF.,  b.  Apr.  18,  1817;  m.  Thomas  Harris. 

2316.  viii.  Mira,       K   •  „   k    t»t„„   oo  iqoq  /  d.  April  28,  1828. 

2317.  ix.    Martha,  ^9,  1823;|^^  Leander  Archibald. 

2318.  X.     William  D.,  b.  Jan.  31,  1825;  m.  Maria  Whitney. 

2319.  xi.    James,    X^.^-^^  k  n^f  ta  iqop    f  d.  Dec.  7,  1831. 

2320.  xii.   Jane  A.,  |  ^'  ^^^^       ^^^^  ^\m.  Samuel  Putnam. 

2321.  xiii.  RuFus  E.,  b.  Jan.  13,  1830;  d.  July  2,  1864. 

2322.  xiv.  Mira  E.,  b.  Oct.  2,  1833;  res.  Leominster. 

629.    David'7    Pierce   {Joshua^  ^    Joshua^,   Ehenezer^^  John?, 

Thomas^,  Thomas^,)  b.  July  17,  1781;  m.  ~  . 

Children  :  — 

2323.  i.  Varnum. 

2324.  ii.  James. 

2325.  iii.  Oliver. 

633.  Jonathan"^  Pierce  {JoyiathanP,  Joshua^,  Ebenezer^,  Johiv^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  18,  1809;  m.  Oct.  29,  1835,  Elizabeth  B. 
Leavitt,  b.  Dec.  25,  1817,  d.  Aug.  6,  1867.    Res.  Chelsea,  Mass. 


Children  : — 

2326.  i.      Jonathan,  b.  Aug.  26,  1836;  m.  Hannah  Warren. 

2327.  ii.     Abby  F.,  b.  Sept.  27,  1838;  m.  Gen.  Augustus  P.  Martin. 

2328.  iii.    William  H.,  b.  April  28,  1841;  m.  Sarah  A.  Moore. 

2329.  iv.    Joshua  F.,  b.  Jan.  7,  1848;  d.  July  28,  1848. 

2330.  V.     Elizabeth  L.,  b.  Oct.  22,  1849;  m.  James  A.  Hammond. 

637.  Judge  Josiaii'^  Pierce  {Josiah^,  Josiah^,  Josiah"^,  Johii^^ 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  15,  1792;  ra.  Sept.  13,  1825,  Eveline 
Lewis,  b.  Nov.  13,  1795,  d.  Oct.  5,  1870.  He  d.  June  25,  1866.  Res. 
Gorham,  Me. 

Hon.  Josiah  Pierce,  late  of  Gorham,  Maine,  eldest  son  of  Josiah  and 
Phoebe  (Thompson)  Pierce,  vras  born  in  Baldwin,  Maine,  August  15, 
1792,  and  died  in  Gorham,  June  25,  1866.  After  preparatory  studies, 
chiefly  at  Bridgeton  Academy,  he  was  matriculated  at  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege in  the  class  which  graduated  in  1818,  when  he  received  his  degree 
of  A.  B.,  with  the  honor  of  one  of  the  first  parts  at  Commencement, 
and  an  election  to  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society.    He  studied  law  in  the 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


office  of  Hon.  Stephen  Longfellow,  of  Portland,  Maine ;  was  admitted 
to  the  Bar  of  Cumberland  County,  in  1821 ;  in  which  year  he  also 
received  the  degree  of  A.  M.  from  Bowdoin  College,  and  opened  his 
office  for  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Gorham,  where  he  continued 
to  reside  till  his  death.  On  the  20th  of  September,  1825,  he  married 
Eveline,  daughter  of  Major  Archelaus  Lewis  (an  officer  of  the  Kevolu- 
tion),  and  his  second  wife  Elizabeth  (Brown).  Mrs.  Eveline  Pierce 
was  born  Nov.  13,  1795,  and  died  Oct.  5,  1870.  They  had  four  sons 
and  three  daughters,  of  whom  three  sons  and  two  daughters  were 
living  in  1881. 

Mr.  Pierce  became  early  in  life  a  member  of  the  Baptist  (Calvinist) 
church,  and  remained  a  faithful,  devout,  charitable,  practical  Christian, 
a  diligent  student  and  teacher  of  the  Bible.  He  was  a  prominent 
member  of  the  Democi-atic  party,  and  as  such  represented  his  town  in 
the  State  Legislature,  in  1832  and  1833,  and  his  county  in  the  Senate 
from  1833  to  1836,  being  President  of  the  Senate  in  1835  and  1836. 
After  this  date  he  returned  to  a  more  close  practice  of  his  profession, 
which  was  at  that  period  very  considerable,  and  he  was  much  esteemed 
as  an  upright,  careful  and  able  lawyer.  Several  young  men  read  law 
in  his  office,  most  of  whom  attained  distinction  in  their  profession 
afterwards,  especially  the  Hon.  S.  S.  Prentiss  of  Mississippi. 

Mr.  Pierce  was  appointed  Judge  of  Probate  for  Cumberland  county 
in  1846,  and  held  that  office  until  1857.  Bringing  to  the  place  not 
only  abundant  professional  ability,  but  an  urbanity  and  a  quick  and 
tender  sympathy  for  all  who  were  in  trouble  "  of  body  or  estate," 
which  were  marked  traits  of  his  character  ;  he  was  a  faithful  and 
efficient,  an  honored  and  beloved  judge. 

Mr.  Pierce  was  a  working  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  and 
was  Master  of  Harmony  Lodge  in  Goiham,  for  some  time,  much 
beloved  by  his  brethren  and  active  in  their  charities.  He  was  a  useful 
citizen  of  his  town,  always  much  interested  in  its  prosperity,  and  par- 
ticularly well-informed  as  to  its  history.  He  delivered  the  address  at 
the  celebration  of  its  one  hundredth  anniversary,  in  1832,  and  in  1862 
published  a  History  of  the  Town.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  Gorham  Academy  and  attended  faithfully  to  its  interests. 
He  was  a  Trustee  of  Waterville  College ;  and  also  an  Overseer,  and 
during  the  latter  part  of  his  life  a  Trustee,  of  Bowdoin  College,  per- 
forming his  duties  in  this  respect  with  great  fidelity,  and  rarely  missing 
attendance  at  the  meetings  of  these  boards.  His  attachment  to  his 
Alma  Mater  (Bowdoin)  was  exceedingly  strong,  and  his  three  sons 
were  educated  there.  He  was  also  an  active  member  of  the  Maine 
Historical  Society,  and  of  the  New  England  Historic-Genealogical 
Society ;  contributed  many  articles  to  newspapers,  chiefly  on  historical 
and  biogi  aphical  toj^ics,  and  was  a  great  reader  and  student  thi'ough 
life  ;  fond  of  poetry  and  classical  literature,  with  a  retentive  memory 
and  highly  cultivated  mind,  a  strong  sense  of  humor,  great  aptitude 
for  nari  ating  anecdotes,  and  both  in  conversation  and  in  public  speak- 
ing was  interesting,  instructive  and  often  eloquent.  In  person  he  was 
of  medium  stature,  with  dark  curling  hair  and  bright  eyes,  active  in 


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135 


body  as  in  mind  ;  in  manner  gentle  and  comteous.  charitable  in  jndo-. 
ment  and  considerate  in  conduct,  never  willindv  makino-  an  enemy  or 
alienating  a  friend,  and  living  truly  more  for  others  than^for  himself. 


Children  :- 


2331.  i.      Josiah,  b.  June  li,  1327;  m.  Martha  D.  Lander  and  Isabel 

Millett. 

2332.  ii.     Archelaus  L.,  b.  Aug.  23,  1828;  d.  Dec.  11.  1829. 

2333.  iii.    E^t:li^-e  L.,  b.  June  3.  1830;  m.'  Judse  John  A.  Waterman. 

2334.  iv.    Let\-is.  b.  April  15.  1832  ;  m.  Emilv      Willis  and  Mary  B.  Hill. 

2335.  T,     Xaxcy,  b.  April  7,  1S34:  m.  Dr.  Edward  H.  Whittier.' 

2336.  vi.     George  W.,  b.  July  1,  1836  ;  uum. ;  res.  West  Baldwin,  :\Ie. 

Fitted  for  college  at  Gorham  Academy  and  Phillips,"  Ando- 
ver  (the  latter  two  years),  and  entered  "  Bowdoin  "  in  1858 — 
graduated  at  Bowdoln  College  in  1857.  He  read  law  with  his 
father  in  Gorham  about  one  year ;  185S-'59-'60  and  part  of  '61 
was  in  New  York  city  in  a  mercantile  house.  Erom  '61  to  '69 
in  Arizona,  connected  with  mining  enterprises.  Erom  '69  to 
'75  Civil  Engineer  on  various  railroads.  Erom  1875  to  the 
present,  living  on  the  Baldwin  Homestead. 


2337.    vii.   Eliza  L.,  b.  Aug.  4,  1838;  d.  Apr.  13,  1879. 

The  following  tribute  to  the  memory  of  a  noble  woman  was 
written  by  Gov.  Alexander  H.  Eice  of  Massachusetts,  for  the 
Boston  Journal : — 

Tlie  IVoinan's  Prison. — How  the  Chaplain  Lived  and  Died. — A 
Fervtrd  Trilute  to  the  'Memory  of  a  Maine  Woman. — Those  who 
were  at  the  Woman's  Pvcformatory  Prison  in  Sherborn  on 
Tuesday  last  were  witnesses  of  a  spectacle  of  deep  and  im- 
pressive pathos.  It  was  just  enough  rare  in  personality  and 
circumstance  to  lie  outside  the  course  of  common  experience, 
and  yet  so  tender  and  profound  as  to  strike  the  hidden  chords 
that  sound  the  sacred  and  solemn  harmonies  of  the  uplifted 
soul.  The  Chaplain  had  died.  She  who  less  than  a  year  ago 
came  to  the  place  a  stranger,  and  whose  remains  on  this  day 
lay  in  the  marble  beauty  of  death,  surrounded  by  bleeding 
hearts  and  streaming  eyes.  Miss  Eliza  L.  Pierce  was  a  native 
of  ]\Iaine.  daughter  of  the  late  Josiah  Pierce,  Esq.,  of  Gorham, 
well  connected,  finely  educated  and  endowed  with  intellectual 
gifts  and  graceful  accomplishments  which  would  make  her 
welcome  in  any  society  she  entered.  Her  nature  was  as  guile- 
less as  a  child's,  and  was  coupled  with  great  sweetness  of  dis- 
position, courage  and  discretion.  Upon  these  was  built  a 
blameless  and  holy  life,  the  centre  and  inspiration  of  which  was 
a  devout  personal  consecration  and  unlimited  love  of  God  and 
of  human  beings  for  the  Saviour's  sake.    Unostentatious  and 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


almost  shy  in  the  discharge  of  her  duties,  she  allowed  nothing 
to  stand  between  herself  and  their  performance.  She  had  a 
somewhat  lengthy  experience  in  saintly  work  in  a  parish  church 
in  England,  and  after  returning  to  her  own  country,  seemed  to 
burn  with  a  new  desire  to  throw  all  that  was  valuable  in  her 
life  into  the  beneficent  means  and  influences  of  American 
society. 

The  Chaplaincy  of  the  Reformatory  Prison  for  Women  had 
become  vacant  and  was  waiting  a  suitable  incumbent.  Few 
places  are  more  difficult  to  fill.  The  inmates  of  the  prison 
represent  nearly  every  form  of  vice  and  every  variety  of  dispo- 
sition and  character.  Nowhere  would  dissemblance  or  cant  be 
more  immediately  detected  in  a  spiritual  teacher.  Nowhere 
would  mere  formalism  or  insincerity  sooner  work  spiritual 
disaster.  Nowhere  would  a  heartless  or  mercenary  service  be 
more  instantly  discovered;  and,  it  may  also  be  said,  that 
nowhere  would  the  excellence  of  a  simple  and  loving  soul 
which  gave  its  efforts  and  its  sympathy  to  the  reckless  and 
unthankful,  as  well  as  to  the  sorrowful  penitent,  be  more 
quickly  discerned  or  more  certain  of  victory.  Miss  Pierce  was 
not  an  applicant  for  the  place.  In  her  first  interview  with  the 
governor,  held  at  his  request,  the  characteristics  of  the  position 
were  fully  set  forth  to  her — its  opportunities  for  noble  work, 
as  well  as  its  hardships,  responsibilities,  discouragements  and 
dangers  all  exposed.  She  listened  with  earnest  attention,  her 
face  becoming  radiant  with  expectation  and  enthusiasm  as  the 
recital  proceeded.  At  its  close  she  replied  that  she  had  conse- 
crated her  life  to  God  and  to  His  service  in  the  world ;  that  she 
cared  little  for  conspicuous  position,  less  for  salary  or  com- 
pensation, feared  neither  hardship  nor  danger,  but  desired  only 
to  spend  her  life  absolutely  for  God  and  humanity;  that  she 
could  not,  must  not,  take  any  place  of  ease  or  of  doubtful  use- 
fulness, but  desired  a  place  of  opportunity  sufficient  to  absorb 
all  that  she  had  to  give. 

In  answer  to  an  inquiry  how  soon  she  could  enter  upon  her 
duties  if  appointed,  she  said  "Immediately;"  and  in  four  days 
thereafter  she  was  installed  in  the  chaplaincy  which  proved  to 
be  her  field  of  final  labor.  Those  who  were  witnesses  of  her 
daily  life  speak  of  it  as  saintly  and  sincere;  and  the  very 
atmosphere  of  the  prison  seemed  fragrant  with  the  holy 
infiuence  of  her  presence.  Every  morning  and  every  evening 
the  prison  family  assembled  in  the  chapel  for  prayer  and  praise 
under  her  leadership  and  direction.  If  any  came  reluctantly  at 
first,  most  of  them  came  joyfully  afterward;  and  through  the 
livelong  day  she  went  from  workroom  to  dormitory,  hall  and 
cell,  inquiring  into  the  individual  weakness,  sinfulness  or 
sorrow  of  each  erring  inmate,  exhorting  and  persuading  with 
Christian  faith  and  fortitude  and  with  a  sister's  tenderness. 
In  this  way  she  knew  the  secret  history  of  every  one  of  her 
charge.  She  never  betrayed  their  confidence  and  never  ceased 
to  labor  with  and  for  them  in  the  line  of  their  individual 
necessity. 

One  day  in  the  week  only  did  she  give  herself  any  rest,  and 
then  it  was  not  the  repose  of  idleness  that  she  sought,  but 
refreshment  in  the  deeper  contemplations  of  spiritual  truth, 
and  in  the  ordinances  of  the  church  of  her  aff'ection  and  choice. 
On  Sundays  she  held  a  fuller  service  in  the  chapel  than  on 
week  days,  comprising  prayers.  Scripture  lessons,  psalms  and 
hymns,  and  Bible  reading  with  simple  explanation.  She  never 
attempted  preaching  nor  the  administration  of  ordinances;  but 


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she  cultivated  the  spirit  and  practice  of  devotion,  and  through 
her  example  made  attractive  the  religion  which  she  taught  with 
earnest  simplicity.  She  became  a  universal  favorite.  The 
strong,  though  wayward,  admired  the  beauty  and  sincerity  of 
her  character;  the  weak  leaned  upon  her  for  guidance,  and  the 
hopeless  and  despairing  clung  to  her  as  to  a  ministering  angel. 
Even  the  little  children  in  the  nursery,  unconscious  prisoners 
brought  into  custody  with  their  erring  mothers,  stretched  out 
their  tiny  arms  and  raised  their  wistful  eyes  as  she  came 
among  them,  as  if  the  innocency  of  their  natures  recognized 
the  guilelessness  of  hers. 

What  wonder  then,  that  this  prison  household  sobbed  and 
cried  when  the  Chaplain  lay  dead  before  them?  What  wonder 
that  they  bowed  themselves  in  unutterable  grief,  and  covered 
with  kisses  the  cold  form,  out  of  which  had  gone  forever  the 
life  that  had  softened  and  sweetened  a  world,  which,  to  so 
many  of  them,  had  been  hard  and  unsympathizing  and  friend- 
less? Let  those  who  have  known  the  darkness  which  comes 
over  the  soul  when  a  great  hope  has  failed,  realize  what  to 
these  poor,  mourning  women  it  is  to  look  for  the  last  time 
upon  the  brightest  joy  that  had  ever  shone  into  their  desolate 
lives. 

The  Chaplain  endured  her  illness  with  fortitude  and  even 
with  cheerfulness.  Every  care  was  given  her  which  skill  and 
loving  solicitude  could  furnish,  but  she  went  beyond  recovery; 
and  after  a  brief  sickness,  passed  away  on  Easter  morning 
under  such  peace  of  mind  and  glory  of  outward  circumference, 
as  to  give  to  her  death,  amid  all  its  solemnity,  the  aspect  of 
poetic  beauty.  She  woke  early  in  the  morning  and  asked  that 
the  blind  of  a  window  might  be  opened,  so  that  she  could 
look  out  into  the  daylight.  The  rising  sun  was  just  throwing 
its  full  elfulgence  over  the  face  of  Nature,  illuminating  the 
earth  and  filling  the  great  dome  of  the  sky  with  warmth  and 
brilliancy ;  and  seemingly  the  Son  of  Righteousness  in  like 
manner  illumined  her  soul  with  ineffable  radiance.  "  He 
Cometh  forth  as  a  bridegroom  out  of  his  chamber,"  she  feebly 
said;  and  these  words  were  her  last  connected  utterance.  A 
few  moments  later  the  lady  superintendent  of  the  prison 
entered  the  sick  chamber  with  the  Easter  salutation  :  "  Clirist 
is  risen;"  the  dying  Chaplain  turned  toward  her  with  an 
assenting  smile,  and  that  w^as  for  herself  "  the  last  of  earth." 

On  Tuesday  her  funeral  was  attended  in  the  chapel  of  the 
prison — the  inmates  and  officers,  the  immediate  relations  of 
the  chaplain,  the  prison  commissioners,  and  a  few  friends, 
including  the  present  and  the  last  Governors  of  the  State,  con- 
stituted the  assembly.  The  beautiful  and  impressive  ritual  of 
the  Episcopal  church  was  used,  and  the  hymn, 

"  There  is  a  land  of  pure  delight, 
Where  saints  immortal  reign," 

was  sung  by  the  prisoners,  with  a  tenderness  and  pathos  sel- 
dom equaled.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Hall  of  the  Church  of  the  Advent, 
Boston,  then  delivered  an  extemporaneous  address,  which  was 
notable  for  the  absence  of  personal  eulogy  of  the  deceased  and 
for  its  earnest  presentation  of  the  significance  of  death,  the 
certainty  of  the  resurrection,  the  incentives  to  purity  and  holi- 
ness of  life  presented  in  the  example  of  Christ  and  the  prom- 
ised immortality  of  blessedness  in  Him.  The  preacher  seemed 
to  feel  that  no  words  spoken  could  equal  in  eloquent  persuasion 
the  example  of  the  life  which  had  gone  from  the  silent  form 
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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


before  him.  The  crisis  of  the  final  separation  showed  that 
human  nature  never  goes  so  far  from  rectitude  as  to  lose  hold 
of  its  instinctive  virtues.  As  the  prisoners  passed  from  the 
chapel  there  was  scarcely  an  eye  not  wet  M'ith  tears.  There 
was  an  evident  struggle  for  composure  among  them  all,  and  an 
almost  equal  failure  as  their  eyes  fell  for  the  last  time  upon  the 
noble  and  placid  features  of  their  steadfast  friend.  Many 
doubtless  felt  that  she  had  given  her  life  for  them,  and  were 
almost  inconsolable. 

The  funeral  cortege  passed  from  the  prison  grounds  while 
the  bell,  which  so  often  summoned  to  praise  and  prayer,  tolled 
its  mournful  farewell,  and  the  prison  family,  in  their  permitted 
freedom,  crowded  to  the  windows  and  watched  the  receding 
hearse  until  there  was  nothing  left  visible  to  them  but  a  flood 
of  tears.  There  are  moments  in  each  of  our  lives  when  we 
seem  to  be  more  than  ourselves.  The  greatest  of  these  is 
when  we  stand  in  the  presence  of  the  holy  dead  and  rise  to  the 
sublime  contemplations  of  immortality.  Some  who  were  pres- 
ent at  the  prison  on  Tuesday  felt  all  of  this  as  they  stood  by 
the  lifeless  form  of  the  dead  Chaplain  and  followed  her  spirit 
awaj  through  the  victories  of  Easter  morning. 

643.  Daniel  T."^  Pierce  {J'osiah^,  Josiah^^  Josiali^^  John^^  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  March  15,  1803  ;  m.  April  26,  1826,  Frances  E.  B.  Lewis, 
b.  April  3,  1809,  d.  Dec.  3,  1874.  He  d.  March  15,  1856.  Res. 
Pontiac,  Mich.    Children  : — 

2338.  i.     Frances  E.  L.,  b.  June  27,  1828;  d.  June  27,  1828. 

2339.  ii.    Harriet,  b.  Nov.  19,  1829;  m.  Frederick  Clement. 

2340.  iii.    Susan  A.,  b.  Aug.  15,  1831;  d.  Aug.  12,  1845. 

2341.  iv.   Frances  E.  L.,  b.  April  20,  1833;  m.  Edward  K.  Butler. 

2342.  V.    Daniel  T.,  b.  May  15,  1835;  m.  Annie  Pitcher. 

2343.  vi.   Georganna,  b.  June  23,  1836. 

2344.  vii.  Richard  S.,  b.  Aug.  29,  1839;  d.  Sept.  2,  1839. 

2345.  viii.  Clara  F.,  b.  Oct.  12,  1840;  m.  Frederick  S.  Stewart. 

2346.  ix.   Arthur  D.,  b.  March  4,  1846;  d.  Jan.  7,  1865. 

644.  George  W.''  Pierce  {J'osiah^,  J'osiah^,  J'osiah^,  John^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  2,  1805;  m.  Nov.  26,  1832,  Annie  Long- 
fellow, b.  March  3,  1810;  d.  Nov.  15,  1835.  Res.  Portland,  Me.  No 
children. 

George  Washington  Pierce  was  born  in  Baldwin,  Maine.  His 
father,  born  in  Woburn,  was  half-brother  of  Benjamin  Thompson 
( Count  lium ford).  Mrs.  Phebe  Pierce  was  the  daughter  of  Daniel 
Thompson,  who,  at  the  fight  of  Lexington,  was  shot  through  the  heart 
by  a  l  etreating  British  soldier. 

From  his  earliest  childhood  he  was  remarkable  for  an  ardent  tempera- 
ment, a  desire  for  noble  distinction,  for  lively  fancy  and  quick  intelligence, 
for  prepossessing  manners  and  social  tact,  for  becoming  the  especial 
favorite  of  his  old  fiiends,  and  for  easily  gaining  new  ones.  He  was 
prepared  for  college,  partly  in  the  academies  of  Fryebui  gh  and  Saco,  and 
pai  tly  at  home,  under  the  tuition  of  Mr.  Joseph  Howard,  now  Judge 
of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Maine.  His  chum  through  the  college  course 
at  Bowdoin  was  the  Rev.  Daniel  Shepley.  As  a  member  of  the  Pencinian 
Society  he  diligently  improved  its  opportunities  for  debate  and  practice 
in  writing,  and  among  the  Bowdoin  students  of  that  day,  since  so 


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139 


distinguished  at  the  bar.  in  the  pulpit  and  in  general  literature  as 
writers  and  speakers,  he  was  soon  acknowledged  eminent  for  ability  in 
discussion  and  for  vigor  and  elegance  in  composition.  He  observed 
strictly  the  maxim  of  ApeUes.  yulla  dies  sine  lined — in  permitting  no 
day  to  pass  without  studiously  writing  at  least  a  page  on  some  subject  of 
present  interest.  Although  he  ranked  well  in  the  recitation  room  he  be- 
came greater  in  the  libraries,  and  was  doubtless  a  more  earnest  student 
of  the  English  classics  than  of  the  college  text-books.  Being  among 
the  youngest  of  his  class,  and  very  social,  active  and  mirthful,  he  was  a 
loved  and  constant  companion  in  the  joyous  and  open-hearted  inter- 
course of  college  gaiety  and  sports,  but  wisely  avoided  college  dis- 
grace, and  was  graduated  honorably.  His  commencement  exercise 
was  a  discussion  with  George  B.  Cheever,  and  the  two  disputants  were 
thought  to  be  well  mated.  After  leaving  college  he  never  ceased  to 
manifest  a  worthy  and  reciprocated  attachment  and  respect  for  the 
officers  and  fellow-graduates  of  his  alma  mater.  He  chose  the  law.  One 
year  of  the  required  period  was  passed  at  Gorham.  in  the  office  of  his 
brother  Josiah — part  of  another  year  in  Portland  with  Mr.  Longfellow — • 
and  more  than  a  year  at  the  Law  School  in  Xorthampton,  Mass.  At 
Northampton,  his  classmate  was  Frank  Pierce  (afterwards  President  of 
the  United  States).  Tlie  learned  and  clear-minded  judge  Howe  was 
his  instructor  and  encouraged  him  with  many  marked  expressions  of 
interest  and  praise.  A  retined  society  of  which  the  learned  historian 
George  Bancroft,  I'esiding  at  Round  Hill,  was  a  leader  and  example, 
admitted  him  to  the  communion  of  its  courtesies  and  enjoyments.  He 
passed  the  Spring  and  Summer  of  1828  at  his  brotiier's  house  in  Gorham 
— an  invalid,  but  an  active  one.  It  was  a  time  of  warm  political  con- 
flict. The  presidential  canvass  was  pending.  3Ir.  Pierce  advocated 
the  election  of  Gen.  Jackson,  and  no  one  wrote  more  circulars  or 
spoke  at  more  caucuses,  or  communicated  more  articles  to  the  news- 
papers, than  he  did.  In  looking  for  a  place  to  settle,  the  great  West 
seemed  most  strongly  to  invite  him.  and  he  determined  to  go  and  see 
for  himself  Taking  Washington  on  his  way,  he  remained  there  several 
weeks.  His  letters  to  his  friends  at  this  time  are  filled  with  most 
animated  and  graphic  descriptions  of  the  men  he  met  and  heard — of 
Clay  and  Calhoun,  and  McDuffie,  and  Adams,  and  John  Randolph 
— of  his  conversations  with  them,  of  their  personal  appearance  and 
manners — of  the  Congress  generally,  the  Capitol,  the  city  and  Mt. 
Vernon,  which  he  visited  with  deejj  emotion.  His  western  tour 
extended  to  St.  Louis.  In  April  he  returned  from  the  slow,  diffi- 
cult and  sometimes  dangerous  journey,  quite  willing  to  be  governed 
by  the  friends,  who  advised  and  besought  him  to  stay  where  he  was. 
In  July.  1829.  he  opened  an  office  in  Portland,  Me.  After  thus 
committing  himself  to  his  profession,  distinction  in  it  became  the 
chief  object  of  his  care.  He  read  law  diligently,  and  never  ceased 
to  do  so  while  he  lived.  He  admired  physical  accomplishments,  and 
acquired  some  skill  in  fencing,  boxing  and  other  manly  exercises  ; 
— became  tolerably  versed  in  the  French  language,  and  was  a  prominent 
actor  in  the  literary  society  of  the  town.    He  had  already  become 


uo 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


known  to  the  Democratic  party  in  the  vicinity  as  a  ready  and  able 
writer,  and  the  services  of  his  pen  were  soon  desired  and  freely  given 
for  political  articles  in  the  Portland  Argus,  the  chief  journal  of  that 
party  in  the  State  of  Maine.  Newspapers  of  that  day,  and  indeed  during 
both  terms  of  Gen.  Jackson's  administration,  were  savage  in  their 
attacks  on  men  and  measures  connected  with  the  hotly  disputed  questions 
between  the  two  great  parties.  It  was  a  time  of  revolutionary  excite- 
ment throughout  the  world — of  intense  discord  in  the  United  States 
regarding  the  Bank,  the  tariff,  internal  improvements,  and  the  i-ight  of 
secession — to  which  was  added  extraordinary  local  agitation  in  Maine 
upon  the  negotiations  respecting  the  North-eastern  boundary,  and  from 
the  new  current  of  speculation  in  the  State  lands, — Mr.  Pierce  was  an 
increasing  contributor  to  the  Argus  in  these  controversies ;  and  once 
so  enlisted,  he  could  not  withdraw  from  it.  The  applause  of  his  party, 
his  warm  personal  feelings,  his  facility  in  writing,  the  necessity  of 
defending  positions  he  had  taken,  secured  him  and  made  him  well 
known  as  a  political  disputant.  Many  young  men  of  great  ability,  who 
have  since  attained  high  national  distinction,  were  then  in  Maine,  as 
rivals  or  opponents,  and  the  leading  Whig  journal  of  the  State  was  then 
edited  by  the  Hon.  James  Brooks,  now  of  the  New  York  Express, 
with  his  well-known  ability,  in  the  keenest  opposition  to  the  Argus. 
Thus  led  into  political  strife  Mr.  Pierce  continued  actively  engaged  in  all 
public  movements  of  the  Democrats  in  his  county.  During  the  years 
1831  and  1832,  at  their  caucus  meetings,  conventions,  and  festivities, 
he  was  constantly  in  requisition  for  speeches,  resolutions,  etc.  On  the 
4th  of  July,  1832,  at  the  great  Democratic  celebration,  he  delivered  the 
oration.  But  amid  all  this,  he  endeavored  to  give  his  best  thoughts  and 
work  to  his  profession.  In  September,  after  a  warm  contest,  he  was 
elected  to  the  Legislature  as  Representative.  In  November  he  married 
Annie  Longfellow,  daughter  of  his  former  instructor,  and  sister  of  his 
classmate,  Henry  Wadsworth  Longfellow,  the  poet,  and  at  once  began 
housekeeping.  During  the  session  of  the  Legislature  he  was  constant 
in  attendance  and  active  and  useful.  One  speech,  in  particular,  on 
the  South  Carolina  Resolutions  was  thought  to  be  very  able.  In 
March,  1833,  he  was  appointed  County  Attorney  for  Cumberland,  and 
entered  at  once  upon  the  duties  of  the  office.  At  the  following  city 
municipal  election  he  was  chosen  a  Common  Councibnan.  Such  was 
his  popularity,  that  the  Democrats  insisted  on  again  sending  him  to 
the  Legislature.  He  resigned,  not  without  reluctance,  the  County 
Attorneyship,  and  was  elected  by  a  large  majority.  After  another 
busy  and  useful  wintei-  at  the  seat  of  government,  he  returned  to  Port- 
land, quite  resolved  to  give  himself,  thenceforward,  strictly  to  his 
profession,  and  to  the  beneficial  influences  of  his  happy  and  refined 
home.  His  legal  practice  increased  and  extended  to  all  the  courts,  but 
he  most  esteemed  and  sought  the  liberal  and  technical  system  of  civil 
law  in  the  Admiralty  Court.  Evidences  of  his  industry  and  ability  may 
be  seen  in  the  law  reports  of  the  time.  Sometimes  he  appears  to  have 
relieved  the  severe  labors  of  his  profession  by  literary  writing  for  the 
Magazine.    Late  in  the  Summer  of  1835,  the  Argus  was  enlivened  by 


SEVENTH  GENERATION. 


141 


a  series  of  letters  from  his  pen,  descriptive  of  the  Northern  journey, 
in  which  he  was  accompanied  by  his  wife  and  her  parents.  At  that 
time,  Canada  and  the  White  Mountains  were  not  quite  so  familiar  as  they 
are  now.  On  the  14th  of  October,  he  was  appointed  the  Reporter  of 
the  Decisions  of  the  Supreme  Coml  of  Maine,  an  important  and  then 
lucrative  office.  His  reputation  as  a  lawyer — as  an  influential  and 
public  spiiited-citizen — had  become  well  and  widely  established.  Con- 
scious of  natural  abilities  and  accomplishments,  certain  of  devoted 
political  and  personal  friends,  of  a  dignified  and  pleasant  professional 
position,  and  of  means  to  secure  him  from  want,  and  secure  in  the 
possession  of  soothing  and  ennobling  domestic  life, — he  was  now  sud- 
denly cut  off  by  death.  Making  an  impression  so  striking  and  sad  of 
bereavement  to  his  friends,  and  of  loss  to  the  whole  society  of  which  he 
was  a  part,  that  it  has  never  yet  changed  its  hue.  He  was  attacked 
with  typhus  fever  and  after  a  painful  illness  of  four  weeks,  died  on  the 
15th  day  of  November. — {From  the  forthcoming  history  of  Bowdoin 
College. 

Prof.  Henry  W.  Longfellow,  writing  in  reference  to  Mr.  Pierce, 
says  : — 

"  I  have  never  ceased  to  feel  that  in  his  death  something  was  taken 
from  my  own  life,  which  could  never  be  restored.  Though  particular 
incidents  have  faded  from  my  memory,  the  general  impression  of  his 
person  and  character  remains  ineffaced  and  unimpared  ;  perhaps  even 
more  perfect  and  complete  from  the  lapse  of  time,  as  distance  enables  us 
to  estimate  more  truly  the  exact  proportions  of  an  object.  I  have 
before  me  always  his  tall  and  erect  figui  e,  in  the  vigor  of  early  man- 
hood, his  frank  and  handsome  countenance,  in  which  sweetness  and 
energy  were  mingled,  and  which  in  its  outlines,  though  less  stern  and 
cold,  much  resembled  the  portraits  of  his  grand-uncle,  the  Count  of 
Rumford.  I  have  constantly  in  my  memory,  also,  his  beautiful  and 
manly  character  ;  frank,  generous,  impetuous,  gentle ;  by  turns  joyous 
and  sad — mirthful  and  serious  ;  elevated  by  the  consciousness  of  power, 
depressed  by  the  misgivings  of  self-distrust ;  but  always  kind,  always 
courteous,  and,  above  all,  noble  in  thought,  word  and  deed !  Such  was 
the  friend  of  my  youth,  of  whom  I  have  said  elsewhere — 

'  He,  the  youDg  and  brave,  who  cherished 
Ardent  lougin^s  for  the  strife, 
By  the  road-side  fell  and  perished, 
Weary  with  the  march  of  life.'  " 

645.  John'''  Piekck  {John^,  Josiah^^  Josiah^,  John^^  Thomas^^ 
Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  2,  1789;  m.  Jan.  10,  1815,  Ruth  Powers,  b.  June 
17,  1792.  '  He  d.  Dec.  28,  1871.    Res.  Hiram,  Me.    Children  :— 

2347.  i.     Nathan,  b.  June  24-,  1817;  d.  April  12,  1840. 

2348.  ii.     John,  b.  Dec.  13,  1818;  d.  Marcli  13,  1820. 
23W.    iii.   Mary  \V.,  b.  Sept.  22,  1822;  m.  Lemuel  Cotton. 

2350.  iv.    Sarah,  b.  Dec.  13,  1823;  m.  Rev.  A.  P.  Sanborn. 

2351.  v.     Ruth,  b.  April  30,  1825;  m.  Samuel  Lewis. 

2352.  vi.    John,  b.  July  30,  1827 ;  m.  Harriet  M.  Craig. 


142 


PIERCE  PEDIGEEE. 


2353.  vii.  Hosea,  b.  Jan.  30,  1830;  m.  Mary  Parker. 

2354.  viii.  Clarissa,  b.  April  17,  1834 ;  m.  Charles  H.  Tripp. 

646.  Josiah'^  Pierce  (J'ohn^,  tTosiah^,  Josiah^^  JoJm^,  Thomas^^ 
Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  8,  1790;  m.  Jan.  15,  1834,  Mary  Hancock,  b.  July 
4,  1793,  d.  May  17,  1879.  He  d.  April  16,  1863.  Res.  Hiram,  Me. 
No  children. 

648.  Benjamin  T.'''  Pierce  {John^,  Josiah^^  Josiah^^  Jolin^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  18,  1794;  m.  Nov.  17,  1829,  Nancy 
Young,  b.  April  2,  1799,  d.  Dec.  30,  1847.  He  d.  May  17,  1860. 
Res.  Patten,  Me.    Children  :— 

2355.  1.     Benjamin,  b.  Oct.  30,  1830;  d.  Feb.  23,  1831. 

2356.  ii.     Gardner,  b.  Dec.  12,  1832;  cl.  Sept.  1,  1862. 

2357.  iii.   Almira  J.,  b.  March  25,  1834;  m.  Ira  Morrill  and  J.  B.  Dally. 

649.  William'^  Pierce  {John^,  Josiah^,  Josiah"^,  tTohn^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  April  1,  1796;  m.  June  10,  1818,  Betsey  Larrabee,  b. 
April  6,  1798,  d.  May  10,  1861.  He  d.  Oct.  8,  1876.  Res.  Hiram, 
Me.  Children 

2358.  i.      Susan,  b.  Oct.  10,  1819;  m.  Francis  Meade. 

2359.  ii.     Rebecca  W.,  b.  Feb.  1,  1821;  m.  George  Bumpus. 

2360.  iii.    Elizabeth  A.,  b.  Feb.  5,  1825;  m.  James  Abbott  and   

Nevins. 

2361.  iv.    William  B.,  b.  July  17,  1826;  m.  Augusta  Berry. 

2362.  V.     Phebe  T.,  b.  June  9,  1829;  m.  Jason  Clark. 

2363.  vi.    Charles  W.,  b.  July  21,  1831 ;  m.  Ann  E.  Scamrnon. 

2364.  vii.  George  W.,  b.  March  20,  1834;  num.    Res.  Colorado. 

2365.  viii.  Arthur,  b.  April  15,  1835;  m.  Lizzie  Gile. 

2366.  ix.    Henry  A.,  b.  June  10,  1842;  d.  Aug.  16,  1863. 

650.  Timothy  C.'''  Pierce  {John^^  Josiah^,  Josiah"^,  Johri^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  6,  1800;  rn.  June  10,  1824,  Olive  Pin- 
gree,  b.  Aug.  12,  1797,  d.  Dec.  10,  1865.  He  d.  Jan.  26,  1856.  Res. 
Brighton,  Mass.    Children  : — 

2367.  i.      Olive,  b.  Aug.  12,  1826;  m.  John  F.  Mentzer. 

2368.  ii.     Phebe,  b.  July  8,  1829;    m.  Madison  Clark. 

652.  Daniel"^  Pierce  {John^^  Josiah^,  Josiah^,  John^,  Thomas'^^ 
Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  7,  1802  ;  m.  April  6,  1823,  Abigail  Hancock,  b. 
May  16,  1806.    Res.  Hiram,  Me.  Children:— 

2369.  i.      Harriet  W.,  b.  Aug.  3,  1824;  m.  Lorin  Robertson. 

2370.  ii.     Hannah  H.,  b.  March  18,  1827;  m.  Beuj.  N.  Craig. 

2371.  iii.    Abigail  J.,  b.  Dec.  23,  1831;  m.  Geo.  F.  Clement. 

2372.  iv.    Daniel  W.,  b.  June  26,  1834;  ra.  Lois  G.  Lane. 

2373.  V.     John  H.,  b.  Dec.  31,  1837  ;  m.  Fidelia  Temple  and  Sarah  Spikins. 

2374.  vi.    Alden  M.,  b.  May  3,  1840;  d.  Aug.  13,  1868. 

2375.  vii.  Julia  A.,  b.  Feb.  3,  1843;   m.   Charles  Roberts   and  Josiah 

Thurston. 

655.  Joseph'^  Pierce  {Joseph^ ^  Johiv'^  Josiah^ ^  John^,  Thomas^, 
Tho7nas^),  b.  May  15,  1773;  m.  1794,  Susanna  Lawrence,  b.  June  21, 
1775,    d.  1852.    He  d.  1840.    Res.  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.  Children:— 

2376.  i.      Hubbard  L.,  b.  March  1,1795;  m.  Amy  Spalding  and  Matilda 

H.  Brockway. 


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143 


2377.  ii.  Lewis,  b.  Dec.  21,  1796;  m.  Abigail  Stowell. 

2378.  iii.  Alfreda,  b.  Feb.  21,  1799;  d.  Oct.  25,  1816. 

2379.  iv.  Eliza,  b.  June  19,  1801 ;  ra.  Wm.  L.  Kelley. 

2380.  V.  Calista,  b.  May  19,  1804;  m.  Abel  Wiley. 

2381.  iv.  Caroline,  b.  Oct.  7,  1807;  m.   Ramsdell. 

2382.  vii.  Henry  M.,  b.  April  15,  1809;  d.  April  17,  1813. 

2383.  viii.  WillardM.,  b.  Aug.  12,  1813;  m.  Lucinda  C.  Witherell. 

2384.  ix.  Richard,  b.  Jan.  20,  1818;  d.  Sept.  15,  1818. 

658.  JoTHAM^  Pierce  {Joseph^ ^  John^,  Josiah^,  Johri^,  Thomas'^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  12,  1778;  m.  March  1,  1804,  Mary  R.  Cobb,  b. 
April  5,  1782,  d.  June  80,  1832.  He  d.  Aug.,  1823.  Res.  Coventry, 
Yt.  and  Montreal,  C.  E.    Children  :— 

Infant;  d.  young. 

Mary  C,  b.  March  25,  1807;  m.  Isaiah  B.  Johnson. 
Infant  ;  d.  young. 
Bradford,  b.  1809;  d.  1815. 
Lucius,  b.  1812;  d.  1815. 
Infant;  d.  young. 


2385. 

2386. 

ii. 

2387. 

iii. 

2388. 

iv. 

2389. 

V. 

2390. 

vi. 

2391. 

vii. 

2392. 

viii, 

2393. 

ix. 

2394. 

X. 

2395. 

xi. 

Charles  K.,  b.  June  11,  1818;  m.  Sarah  Barker  and  Mary  A. 
Barker. 

Harriet  A.,  b.  July  24,  1820;  m.  Avery  H.  Goss  and  D.  H.  Wal- 
worth. 

Jotham,  b.  Jan.,  1824;  d.  June,  1832. 

659.  Asa"^  Pierce  {Joseph^,  John^,  Josiah^^  John^^  Thomas^, 

Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  25,  1781  ;  m.     .    He  d.  Sept.,  1846. 

Res.  Belvidere,  111.    His  widow  res.  there  in  1856.    Children : — 

2396.  i.  Willard. 

2397.  ii.     DiANTHA ;  m.  Chapin  Martin ;  res.  W.  Bloomfield,  N.  Y. 

2398.  iii.   . 

2399.  iv.   . 

660.  Martin"^  Pierce  {>Toseph^,  John^^  Josiah'^,  J^ohn^,  Thomas^, 

b.  June  5,  1783;  m.  1803,  Abigail  Sanderson,  b.  June  13, 
1785,  d.  Feb.  25,  1843.    He  m.  2nd,  Oct.   23,  1843,  Nancy  A.  Cleve- 
land, b.  Aug.  2,  1796.    He  d.  April  10,  1804.    Res.  Stanbridge,  P.  Q. 
Children  : — 

2400.  i.      Frederick,  b.  May  1,  1804;  m.  Mary  Briggs. 

2401.  ii.     Varnum,  b.  Nov.  26,  1805;  m.  Evaliue  Goss. 

2402.  iii.    Emeline,  b.  April  25,  1807;  m.  Rav  Steere. 

2403.  iv.    Calvin,  b.  Oct.  30,  1808 ;  d,  1832. 

2404.  V.     Curtis,  b.  March  16,  1811 ;  m.  Mary  Dunham  and  Sarah  Dunham. 

2405.  vi.    Henry,  b.  Nov.  16,  1812;  m.  Lucinda  Stockwell. 

2406.  vii.  Almira,  b.  Sept.  7,  1814;  m.  Nathaniel  Hart. 

2407.  viii.  Hiram,  b.  June  7,  1818  ;  m.  Anna  Beattie. 

2408.  ix.    MiLO,  b.  March  23,  1820;  m.  Amanda  Baker. 

2409.  X.     MiLONA,  b.  Feb.  23,  1822;  m.  Henry  Scott. 

2410.  xi.    Alvira,  b.  May  13,  1824;  d.  June  13,  1825. 

2411.  xii.  Jotham,  b.  July  29,  1826;  m.  March  29,  1829. 

661.  Leonard"^  Pierce  {Joseph^,  John^,  Josiah^^  John^,  Thomas'^, 
Tho7nas^),  b.  July  28,  1785  ;   m.  March  23,  1815,  Naney  Norris,  b. 


144 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


May  22,  1786,  d.  March  15,  1864.  He  d.  May  14,  1852.  Res. 
Brownington,  Vt. 


Children : — 

2412.  i.  Harriet  M.,  b.  Dec.  18,  1815;  ra.  Joseph  Wheelock. 

2413.  ii.  Shubael,  b.  Feb.  1,  1818;  d.  Sept.  16,  1846. 

2414.  iii.  Margaret,  b.  Aug.  23,  1820;  d.  July  7,  1847. 

2415.  iy.  Sally  A.,  b.  Oct.  10,  1822;  m.  Dec.  25,  1846. 

2416.  V.  LuciNA  P.,  b.  Oct.  8,  1824;  ra.  Daniel  O.  Parlin. 

2417.  vi.  Wilder  L.,  b.  Jan.  5,  1827;  d.  Feb.  6,  1846. 

2418.  vii.  Andrew  M.,  b.  Aug.  8,  1829;  ra.  Rodaska  Paddleford. 

662.  Wilder^  Pierce,  Esq.  {Joseph^^  Johyv*,  Josiah"^,  John^, 
Thomas'^^  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  3,  1788;  m.  June  9,  1817,  Nancy  Parsons, 
b.  April  29,  1799,  d.  Jan.  10,  1853.  He  d.  Sept.  30,  1866.  "Wilder 
Pierce  was  born  in  Westmoreland,  N.  H.,  commenced  mercantile  busi- 
ness at  Stanstead  Plains,  Canada,  in  1816.  In  1817,  he  married 
Nancy  Parsons,  daughter  of  Israel  Parsons,  of  Hatfield,  Mass.  He 
retired  from  trade  in  1837,  and  employed  the  remaining  years  of  his 
life  in  the  cultivation  of  his  farm.  He  was  early  appointed  magistrate, 
and  was  for  many  years  actively  employed  in  public  affairs."  Res. 
Stanstead,  P.  Q. 


Children : — 

2419.  i.      Charles  W.,  b.  April  23,  1818;  m.  Mary  F.  Hortou. 

2420.  ii.     Sarah  P.,  b.  March  14,  1820;  ra.  Henry  Keyes. 

2421.  iii.    John  A.,  b.  Sept.  12,  1823;  d.  July  20,  1861. 

2422.  iv.    George,  b.  May  31,  1825;  ra.  Mary  M.  Clapp. 

2423.  V.     Henry  G.,  b.  June  9,  1827;  ra.  Mary  C.  Benton. 

2424.  vi.    Julia  A.,  b.  April  5,  1829;  ra.  Geo.  L.  Goodwin. 

2425.  vii.  Carlos,  b.  May  20,  1831 ;  ra.  Mary  A.  Mills. 

2426.  viii.  Emma  F.,  b.  Sept.  17,  1833;  ra.  Henry  Keyes. 

2427.  ix.    Martha,  b.  March  1,  1836;  ra.  Isaac  Butters. 

2428.  X.     Mary,  b.  April  2,  1838;  ra.  Walter  B.  Cobb. 

2429.  xi.    Emily,  b.  Oct.  29,  1821 ;  d.  Feb.  26,  1832. 

663.  Alfred'''  Pierce  {Joseph^,  John^,  Josiah"^,  John^,  Thomas^^ 
Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  9,  1790  ;  m.  .   H.  d.  April  11,  1822. 


Children  : — 

2430.    i.  .  2431.    ii.   .  2432.    iii.   . 

664.    Shubael'''  Pierce  {Joseph^,  John^^  Josiah^^  John^,  Thomas^, 


SEVENTH  GENERATION. 


145 


Thomas^),  b.  April  10,  1793  ;  m.  April  7,  1825,  Mary  A.  Barnard,  b. 
Oct  13,  1799.    He  d.  Jan.  13,  1864.    Res.  Richmond,  R  Q. 


Children  : — 

2433.  i.      William  H.,  b.  Aug.  20,  1828;  d.  Sept.  14,  1834. 

2434.  ii.     Charles  F.,  b.  July  30,  1830;  d.  June  17,  1856. 

2435.  iii.    Ann,  b.  Nov.  5,  1832. 

2436.  iv.    George  H.,  b.  July  4,  1835. 

666.  Thomas"''  Pierce  {Joseph^,  John^^  Joaiah^^  John^^  Thomas'^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  11,  1799;  m.  Jan.  4,  1826,  Olive  Martin,  b.  Nov. 
24,  1806,  d.  March  20,  1879.  He  d.  Jan.  22,  1880.  Res.  Martinsville, 
P.  Q- 


Children  : — 

2437.  i.      Jaivies  M.,  b.  Nov.  1,  1826;  m.  Emily  Barrar. 

2438.  li.     EmLY,  b.  March  14,  1832;  d.  Feb.  5,  1834. 

2439.  iii.    Wllliam  A.,  b.  Aug.  31,  1834;  m.  Maria  Merrill. 

2440.  iv.    Mary,  b.  July  14,  1837 ;  m.  Alo  Kenney. 

2441.  V.     Sarah  F.,  b.  July  13,  1840;  m.  Benj.  N.  Haines. 

2442.  vi.    Albert  C,  b.  Oct.  29,  1842;  m.  Minnie  A.  Ayer. 

2443.  vii.  Henry  T.,  b.  Aug.  17,  1846;  m.  Annie  P.  L.  Manning. 

2444.  viii.  Georgeanna,  b.  March  14,  1849;  d.  June  5,  1853. 

667.  Daniel^  Pierce  {Daniel^,  JoJm^,  Josiah"^,  John^,  Ihomas'^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  27,  1768;  m.  Abigail  Gilson,  b.  June  11,  1766,  d. 
Sept.  23,  1847.    He  d.  Nov.  3,  1839.    Res.  St.  Johnsbury,  Yt. 


Child  :— 

2445.  i.      Warren,  b.  1789  ;  m.  Sally  McManus. 

668.  Aretas^  Pierce  {Daniel^,  John^,  Josiah^,  John^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  2,  1770;  m.  Sept.  5,  1794,  Rebecca  Blood,  b.  March 
8,  1775,  d.  Dec.  2,  1850.  He  d.  Aug.  30,  1840.  Res.  Monroe,  N.  Y. 
Children  : — 

2446.  i.      Aretas,  b.  March  27,  1799;  m.  Matilda  Stedmau. 

2447.  ii.     Jenetta;  m.  ■  Chapman. 


19 


146  . 


PIEKCE  PEDIGREE. 


2448.  iii.    Amanda;  m.  Hunt  Farnsworth. 

2449.  iv.    Casper,  b.  May  28,  1817;  m.  March  18,  1841,  Louisa  Warren,  b. 

April  11,  1813.    Ees.  Holley,  N.  Y.    No  children. 

672.  ISTathaniet^  Pierce  {Daniel^,  John^,  Josiah^^  John^^ 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  8,  1777;  m.  Betsey  McMaims,  b.  Feb. 
22,  1786,  d.  1863.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Patrick  and  Grace  McMaims. 
He  was  one  of  the  Irish  soldiers  that  surrendered  under  Gen.  Burgoyne. 
Res.  Michigan.    Children  : — 

2450.  i.   .  2452.    iii.   .  2454.    v.   — . 

2451.  ii.   .  2453.    iv.   . 

673.  Levi"''  Pierce  {Daniel^,  John^,  Josiah^,  Johyi^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  May  24,  1779  ;  m.  1802,  Polly  Fowler,  b.  1779,  d.  Aug., 
1865.    He  d.  Oct.,  1839.    Res.  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.    Children  :— 

2455.  i.      Mary,  b.  Sept.  19,  1804;  m.  Ezra  Brighara. 

2456.  ii.     Mercy,  b.  May  3,  1806;  m.  Lathrop  Cole. 

2457.  iii.  ^Lydia,  b.  Nov.,  1813;  m.  Loren  Stone. 

2458.  iv.    Caroline;  d.  1840. 

2459.  V.    Lucy,  b.  1822;  d.  Oct.,  1838. 

2460.  vi.    Myranda,  b.  1824;  d.  Jan.,  1832. 

674.  Abel'''  Pierce  {Daniel^,  John^,  Josiah^j  John^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  12,  1781  ;  m.  Dec.  29,  1805,  Mercy  Allin,  b.  May 
21,  1783,  d.  Jan.  30,  1850.  He  d.  Jan.  10,  1862.  Res.  St.  Johnsbury 
Centre,  Vt. 


Children : — 

2461.  i.      Louisa  H.,  b.  Oct.  29,  1808;  m.  Orlando  W.  Hutchinson  and 

Joseph  Clark. 

2462.  ii.     Sally,  b.  Oct.  3,  1810. 

2463.  iii.    Josiah  H.,  b.  April  26,  1814;  d.  Nov.  8,  1816. 

2464.  iv.    JosENTHiA,  b.  Aug.  8,  1816;  m.  Darius  Bradley. 

2465.  V.    Abel  A.,  b.  April  28,  1825 ;  m.  Eosetta  Ayer  and  Sarah  McGrath. 

675.  Reuben'''  Pierce  {Daniel^ ^  John^,  Josiah^^  Johji^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  May  25,  1783  ;  m.  L>ec.  4,  1807,  Abigail  Cobb,  b.  Jan.  5, 
1788.  She  d.  Sept.  26,  1868.  He  d.  July  25,  1855.-  Res.  St.  Johns- 
bury, Vt. 


Children  : — 

2466.  i.  John  S.,  b.  Jan.  8,  1809;  m.  Sarah  Gould. 

2467.  ii.  Nancy  S.,  b.  Jan.  80,  1810;  ra.  Leonard  Wright. 

2468.  iii.  Horatio  A.,  b.  March  7,  1812;  m.  Claissa  Stearns. 

2469.  iv.  Freelove  B.,  b.  July  4,  1822;  m.  John  Prescott. 

2470.  V.  Prentiss  L.,  b.  May  5,  1829;  m.  Martha  J.  Powers. 

2471.  vi.  Candace,  b.  July  13,  1813;  m.  Josiah  Cobb. 


SETEXTH  GENEKATIOX. 


147 


678.  Thoaias'  Pierce  {Thomas^.  John'^,  JosiahS  John^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^\  b.  1780;  m.  Betsev  Sanderson,  b.  1789,  d.  Oct.  21,  1842. 
He  m.  2nd,  Mrs.  Melon  (Roberts)  Flint.  She  d.  Oct.  12,  1850.  He 
d.  Xov.  23,  1857.    Res.  St.  Johnsbury,  Yt. 

Children  :— 

2472.  i.      Hiram,  b.  June  3,  1803 ;  m.  Lois  Stiles  and  Dlantha  Fuller. 

2473.  ii.     Phebe,  b.  Auij.  19,  1805;  m.  Willard  Minot. 

2474.  iii.    Eichard,  b.  June  21,  1807;  d.  June  14,  1808. 

2475.  iv.    MiLO,  b.  June  6,  1808:  m.  Eliza  Bennett. 

2476.  V.     Patty,  b.  June  24,  1811;  m.  Lemuel  Wright. 

2477.  vi.    Jabez,  b.  April  13,  1813:  d.  June  3,  1816. 

2478.  Tii.  Lucy,  b.  Feb.  24.  1815;  d.  Sept.  14,  1855. 

2479.  viii.  Abigail,  b.  May  22,  1817;  m.  Thomas  Brigham. 

689.  TnoiiAs'''  Pierce  {John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas'^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  April  8,  1763  :  m.  Sept.  26,  1790,  Baradill 
Fox,  b.  May  21,  1768,  d.  May  11,  1839.    He  d.  Feb.  23,  1843. 

Children  : — 

2480.  i.      Hardy,  b.  Oct.  6,  1791 ;  d.  unm.  Xot.  25,  1871. 

2481.  ii.     SuSAX,  b.  April  13,  1793;  m.  Ammi  Doubleday. 

2482.  iii.    Jabez,  b.  May  9,  1794;  m.  Ann  Mary  King. 

2483.  iv.    IMariaB.,  b.  April  15,  1799;  m.  Robert  M^  Bailey. 

2484.  V.     JULL4.  A.,  b.  Dec.  19,  1803;  m.  Horatio  N.  Gilbert. 

2485.  vi.    Abby  J.,  b.  Jan.  21,  1806;  m.  Jared  M.  Root. 

691.  Spalding"  Pierce  {Joh?i^,  Thomas'',  Thomas'^,  Thomas^^ 
Thomas^  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  29,  1768:  m.  April  18,  1799,  Nabby 
Bacon,  b.  Sept.  24,  1782.  d.  May  14.  1872.  He  d.  Feb.  14,  1827.  Res. 
Paris,  X.  Y. 


Children  :  — 

2486.  i.      Esther,  b.  Dec.  21,  1802;  m.  Ransom  Curtis. 

2487.  ii.     Lewis  B.,  b.  July  18,  1805;  d.  Feb.  18,  1808. 

2488.  iii.    William  L.,  b.  Feb.  16,  1810;  m.  Susan  Barriuger. 

2489.  iv.    Phixeas  S.,  b.  June  7,  i812;  d.  July  21,  1814. 

2490.  V.     Syl^-ester  P.,  b.  Sept.  19,  1814;  m.  Cornelia  Marsh. 

2491.  vi.    Sophia,  b.  Jan.  6,  1817;  d.  May,  24,  1877. 

2492.  Tii.  John  S.,  b.  Mav  8,  1819;  m.  Fidelia  Griffith. 

2493.  viii.  Abby,  b.  Oct.  31,  1822;  d.  Sept.  3,  1824. 

692.    Sylvester'''  Pierce  {John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^, 

Thomas'^.  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  17.  1770;  m.  Eunice  ,  b.  1778,  d. 

March  4,  1812.    He  d.  Jan.  30,  1814.    Res.  Plainfield,  Conn. 

Children : — 


2494.  i.      Mary  A. ;  m. 

2495.  ii.  Emily. 


Fox.     2496.    iii.    Susan  Z. 
2497.    iv.    Eunice  S. 


148 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


695.  Phineas"^  Pierce  {Lemuel^,  Ehenezer^^  Thomas^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  1768 ;  m.  1792,  Rowena  Harris,  b.  1778,  d. 
April  10,  1850.  He  d.  1855.  Res.  Mansfield,  Sterling  and  Rockville, 
Conn.    Children : — 

2498.  i.      Olive,  b.  1794;  m.  Sterry  Angell. 

2499.  ii.     Martha;  d.  unm.  1856. 

2500.  iii.    Charles,  b.  1798;  m.  Emily  Edson  and  Maria  White. 

2501.  iv.    Martin,  b.  Sept.,  1803;  m.  Julia  Hall. 

2502.  V.     Maria,  b.  1805  ;  m.  Owen  Green. 

2503.  vi.    Asa,  b.  1807;  d.  1810. 

2504.  vii.  Darius,  b.  1809 ;  m.  . 

2505.  viii.  Rowena,  b.  1811;  d.  unm.  1851. 

2506.  ix.    Hannah,  b.  1813. 

2507.  X.     Betsey,  b.  1817;  m.  Julius  Rich. 

2508.  xi.    Emeline,  b.  1819 ;  m.  Austin  Caswell. 

696.  Saiviuel^  Pierce  {Thomas^,  Amos^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^  Thomas^  b.  Sept.  22,  1756;  m.  Oct.  25,  1781,  Hannah 
White,  b.  Jan.  8,  1761,  d.  May  24,  1846.  He  d.  March  11,  1832.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812.  Res.  Canaan,  Conn.,  and  Salis- 
bury, Yt. 


Children : — 

2509.  i.      Elizabeth,  b.  Aug.  12,  1782;  m.  Jesse  Story. 

2510.  ii.     Theodothia,  b.  May  14,  1784;  d.  Dec.  21, 1843. 

2511.  iii.    Submit,  b.  April  6,  1786;  m.  John  Weaver. 

2512.  Iv.    Alvares,  b.  Dec.  3,  1791 ;  m.  Polly  Booth  and  Sarah  M.  Ryan. 

2513.  V.     Samuel,  b.  May  31,  1794 ;  d.  Feb.  3,  1809. 

2514.  vi.    Rodney,  b.  April  1,  1796;  m.  Eliza  Severance. 

2515.  vii.  Hannah,  b.  Dec.  18,  1798;  m.  Alvah  English. 

2516.  viii.  S.  William,  b.  Dec.  26,  1801;  m.  Eliza  Bigelow. 

2517.  ix.    Alonzo,  b.  May  19,  1804;  d.  Aug.  19,  1826. 

700.  John'''  Pierce  {Thomas^,  Amos^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas'^, 
Thomas^  b.  April  20,  1764;    ra.  Nov.  28,  1798,  Sally 

Daboll,  b.  July  12,  1778,  d.  Sept.  24,  1817.  He  m.  2nd,  June  10,  1822, 
Mary  Smith,  b.  1777,  d.  April  25,  1832.  He  d.  April  17,  1832.  Res. 
Canaan,  Conn. 


Children  : — 

2518.  i.      Harriet,  b.  June  20,  1801;  m.  Jan.  21,  1822,  Buel  Green.  Res. 

Garrettsville,  Ohio. 

2519.  ii.     Rodney,  b.  July  12,  1807;  m.  three  times. 

2520.  iii.    Andrew,  b.  July,  21,  1814;  m.  Mary  A.  Cleveland. 
2621.    iv.    John  D.,  b.  May  5,  1817;  m.  Mary  West. 


SEVENTH  GENEEATION. 


149 


703.  SrLAs"  Pierce  {Thomas^,  Amos^,  Thomas\  Thomas^, 
Thomas^  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  24,  1772  ;  m.  1829,  Lois  Weed  Kelsey, 
b.  1780,  d.  May  14,  1851.  He  d.  March  5,  1858.  Res.  Torrington, 
Conn.,  and  Alford,  Mass,    No.  children. 


-  711.  Sameel"  Pierce  {Amos^,  Amos^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  March  27,  1783;  m.  Aug.  23.  1807,  Sally  Gor- 
ham,  b.  July  29,  1783,  d.  Ang.  5,  1856.  He  d.  May  3,  1860.  Res. 
Elbridge,  K  Y.    Children  :— 

2522.  i.  Amos,  b.  Dec.  5,  1803 ;  d.  April  4,  1844. 

2523.  ii.  HEisTiT  M.,  b.  Aug.  11,  1810;  m.  Cornelia  C.  Campbell. 

2524.  iii.  Betsey,  b.  July  8,  1812:  m.  John  Chase. 

2525.  iy.  Sally,  b.  1814:  d.  April  18,  1842. 

2526.  V.  Mahia,  b.  Aug.  18,  1816;  d.  July  24,  1819. 

2527.  yi.  Williavi,  b.  Dec.  19,  1818;  m.  Aurelia  Bowker. 

2528.  Tii.  jMen-erya,  b.  April  8,  1822 ;  m.  James  Eedman. 

713.  WiLLiA3i~  Pierce  {Amos^,  Amos^  Thomas'^.  Thomas^, 
Thomas^.  Thomas'^),  b.  Feb.  25,  1787;  m.  Jan.  19,  1813,  PoUy  Lore- 
land,  b.  Oct.  2,  1792,  d.  Koy.  23,  1855.  He  d.  Oct.  19,  1864,  in 
Canaan,  Conn.    Children  : — 

2529.  i.      Amos,  b.  Nov.  12,  1814;  m.  May  13,  1841,  Marianna  Butler;  m. 

2Dd,  Oct.  5,  1864,  Mrs.  Saloma  E.  Lewis. 

2530.  ii.     Wlllia^vi  G,,  b.  Nov.  27,  1816;  m.  May  1,  1848,  Jane  E.  Adams. 

2531.  iii.    Mary,  b.  Dec.  24,  1818;  m.  Jan.  2,  1840,  John  E.  Elton.  M.  D. 

They  res.  in  Vineland,  J.  Ch.  :  Laura  P.,  b.  Oct.  14,  1842; 
Mary  E.,  b.  Oct.  8,  1845.  d.  March.  1855. 

2532.  iy.    Laura,  b.  April  29,  1821;  d.  Dec.  16,  1855. 

2533.  y.     Daniel  L.,  b.  Jan.  1,  1824;  m.  June  5,  1850,  Ann  E.  Eood. 

720.  Phineas"^  Pierce  {Fhineas^^  Amos^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  16,  1781;  m.  1810,  Annie  Kellogg,  b. 
1787,  d.  April,  1813.    He  d.  Sept.,  1815.    Children  :— 

2534.  i.      Eantsty,  b.  Jan.,  1811;  m.  Dr.   Cumraings. 

2535.  ii.     SA3IUEL  E.,  b.  Jan.  23,  1813;  m.  Sylvia  J.  Comstock. 

722.  Amos"  Pierce  (^Phineas^^  Amos^.  Thomas'^.  Thomas^, 
Tho77ias^.  Thomas^),  b.  July  31,  1784;  ni.  1811,  Marv  Sanford.  b. 

1790,  d.  Sept.  30,  1845.    He  ra.  2nd,  .    He  d.  July  20, 

1872.    Res.  Poultney,  Yt.  and  Roseville,  Ills, 


Children  : — 

2536.  i.      Clement,  b.  Sept.  24,  1813;  m.  Nancy  Earr. 

2537.  ii.     WiLLiA3r  H.,  b.  Jan.  23,  1816;  m.  Angeline  Waldron  and  Harriet 

Woods. 


150 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


2538.  iii.    Marietta,  b.  1818 ;  m.  Henry  Kelsey. 

2539.  iv.    Stephen,  h.   Sept.  24,  1820;  m.  Elizabeth  Hanan  and  Lottie 

Johnson. 

2540.  V.     Phebe  J.,  b.  March  7,  1823;  m.  Charles  W.  H.  Chapin. 

2541.  vi.    Eliza,  b.  March  10,  1825;  d.  Dec.  19,  1845. 

723.  Abiram^  Pierce  {Phineas^,  Amos^,  Thomas^^  Thomas^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^  b.  May  20,  1786;  ra.  Jan.  8,  1809, .  Sarah 
Satterlee,  b.  March  21,  1787,  d.  May  7,  1848.    He  d.  Oct.  17,  1860. 

ChildreD  : — 

2542.  1.      Christopher  E.,  b.  Sept.  24,  1809;  m.  May  7,  1838,  Emeline 

Pierce. 

2543.  ii.     William  S.,  b.  July  9,  1811;  m.  Jan.  12,  1847,  Sarah  Hermon. 

2544.  iii.    Stephen,  b.  Aug,  29,  1813 ;  m.  Aug.  23,  1838,  Mary  Ransom. 
2544i.  iv.    Mary,  b.  April  5,  1816;  m.  Sept.  12,  1838,  John  Spaulding,  b. 

July  29,  1814,  d.  Nov.  20,  1846.  Ch.  :  Sarah  E.,  b.  July  21,  1839, 
d.  Sept.  7,  1852;  John  A.,  b.  May  3,  1841,  m.  Sarah  I.  Car- 
nochan;  Jane  P.,  b.  April  1,  1845,  m.  Leroy  F.  Halloway; 
Erancis  E.,  b.  May  24,  1847,  ra.  Robert  F.  Redington. 

2545.  V.     Jane  L.,  b.  July  19,  1818;  m.  Jan.  28,  1841,  John  L.  Johnson,  b. 

Oct.  14,  1814.  Ch.  :  Julius,  b.  Aug.  1,  1842,  m.  Henrietta  Mor- 
ley;  Mary,  b.  Aug.  24,  1844,  m.  Geo.  W.  Ray;  Abiram,  b.  Jan. 
14,  1853,  d.  March  26,  1853. 

2546.  vi.    Amos,  b.  Oct.  -12,  1820;  m.  June  1,  1843,  Laura  Pomeroy. 

2547.  vii.  Emma,  b.  June  9,  1824;  m.  April  1,  1845,  Horace  Pomeroy,  b. 

Jan.  19,  1819.  Ch.  :  Alice,  b.  Aug.  25,  1850,  m.  L.  M.  Smith; 
Jennie,  b.  Nov.  21,  1858 ;  Louise,  b.  Aug.  14,  1861. 

726.  Stephen'^  Pierce  {Phineas^,  Amos^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas'),  b.  June  18,  1791  ;  m.  Aug.  11,  1822,  Edith  Low, 
b.  Sept.  10,  1805,  d.  Sept.  7,  1869.  He  d.  Sept.  6,  1847.  Res.  Exeter, 
111.    Children  :— 

2548.  i.  Marian,  b.  Sept.  10,  1823;  d.  May  31,  1827. 

2549.  ii.  Amos,  b.  Jan.  1,  1825;  d.  Jan.  1,  1825. 

2550.  iii.  Abiram,  b.  April  30,  1826;  m.  Maria  Draper. 

2551.  iv.  Stephen,  b.  Nov.  8,  1828;  ra.  Elizabeth  Miller. 

2552.  V.  Julia,  b.  June  25,  1832;  m.  J.  M.  Mills. 

2553.  vi.  Mary,  b.  April  13,  1837 ;  m.  Owen  Nicholson. 

727.  Horace'''  Pierce  (Phineas^,  Amos^,  Tho7nas\  Thomas^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  16,  1803;  m.  Nov.  5,  1826,  Mary  Per- 
kins, b.  Nov.  28,  1805.    He  d.  Dec.  12,  1864.    Res.  E.  Smithfield,  Pa. 


Children  : — 

2554.  1.      Walter,  b.  Oct.  3,  1834;  m.  Lorancy  Carpenter. 

2555.  ii.     Harry,  b.  Dec.  22,  1842 ;  m.  Harriet  Campbell. 


SEVENTH  GENEEATION. 


161 


729.  Haery''  PiePwCe  {Phineas^^  Amos^,  Thomas'^.  Thomas'^ ^ 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  20,  1808;  m.  May  11,  1834.  Alma  Phelps, 
b.  Juue  29.  1814,  d.  March  16,  1861.    Res.  E.  Sraithfield,  Pa. 

Children  :— 

2556.  i.      Sarah  J.,  b.  Oct.  23,  1835;  m.  D.  C.  Holcomb. 

2557.  ii.     Clarence  H..  b.  July  29,  1833;  m.  Marion  Morlev. 

2558.  iii.    Faxxie.  b.  Nov.  10,  1811;  m.  W.  A.  Shoemaker.  " 

2559.  iv.    Helex,  b.  Jan.  6,  1813 ;  m.  V.  C.  Phelps. 

2560.  Y.     LOROX.  b.  Oct.  10.  1816 ;  d,  May  26,  1863. 

2561.  Yi.    Cl-IRa,  b.  Oct.  21,  1850. 

2562.  yii.  Charles,  b.  Xov.  7,  1855;  m.  NeUie  K.  Wood. 

730.  Pelatiah'  Pierce  {John^^  John^.  Thomas'^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas'^) :  m.  Polly  .  Pes.  Wilkesbarre,  Pa.  Child  : — 

2563.  i.      JOHX,  b.  March  13,  1810;  d.  April  7,  1811. 

734.  John"  Pierce  {Joh-n^.  John^.  Thomas'^.  Thomas^.  Thoinas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  27,  1792  ;  m.  Susanna  Shupp,  b.  Dec.  23,  1792.  d. 
XoY.  29,  1861.  He  d.  Sept.  28.  1836.  He  served  in  the  war  of 
1812.     Res.  Wilkesbarre,  Pa.  Children:— 

2561.  i.  Charles,  b.  Eeb.  3,  1813. 

20Q0.  ii.  Philip,  b.  Sept.  6,  1816;  d.  March  1,  1818. 

2566.  iii.  Everett,  b.  Xov.  17,  1818. 

2567.  iv.  JoHX,  b.  June  10,  1820. 

2568.  v.  Catherixe,  b.  April  25.  1822:  m.  Andrew  Lamb. 

2569.  vi.  James  B.,  b.  July  16.  1828. 

2570.  Yii.  Mary.  b.  March  5.  1330. 

2571.  viii.  Samuel,  b.  May  1.  1831. 

2572.  ix.  Axdrew  K.,  b.  March  17,  1837. 

737.  Palmer^  Pierce  (^r/7io^%6^  Timothy''^,  Timothy^.  Thomas^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  8,  1761  ;  m.  Xov.  20,  1783,  Eunice  Kim- 
ball. She  d.  May,  1791.  He  m.  2nd,  Sept.,  1792,  Lydia  Barton.  He 
d.  Xov.  3,  1840. "  Res.  Xorwich,  Yt.    Children  :— 

2573.  i.      Earl,  b.  Aug.  5,  1785;  m.  0;Ty  Woodward. 
2571.    ii.     Palmer,  b.  July  27,  1787;  m.  Anna  A.  Brewster. 

2575.  iii.  Timothy,  b.  June  17,  1789 ;  d.  June  22,  1820. 

2576.  iv.  JoHX  L.,  b.  ]\Iay,  1791 :  d.  young. 

2577.  V.  JoHx,  b.  Oct.  29,  1793;  m. "Clarissa  Pratt. 

2578.  vi.  EuxiCE.  b.  Oct.  14,  1795;  d.  March,  1852. 

2579.  Yii.  Leoxard,  b.  Aug.  12,  1797;  d.  June  2,  1801. 

2580.  viii.  Chester,  b.  Xov.  18,  1799;  d.  Jan.  19,  1801. 

2581.  ix.  Chester,  b.  ISOl :  d.  Nov.  18,  1801. 

2582.  X.  MiXERYA.  b.  Xov.  3,  1803. 

2583.  xi.  Joseph  B.,  b.  Oct.  12,  1805. 
2581.  xii.  Mary,  b.  Oct.  1,  1812. 

739.  JoHx  L.'  Pierce  (Y'^mo^A?/^  Timothy''^,  Timothy'^.  Thomas'^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas'^),  b.  Aug.  15.  1770;  m.  June  25.  1798,  Apame 
Thomas,  b.  May,  1778.  d.  March  3.'  1849.  He  d.  May  13,  1813.  Res. 
Plain-field.  Conn.    Children  : — 

2585.  i.      Carolixe  A.,  b.  Feb.  19,  1800. 

2586.  ii.     JoHX  G..  b.  Xov.  11,  1802:  m.  Sarah  A.  Babcock. 

2587.  iii.   ,  b.  Xov.,  180i ;  d.  Dec,  1801. 

741.  Job"  Pierce  {Josiah^,  Timothy^.  Timothy'^.  Thomas'^, 
Thomas^.  Thomas'^),  b.  March  22,  1770;  m.  Jerusha  Merv.  b.  April, 


152 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


1780,  d.  May  6,  1802.  He  m.  2nd,  Mercy  Stevens.  He  d.  1827.  Res. 
Caledonia,  N.  Y.    Children  : — 

2588.  i.      Sheppard  ;  m.  Mary  E.  Pitkin. 

2589.  ii.  Dolly. 

2590.  iii.    Joseph  S.,  b.  April  22,  1802;  m.  Celina  Strong  and  Elizabeth 


742.  AzEL^  Pierce  {Josiah^,  Timothy^,  Timothy^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas%  Thomas^),  b.  June  26,  1773 ;  m.  Sept.  28,  1800,  Eliza 
Brewster.  She  d.  Nov.,  1834.  He  m.  2nd,  May,  1836,  Marietta  Fitch. 
He  d.  April  17,  1856.    Res.  Lebanon,  Conn. 


Children : — 

2597.  i.  Eliza,  b.  Aug.,  1801;  d.  July,  1805. 

2598.  ii.  Alfred  B.,  b.  Jan.,  1803;  m.  Harriet  Worthington. 

2599.  iii.  Maria  F.,  b.  April,  1805;  d.  April,  1855. 

2600.  iv.  Eliza  A.,  b.  July,  1807;  m.  Jas.  F.  Dolbeare. 

2601.  V.  Emily,  b.  March,  1809 ;  m.  E.  M.  Worthington  and  Rev.  Chas. 

Galpin. 

2602.  vi.    Lydia,  b.  Jan.,  1811;  m.  Nicholas  Holland. 

745.  Sheppard?  Pierce  {Josiah^,  Timothy^,  Timothy'^,  Thomas'^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  April  29,  1780.  He  went  with  his  parents  to 
Pennsylvania  when  a  small  boy,  and  settled  where  Waverly  now  stands. 
The  writer  of  this  article  has  often  heard  him  say  that  his  father  kept  the 
first  public  inn  that  was  kept  or  opened  in  that  vicinity  or  section  of 
country.  After  spending  several  years  there,  he  went  with  them  to 
Western  New  York,  then  known  as  the  far-famed  "  Genessee  Valley," 
where  he  spent  several  years,  and  buried  his  father  at  Caledonia,  N.  Y. 
He  then  returned,  and  purchased,  in  1806  or  1807,  the  property  upon 
which  he  has  since  lived  and  died,  when  the  country  here  was  almost 
an  unbroken  wilderness ;  there  being  but  few  settlers  then  in  Wysox, 
and  but  one  solitary  log-hut  where  Towanda  now  stands.  He  lived 
for  sixty  years  in  this  vicinity,  honored  and  respected,  then  he  passed 
away  as  the  fruit,  when  full  ripe,  is  severed  fi'om  the  branch  by  the 
autumn  frosts.  He  always  entertained  an  almost  reverential  love  for  what 
he  termed  the  beautiful  Valley  of  Wysox.  He  had  traveled  much  in 
his  life,  and  observed  much,  and  said  it  was  the  most  lovely  spot  he 
had  ever  beheld.  He  m.  Dec.  20,  1810,  Sarah  Colbaugh,  b.  Dec.  25, 
1790,  d.  Sept.,  1850.    He  d.  March  7,  1866.    Res.  Wysox,  Pa. 


Branch. 


2591.  iv.  Eichard. 

2592.  V.  Edward. 

2593.  vi.  James. 


2594.  vii.  William. 

2595.  viii.  Job  C. 

2596.  ix.    Caroline;  m. 


Moss. 


SEVENTH  GEXEEATION. 


153 


Children  : — 

2603.  i.      EvELiXE  B.,  b.  Nov.  29,  1811;  m.  April  24,  1830,  Alonzo  A. 

Bishop,  b.  March  1.  1808.  Ch.  :  Alfred  S.,  b.  Aug.  26,  1831; 
Frances  M.,  b.  Jan.  23,  1833;  Edward  R.,  b.  Sept.  18,  1835;  S. 
Elizabeth,  b.  May  14,  1837;  Mary  A.,  b.  Dec.  5,  1838,  d.  May  4, 
1862;  Jos.  W.,  b.  April  28.  1840^  Shepard  E.,  b.  Au2:.  21.  1846. 

2604.  ii.     Sophia  L.,  b.  May  18,  1813;  m.  Aug.  23,  1837,  Joseph  Conkliu,  b. 

June  1,  1808,  d.  Sept.  1,  1875.  Ch.  :  William  H..  b.  Oct.  12, 
1838;  Georofe,  b.  March  17,  1842. 

2605.  iii.    Chester,  b.  5larch  22,  1815;  m.  Sept.  27,  1843,  Harriet  S.  Lilley; 

m.  2nd,  Oct.  29,  1855,  Charlotte  I.  Broyrn. 

2606.  iv.    Dolly  M.,  b.  Jan.  10.  1817:  m.  Xoy.  7,  1839,  Daniel  Drummond, 

b.  June  5,  1805.  Ch.  :  Clara  M..  b.  March  16,  1841,  d.  July  24, 
1871;  James  S..  b.  June  12,  1843.  d.  March  9,  1850;  Eranklin, 
b.  May  28,  1845;  Sarah,  b.  Oct.  17,  1846;  Robert  E.,  b.  March, 
1848:  Mary  P.,  b.  Dec.  24,  1850;  James  A.,  b.  Jan.  8,  1852; 
AddieM..b.  Oct.  10.1855;  Eya  B. ,  b.  Aug.  15,  1858  ;  SophiaE., 
b.  June  24,  1860. 

2607.  V.     Eliza  E.,  b.  July  21,  1818:  m.  Feb.  8.  1853,  Joseph  Johnson,  b. 

Oct.  13.  1806.  '  Ch.  :  Sarah  A.,  b.  March  4,  1859. 

2608.  vi.    Amaxda,  b.  June  9,  1820;  m.  Aug.  31,  1843.  J.  M.  Wattles,  b. 

1816.  d.  Dec.  13,  1866.  Ch.  :  Henry  L..  b.  June  8,  1844;  John 
P.,  b.  June  21,  1847;  Fred'k,  b.  March  4,  1850;  Sarah  P.,  b. 
Sept.  6,  1856:  Ruth.  b.  Xoy.  7,  1857. 

2609.  yii.  Wllliam  A.,  b.  May  9,  1822;  m.  April  10,  1844,  Anna  M.  Xagle; 

m.  2nd,  May  25,  1863.  Anna  A.  Xewell. 

2610.  yiii.  Hiram  A.,  b.  Sept.  20.  1824;  d.  Sept.  19,  1825. 

2611.  ix.    Sarah  J.,  b.  June  18,  1826. 

2612.  X.     Sheppard  S.,  b.  Mar.  2,  1828;  m.  June  16,  1852,  Sarah  A.  Lilley. 

2613.  xi.    Mary  A.,  b.  Dec.  20,  1829. 

2614.  xii.  Charlotte  A.,  b.  Sept.  11,  1831. 

2615.  xiii.  HaxxahM..  b.  Oct.  2,  1834;  m.  Aug.  25,  1856.  TTilliam  H.  Mor- 

gan, b.  Dec.  10,  1833.  d.  Sept.  13,  1876.  Ch.  :  Ida,  b.  March  22, 
1858;  Susan,  b.  Sept.  14,  1859;  Anna,  b.  Oct.  11,  1861;  William, 
b.  Oct.  10,  1864;  Frances,  b.  Sept.  3,  1867;  John,  b.  April  9, 
1872;  Sarah,  b.  Sept.  3,  1875. 

753.  Willard"  Pierce  {XathanieP.  XatJianieP ,  Timothy^, 
Thomas'^.  Thomas^.  Thomas^,  b.  Jan.  28,  1762;  m.  July  22,  1784, 
Susanna  AValdo,  b.  1763.  d.  May  13.  1835.  He  d.  in  So.  Royalton,  Vt., 
Xov.  25,  1830.    He  was  in  the  Revolutionary  war  at  the  age  of  sixteen. 


Children  : — 

2616.  i.      Betsey,  b.  1785:  d.  yoims. 

2617.  ii.     PHI2CEAS,  b.  July  13,  1787rm.  Sept.  30,  1S13,  Charlotte  S.  Park- 

hurst. 

2618.  iii.    Albigexce.  b.  ^lay  23.  1789;  m.  June  12,  1S13,  Lucy  Bryant;  ra. 

2nd,  Xoy.  15,  1S48,  Mrs.  Louise  Bryant;  m.  3rd,  Jan.  11,  1855, 
Mrs.  Ruth  Hochstrasser. 

2619.  iv.    John  D.,  b.  July  14,  1791;  m.  Xancy  Fogg. 

2620.  V.     Lucy,  b.  Dec.  25,  1793 ;  m.  Jonathan  Herrick.    She  d.  in  West 

Loudon.  X.  H.,  Aug.  10,  1842,  without  issue. 
20 


154 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


2621.  Ti.    Betsey,  b.  July  4,  1796 ;  m.  Sept.  14,  1824,  Carpenter  Greenough, 

d.  1825;  m.  2nd,  May  31,  1829,  Joseph  L.  Dewey,  b.  Aug.  10, 
1789,  d.  June  30,  1873,  in  Hanover,  N.  H.  Ch. ;  Sarah,  b.  1831, 
d.  1861;  Joseph  W.,  b.  Jan.  14,  1833.  He  is  unm.,  is  a  cele- 
brated Physician  and  has  an  office  on  Tremont-St.,  opp.  the 
Museum. 

2622.  vii.  Priscilla,  b.  April  19,  1799 ;  m.  Aug.  25,  1825,  Hon.  Thomas 

Whipple.  Ch.  :  Priscilla,  m.  Dr.  Frank  Bonney;  Celia  G.,  b. 
1833,  m.  John  Wallace;  Delia,  m.  Gen.  Jos.  C.  Abbott;  Phebe 
T.,  m.  Benj.  F.  Ayer;  Edgar,  d.  young.  Res.  Saratoga  Springs, 
N.  Y. 

2628.    viii.  Daniel  W.,  b.  Jan.  20,  1803;  m.  1828,  Olive  Hutchinson. 

755.  Bester"''  Pierce  {Nathaniel^,  Nathaniel^,  Timothy'^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^)-,  ra.  May  21,  1795,  Lois  Stevens;  m.  2nd,  1798, 
Sally  Burroughs;  m.  3rd,  1818,  Miss  McChenney.  Res.  Potsdam, 
N.  Y. 

-^^^^^ 

Children : — 

2624.  i.      Lois;  m.  John  Judd. 

2625.  ii.     Caleb,  b.  Aug.  6,  1799 ;  m.  1827,  Sarah  E.  Farnsworth. 

2626.  iii.    Collins,  b.  1801 ;  m.  Mrs.  Sabriua  Tiffany. 

2627.  iv.    Minerva,  b.  1804 ;  m.  1823,  Silas  H.  Clark,  d.  1855.  Ch. :  Laura, 

d.  1851;  Silas  P.,  b.  1827,  d.  1856. 

2628.  V.     Laura,  b.  1806 ;  m.  Jesse  Cogswell. 

2629.  vi.    John,  b.  Sept.  30,  1820 ;  m.  1847,  Marcia  Hoyt. 

2630.  vii.  Robert,  b.  June  18,  1821 ;  m.  Mary  Rugg. 

757.  IsAAc"^  Pierce  {Nathaniel^^  Nathaniel^^  Timothy^^  Thomas^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  1774  ;  m.  Dec.  22,  1797,  Polly  Smith,  a  sister 
of  the  world-renowned  Joseph  Smith,  the  first  Mormon  prophet,  b. 
1775,  d.  May  24,  1844.    He  d.  Nov.  9,  1847,  in  Royalton,  Vt. 

Children  : — 

2631.  i.      Eunice,  b.  April  29,  1799;  d.  June  9,  1803. 

2632.  ii.     Laura,  b.  Nov.  12,  1801 ;  d.  1803. 

2633.  iii.    Miranda  A.,  b.  June  17,  1803;  m.  Sept.  18,  1827,  Sidney  S. 

Hemenway,  b.  Nov.  25,  1803.  Ch.  :  Horace  P.,  b.  Nov.  17,  1829, 
m.  Sarah  E.  Gross;  Miranda  P.,  b.  Aug.  23,  1831,  d.  April  19, 
1877.    She  d.  Sept.  16,  1831. 

2634.  iv.    Horace,  b.  June  8,  1805 ;  m.  Feb.  17,  1836,  Maria  Cooley. 

2635.  V.     John  S.,  b.  March  6,  1807;  m.  Feb.  10,  1836,  Julia  Huntington. 

2636.  vi.    Susan,  b.  June  20,  1809;  m.  Feb.  14,  1833,  Sidney  S.  Hemen\vay 

[see  iii],  d.  April  4,  1877.  Ch.  ;  Sarah  A.,  b.  Dec.  28,  1833,  m. 
Harley  Ellis;  Ellen  M.,  b.  Aug.  31,  1835,  m.  Charles  E.  Mor- 
rison; Clara  T.,  b.  March  5,  1841,  unm. ;  res.  Hoboken,  N.  J. 

2637.  vii.    Mary  W.,  b.  April  25,  1811;  m.  Sept.  27,  1847,  James  H.  Cook, 

b.  May  20,  1806.  Ch.  :  Horace  P.,  b.  July  9,  1848,  m.  Abbie  M. 
Colby;  Oscar  C,  b.  Oct.  1,  1850,  d.  Feb.  17,  1861.  They  res. 
in  Barton,  N.  H. 

2638.  viii.  Laura,  b.  Feb.  8,  1814;  m.  Jan.  16,  1844,  Edward  W.  Hunting- 

ton. Ch.  :  Alice  G.,  b.  Sept.  20,  1847,  d,  April  13,  1857;  Carrie 
M.,  b.  July  8,  1850,  m.  Marshall  H.  Weeks.  Res.  Lebanon, 
N.  H. 

2639.  ix.    Eliza  A.,  b.  Sept.  2,  1818;  d.  May  16,  1855. 


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155 


758.  Dr.  Caleb"  Pierce  {Xcffhaniel^,  JSTathamel^,  TimothyS 
Thomas^. ^  Thomas'^,  Thomas^) :  in.  Betsey  Fogg.  He  d.  1813.  Res. 
Canaan.  X.  ll.  He  was  a  celebrated  doctor,  and  for  many  years  town 
clerk  of  Canaan,  X.  H.,  and  Ms  aiitograijh  was  obtained  from  the  town 
records. 

Children  :— 

2640.    i.      Xathaxiel  C.  2641.    ii.  Betsey. 

761.  Joseph"  Pierce  {'Tedediah^.  X'athaniel^,  Timothy^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Auo;.  19,  1765  ;  m.  Feb.  28,  1792, 
Roxanua  Perrin,  b.  Jan.  3.  1766,  d.  Mar.  23.  1834.  He  d.  Aug.  9, 
1835.    Res.  So.  Royalton,  Vt.,  and  Potsdam,  X.  Y. 


Children  : — 

2642.  i.      Betsey,  b.  July  5,  1793  ;  m.  William  Brown. 

2643.  ii.     Olive,  b.  Dec.  23,  1794;  m.  John  Patterson. 

2644.  iii.    Seth.  b.  Oct.  19.  1796:  m.  three  wives. 

2645.  iv.    Lois.  b.  Jan.  1,  179S  :  m.  .James  Hebbard. 

2646.  V.     Eatox,  b.  June  13,  ISOO ;  d.  Dee.  6,  1836. 

2647.  vi.    PAR>rELA.  b.  Mav  26.  1802 ;  m.  "William  Patterson. 

2648.  vii.    Joseph,  b.  June'lo,  1804;  d.  July  31,  1824. 

2649.  viii.  John.  b.  Apr.  10,  1806:  ra.  Margaret  Watson. 

2650.  ix.     SuSAX,  b.  Feb.  22,  1808;  m.  E.  A.  Hough.    Died.— At  the 

residence  of  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Lydia  C.  Ayers,  Rochester, 
y.,  July  11,  1880,  Mrs.  Susan  Pierce  Hough,  in  the  73d  year  of 
her  age.  Her  funeral  took  place  from  their  home,  July  13th ; 
the  burial  from  the  residence  of  her  niece,  Mrs.  Geo.  W.  Uuder- 
woocl,  in  Potsdam,  Wednesday,  July  14th.  Mrs.  Hough  was 
born  in  Royalton,  Vt.,  on  the  22d  day  of  February,  1808.  Her 
maiden  name  was  Susan  Pierce.  She  removed  with  her  parents 
from  Vermont  to  Potsdam,  St.  Lawrence  Co.,  X.  Y.,  in  the 
year  1826,  being  18  years  of  age.  Ttiree  years  after — April  29, 
1829 — she  was  mai'ried  to  Mr.  Erastus  A.  Hough,  and  became 
the  mother  of  seven  children,  two  sons  and  five  daughters,  of 
whom  four  are  now  livmg.  From  the  time  of  her  removal  from 
Vermont,  in  1826,  until  the  year  1873,  she  remained  a  resident 
of  Potsdam,  where  her  husband  and  three  of  her  daughters  are 
buried.  Then  she  removed  to  Rochester,  X.  Y.,  to  live  with 
her  daughter,  Mrs.  Lydia  C.  Ayers.  The  next  year  she  was 
stricl^enVith  paralysis,  and  for  the  last  three  years  of  her  life 
was  closely  confined  to  the  house.  Yet  her  long  confinement — 
during  much  of  which  she  was  called  to  endure  great  suftering 
— was  borne  with  patience  and  cheerfulness,  and  with  a 
Christian  faith  which  never  seemed  to  falter.  Her  elder  son — 
Eugene  K.  Hough — is  now  residing  with  his  wife,  in  Trinidad, 
in  the  West  Indies.  Her  younger  son — Sylvester  E. — with  his 
wife  and  child,  reside  in  Xew^York  city.'  Her  two  surviving 
daughters— Mrs.  Lydia  C  Ayers  and  Miss  Mary  B.  Hough— are 


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in  Rochester,  and  have  devoted  themselves  to  the  care  of  their 
mother  during  the  last  years  of  her  life.  Everj^thing  has  been 
done,  by  all  her  children  and  children-iii-law,  that  the  teuderest 
love  could  suggest  and  the  most  thoughtful  generosity  provide, 
to  make  the  suffering  mother  comfortable  and  happy.  Blessed 
in  her  children,  firm  in  her  faith,  sure  of  her  Saviour's  love,  a 
member  of  St.  Peter's  Presbyterian  Church,  of  Rochester,  at 
the  time  of  her  death,  and  for  more  than  fifty  years  a  member 
of  the  Church  of  Christ;  leaving  behind  her  many  mementoes 
of  her  industry  and  skill,  wrought  by  her  during  her  last  years; 
and  the  rich  legacy  of  a  mother's  prayers  for  her  children,  she 
passed  up,  through  death,  into  the  everlasting  life,  on  the 
morning  of  July  llth.  This  date  is,  to  the  daughter,  Lydia,  a 
memorable  one — and  the  coincidence  is,  indeed,  reniarkable — 
that  just  twenty  years  before  the  day  of  her  mother's  death, 
her  father  died— both  on  her  birthday. 

William^  Piekce  {Jedediah^,  Nathaniel^,  Timothy^^ 
Thomas^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  5,  1770;  m.  Dec.  27,  1796, 
Hannah  Baker,  b.  Mar.  7,  1777,  d.  Oct.  3,  1863.  He  d.  July  1^,  1854. 
lies.  Royalton,  Vt. 


764. 


Children  : — 


2651.  i.      Esther  E.,  b.  Jan.  23,  1798. 

2652.  ii.     Desire  W.,  b.  July  6,  1799;  d.  Oct.  4,  1876. 

2653.  iii.    William,  b.  April  15,  1801 ;  m.  Orpha  B.  Pierce  [2668]  and  Han- 

nah Brockway. 

2654.  iv.    Bester,  b.  Jan.  20,  1803 ;  m.  Sarah  A.  Shepard. 

2655.  V.     Ira,  b.  Jan.  20,  1805 ;  m.  Emily  Shepard  and  Harriet  J.  Ashley. 

2656.  vi.    John,  b.  Feb.  26,  1807;  d.  March  8,  1807. 

2657.  vii.   Levi  W.,  b.  June  14,  1808  ;  m.  Maria  Berndock  and  CeliaMunson. 

2658.  viii.  George,  b.  Apr.  26,  1810;  d.  July  31,  1845.    George  Pierce  was 

a  deaf  mute,  caused  by  having  the  spotted  fever  when  eighteen 
months  old.  He  was  sent  when  fourteen  years  of  age  to 
Hartford,  Conn.,  to  the  Deaf  and  Dumb  Asylum,  where  he 
remained  three  years  under  the  tuition  of  Prof.  Galaudett.  He 
returned  to  Royalton,  Vt.,  capable  to  transact  business  for 
himself.    He  died  July  31,  1845. 

2659.  ix.    Hannah,  b.  April  26,  1812;  ra.  Arnold  Welch,  d.  Sept.  10,  1847. 

Ch.  :  Henry  C,  b.  July  8,  1839,  m.  Sarah  C.  Lewis  of  Fal- 
mouth; George  P.,  b.  Oct.  12,  1841,  m.  Maria  H.  Oliphant  of 
Woburn. 

2660.  X.     Charles,  b.  April  20,  1814;  m.  Mary  A.  Griffith. 

2661.  xi.    Henry  B.,  b.  Oct.  6,  1816;  m.  Abigail  M.  Parish. 

2662.  xii.   Harriet  B.,  b.  Oct.  6,  1816;  m.  May  19,  1842,  Harry  F.  Haven, 

d.  Jan.  4,  1857. 

2663.  xiii.  Chester,  b.  Jan.  2,  1819 ;  ra.  Caroline  R.  Briggs. 

766.  Elisha'''  Pierce  {Jedediah^^  NathanieP^  Timothy^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  27,  1774;  m.  Jan.  2,  1800, 
Polly  Baker,  b.  Sept.  8,  1775,  d.  March  27,  1835.  He  d.  Aug.  20, 
1835,  in  Royalton,  Vt.    Children  : — 

2664.  i.      Edwin,  b.  Oct.  27,  1800;  m.  Jan.  25,  1827,  Susan  H.  Kimball. 


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2665.  ii.     Stephen  B.,  b.  March  3,  1802;  d.  Sept.  15,  1823. 

2666.  iii.    Mary  M.,  b.  Dec.  26,  1803;  d.  Feb.  28,  1826. 

2667.  iv.     SrSANXAH.  b.  Oct.  31,  1806;  m.  May  28,  1829,  Wright  Gifford,  b. 

July  19,  18u5.  Ch.  :  Levi  W.,  b.  Aug.  17,  1831,  d.  Feb.  22,  1832; 
ElLsha  A.,  b.  Dec.  16,  1832,  m.  Marr  E.  Camp:  Ed\yin  P.,  b. 
Jan.  28,  1834,  ra.  Lucetta  J.  Rowe ;  Mary  M.,  b.  Oct.  22,  1836, 
d.  Feb.  26,  1839;  Susan  E.,  b.  March  7,  1849,  m.  Howard  B. 
Wright. 

2668.  V.     Orpha  B.,  b.  March  1,  1809;  m.  William  Pierce,  Jr.  [2653]. 

2669.  yi.    Archibald  T.,  b.  Jan.  6,  1811;  m.  Feb.  9,  1837,  Harriet  N. 

Baker;  m.  2ud,  June  2,  1862,  Sarah  D.  White. 

2670.  yii.    Sarah  E.,  b.  Jan.  6,  1817;  m.  Jan.  2,  1858,  Lyman  Rogers,  b. 

July  19,  18 U,  d.  July  6,  1876.  They  had  no  issue.  He  was 
found  dead  in  a  held  where  he  had  been  at  work,  by  his  wife; 
he  died  of  heart  disease.    Res.  Bethel,  Vt. 

771.  Ebexezer"^  Pierce  {JedediaJi^,  JSfathaniel^,  Timothy'^, 
Thomas'^.  Thomas'^,  Thoraas^),  b.  Feb.  20,  1784 ;  m.  Dec.  5,  1801,  Mary 
Fales,  d.  March  23,  1839.    He  d.  Sept.  18,  1853.    Kes.  Royalton,  Vt. 


Children  :— 

2671.  i.      Ebexezer  F.,  b.  Oct.  16,  1805;  m.  Betsey  J.  Luce. 

2672.  ii.     HosEA,  b.  April  26,  1808;  m.  Charity  Russell. 

2673.  iii.    Hiram,  b.  April  12,  1816 ;  m.  Martha  A.  Mason. 

2674.  iy.    Mary  M.,  b.  Feb.  5,  1821;  m.  Siorrs  Tracey. 

774.  James"^  Fierce  ( Willard^,  Xathaniel^,  Timothy^,  Thomas'^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  March  13,  1766;  m.  Oct.  12,  1817,  Elizabeth 
Fuller,  b.  Mar.  27,  1800.    He  d.  Feb.  1,  1851.    Res.  Plainfield,  Conn. 


Children  :— 

2675.  i.  Isaac,  b.  April  23,  1819. 

2676.  ii.  Maeia,  b.  1821;  m.  Francois  Lewis. 

2677.  iii.  Andrew  A.,  b.  July  14,  1823. 

2678.  iy.  Axx  E.,  b.  Aug.  26,  1825. 

779.  Bexjamin"^  Pierce  {Nehemiah^^  Benjwiiin^,  Timothy^, 
TJiomas^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  4,  1762;  m.  Dec.  24,  1786, 
Lydia  Gurley,  b.  Jan.  6,  1767,  d.  Aug.  13,  1827,  He  d.  Oct.  10,  1838, 
in  Brooklyn,  Conn. 


Children  : — 

2679.    i.      David,  b.  Noy.  6,  1787;  in.  May  15,  1832,  Elizabeth  Allen. 


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2680.  il.     Marcia,  b.  Aug.  1,  1789;  cl.  June  27,  1871. 

2681.  iii.    Henry,  b.  April  14,  1791;  m.  Sept.  2,  1817,  Lucia  Cleveland;  m. 

2ud,  May,  1853,  Mrs.  Rev.  A.  E,  Stowe. 

2682.  iv.    Lucy,  b.  Jan.  12,  1793,  d.  Jan.  2,  1794. 

2683.  V.     Lucy,  b.  Jan.  28,  1798,  d.  Oct.  18,  1865. 

2684.  .     GeorgeE.,  >,  ^.^.C  m.  Oct.  10, 1844,  Mary  A.  Ashley. 

2685.  Chas.  p.,     5     ^P^-  ^  m.  Feb.29,1832,Elizabeth  Fowler. 

2686.  vii.   John  H.,  b.  Aug.  27,  1800. 

2687.  viii.  Jacob  G.,  b.  Dec.  8,  1806;  ra.  Sept.  20,  1836,  Fanny  W.  Bliss;  m. 

2nd,  May  6,  1845,  Emily  S.  Hall. 

781.  Frederick'^  Pierce  {NehemiahP ^  Benjmnin^^  Timothy^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^  Thomas'^),  b.  July  22,  1768;  m.  1802,  Rebekah 
Blood,  b.  1779,  d.  Jan.  27,  1858.  He  d.  Mar.  29,  1845,  in  Brooklyn, 
Conn.    Res.  Bridge  water,  N".  Y.    Children  : — 

2688.  i.      Frederick,  b.  March  2,  1803;  d.  Apr.  11,  1835. 

2689.  ii.     Eunice,  b.  Aug.  22,  1805;  m.  May  6,  1851,  Henry  W.  Osborn, 

d.  April  3,  1860,  without  issue. 

2690.  iii.    Mary  A.,  b.  Dec.  3,  1807;  m.  Nov.  10,  1847,  Roval  H.  Johnson. 

Ch.  :  Fannie  M.,  b.  Feb.  6,  1849. 

2691.  iv.    Maria,  b.  Sept.  11,  1809. 

2692.  V.     Lydia,  b  Jan.  27,  1812;  m.  April  1,  1840,  Nathaniel  W.  Phillips. 

Ch.  :  Mary  E.,  b.  Sept.  12,  1851. 

2693.  vi.    Olive,  b.  Dec.  12,  1814;  m.  Sept.,  1838,  Jonas  W.  Brooks. 

Ch.  :  Isadore  R.,  b.  Apr.  12,  1848,  d.  Apr.  6,  1854;  Fred'k  P.,  b. 
Sept.  22,  1854. 

2694.  vii.   Nehemiah  W.,  b.  Oct.  25,  1818 ;  ra.  Jan.  8,  1861,  Emily  Pullman. 

782.  Nehemiah^  Pierce,  Jr.  {JSFehemiah^,  Benjamin^^  Timothy^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  10,  1771  ;  rn.  April  14,  1794, 
Clarissa  Williams,  b.  Feb.  15,  1772,  d.  July  27,  1842;  m.  2nd,  Jan.  8, 
1844,  Nancy  Ladd.  He  d.  May  6,  1850,  in  Monmouth,  Me.  He  was 
the  son  of  Nehemiah  Pierce,  an  honest  farmer,  and  was  the  youngest 
of  six  children,  only  one  of  whom  survived  him.  He  moved  to  Bath, 
Me.,  in  1807,  and  from  thence  to  Monmouth,  Kennebunk  Co.,  in  1808. 
He  married  first  Clarissa  Williams,  daughter  of  Dr.  Jesse  Williams,  of 
Mansfield,  Conn.,  April,  J  794,  who  died  Januaiy  27,  1842,  aged  69 
years,  11  months  and  12  days,  and  by  whom  he  had  nine  children.  In 
January,  1844,  he  married  for  his  second  wife  Nancy  Ladd,  of  Winthrop, 
Me.  Mr.  Pierce  was  one  of  the  most  industrious,  energetic  and  practical 
farmers  in  the  State.  He  was  the  first  who  introduced  the  art  of 
dairying  in  the  State,  and  his  farm  will  long  live  in  the  remembrance 
of  the  citizens  of  the  town  and  State  for  his  great  perseverance  and 
original  tact  in  carrying  forward  the  manufacture  of  the  best  cheese 
and  the  largest  amount  known  at  that  time.  He  was  a  pious  and 
devoted  Christian  and  ever  ready  to  do  good  whenever  oppoi  tunity 
offered.  He  was  a  strong  helper  in  the  cause  of  education,  as  one  of 
the  trustees  of  the  academy  in  Monmouth.  He  was  secretary  of  the 
board  for  many  years  and  also  a  great  lover  of  the  public  schools.  For 
many  years  he  was  President  of  the  Monmouth  Mutual  Fire  Insurance 
Company,  the  largest  of  any  in  the  State.  His  soundness  of  judgment 
and  integrity  of  character  often  found  him  appointed  to  offices  of  trust 
from  the  county  and  the  executive  of  the  State,  as  commissioner  of 


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159 


public  roads  and  many  other  important  duties  where  decision  and  dis- 
cretion were  required. 


Children : — 

2695.  i.      Oliver  W.,  b.  Apr.  2,  1795;  m.  June  20,  1826,  Rebecca  Carlton; 

m.  2nd,  Nov.  10,  1855,  Mrs.  Delia  Morris. 

2696.  ii.     Bela,  b.  Jan.  2,  1797;  m.  Mar.  27,  1822,  Elizabeth  Wilcox. 

2697.  iii.    Jesse,  b.  Dec.  4,  1798;  m.  Oct.  22,  1822,  Catherine  Johnson. 

2698.  iv.    Clarissa,  b.  Aug.  8,  1801 ;  m.  Apr.  30,  1829,  Guy  Carlton.  She 

d.  March  10,  1842. 

2699.  V.     Milton,  b  Sept.  22,  1803;  d.  June  10,  1827. 

2700.  vi.    John,  b.  Nov.  25,  1805;  m.  Chloe  McLellan. 

2701.  vii.   Daniel,  b.  Apr.  5.  1808;  m.  Apr,  18,  1833,  Caroline  Shorey. 

2702.  viii.  Nehemiah,  b.  June  10,  1810;  d.  Feb.  17,  1821. 

2703.  ix.    Mary  W.,  b.  June  12,  1814;  m.  June  11,  1839,  William  Grows,  b. 

Apr.  23,  1815.  Ch.  :  John  W.,  b.  May  22,  1843,  m.  Isabell  G. 
True;  Joseph  M.,  b.  Dec.  22,  1844,  ra.  Catherine  A.  Eldridge; 
Clara  W.,  b.  Aug.  19,  1847,  m.  Silas  S.  Trofant;  Mary  E.,  b. 
July  15,  1853,  d.  Apr.  6,  1857.    Res.  Berwick,  Me. 

789.  Erastus'''  Pierce  {Delano^,  Benjamin^^  Twnothy^^  Thomas^^ 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  22,  1780;  m.  Feb.  9,  1800,  Hannah 
Cady,  b.  1776,  d.  Dec.  19,  1820;  m.  2nd,  June  19,  1821,  Hannah 
Bingham,  b.  July  24,  1784,  d.  Feb.  9,  1847.  He  d.  March  1,  1828. 
Res.  Brooklyn,  Conn.    Children  : — 

2704.  1.  J.  Hammond,  b.  Aug.  27,  1800 ;  m.  . 

2705.  ii.  DiADEMMA,  b.  Dec.  9,  1801 ;  m.  Wm.  Scarborough. 

2706.  iii.  Emily,  b.  April  24,  1804;  d.  May  4,  1813. 

2707.  iv.  Abigail  M.,  b.  March  17,  1806 ;  m.  George  Townsend. 

2708.  v.  Asa  S.,  b.  June  3,  1808;  d.  Jan.  27,  1812. 

2709.  vi.  Lucy  M.  ;  m.  Billings  Hakes. 

2710.  vii.  Elias;  ra.  Cordelia  Palmer. 

2711.  viii.  Hannah,  b.  Sept.  2,  1826;  m.  A.  A.  Snow. 

790.  Elias'''  Pierce  {Delano^^  Benjmnin^^  Timothy^^  Thomas^, 
Thomas^  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  29,  1781;  m.  Feb.  10,  1813,  Lydia 
Thompson,  b.  April  17,  1790,  d.  July  27,  1876.  Res.  Topsham, 
Me.    Child  :— 

2712.  1.      Elias  D.,  b.  Jan.  4,  1815;  m.  Mary  A.  Blood. 

792.  Dr.  Delano^  Pierce,  Jr.  {Delano^,  Benjamin^,  Timothy^, 
Thomas^^  Thomas^^  Thomas^),  b.  in  Brooklyn,  Conn.,  July  19,  1786  ; 
m.  Nov.  22,  1813,  Anna  Nichols,  b.  1791,  d.  Feb.  2,  1860.  He  d.  Jan. 
9,  1871,  in  Grafton,  Mass. 

He  remained  at  home  and  worked  on  the  farm  in  summer,  attending 
school  a  part  of  the  year,  until  seventeen  years  of  age ;  then  went  to 
Plainfield  Academy  and  spent  two  years  in  study,  with  intervals  of 
teaching  in  winter.  At  nineteen  years  of  age  he  couunenced  the  study 
of  medicine  with  the  late  Josias  Fuller,  M.D.,  of  Plainfield,  but  was 
induced  to  take  charge  of  a  High  School  in  Stonington  for  six  months, 
intending  to  devote  himself  to  the  study  of  medicine  at  the  expiration 


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PIERCE  PEDIGEEE. 


of  that  time,  but  consented  to  continue  in  the  school  the  remainder  of 
the  year,  having  made  an  arrangement  whereby  he  could  read  medicine 
with  Dr.  Hyde,  a  physician  of  the  place,  in  his  leisure  hours.  He  then 
returned  to  Plainfield,  and  finished  his  medical  studies  with  Dr.  Fuller, 
at  the  age  of  twenty-three  ;  was  examined  by,  and  received  his  diploma 
from  the  Connecticut  State  Medical  Society,  in  August,  and  went  in 
November  into  several  towns  in  Connecticut  and  Rhode  Island,  intro- 
ducing vaccination  or  cow-pock,  which  at  that  time  was  little  known, 
and  which  met  with  much  hostility  owing  to  ignorance  and  prejudice 
on  the  subject,  which,  however,  he  was  successful  in  overcoming  to  a 
great  degree. 

In  the  year  1811,  he  started  on  horseback  from  his  father's  house  in 
pursuit  of  a  place  for  the  practice  of  his  profession,  and  on  arriving 
at  Oxford,  Mass.,  decided  to  locate  there.  On  the  8th  day  of  June, 
1813,  he  was  commissioned  by  His  Excellency  Caleb  Strong,  then  Gov- 
ernor and  Commander-in-Chief  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts, 
Surgeon  of  the  Fifth  Regiment  of  Infantry  in  the  First  Brigade  and 
Seventh  Division  of  the  Militia  of  this  Commonwealth,  which  office  he 
held  until  he  tendered  his  resignation  and  from  which  he  was  honorably 
discharged  on  the  6th  day  of  November,  1818.  He  was  energetic  and 
persevering  in  whatever  he  engaged,  and  carried  through  every  under- 
taking with  remarkable  vigor  and  unfaltering  trust  in  his  own  ability. 
The  first  start  in  life  financially  he  obtained  in  the  manufacture  of 
cotton  cloth.  Some  time  during  the  early  introduction  of  machinery  in 
the  manufacture  of  cotton  cloth,  he  had  a  conference  with  Mr.  Slater  of 
Webster,  who  was  then  making  it  by  hand  looms,  he  made  a  proposition 
to  him  to  furnish  material  and  pay  a  fixed  sum  per  yard  for  making 
cloth  by  machinery.  An  arrangement  was  made,  he  hired  a  grist-mill, 
placed  in  it  a  few  looms  and  employed  hands  to  weave.  This  in  con- 
nection with  his  practice,  he  carried  on  one  or  two  years  with  satisfac- 
tion to  Mr.  Slater,  who  at  first  had  doubts  that  cloth  could  be  made  by 
machinery  equal  in  quality  to  that  made  by  hand. 

After  an  extensive  and  successful  practice  in  Oxford,  of  about  twenty- 
three  years,  and  having  disposed  of  his  practice  to  Dr.  Knight,  he 
removed  to  East  Douglas  in  1834,  and  formed  a  co-partnership  with 
the  late  Dr.  Ezekiel  Wood,  which  lasted  two  years  with  much  cordial- 
ity and  unusual  harmony.  While  there  a  select  school  was  established 
through  his  influence,  it  being  the  first  in  the  village  where  classical 
studies  were  pursued.  In  the  spring  of  1836,  he  came  to  Grafton,  and 
purchased  of  Mr.  Ephraim  Wilson  the  estate  now  owned  by  Mr.  Charles 
A.  Pierce,  where  he  lived  until  1841,  when  he  removed  to  the  estate 
formerly  occupied  by  the  Rev.  John  Miles. 

The  old  house  was  removed  to  the  rear,  remodeled  and  rebuilt,  and 
was  his  residence  until  his  death,  which  occurred  Jan.  9,  1871.  This 
house  is  now  the  residence  of  Dr.  T.  T.  Griggs,  who  married  his 
daughter  and  only  child. 

Dr.  Piei  ce  was  a  faithful  and  skillful  physician,  and  loved  his  profes- 
sion— merciful  in  his  charges — and  very  considerate  to  the  poor.  He 
was  a  man  of  good  natural  abilities,  sound  judgment,  social  and  gentle 


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161 


in  disposition ;  of  vigorous  muscular  powers,  and  never  seemed  to  tire 
or  become  weary  in  responding  to  the  various  duties  attendant  upon 
his  profession.  He  was  industrious  and  economical  in  his  habits,  and 
was  ever  ready  to  aid  those  who  made  any  exertions  to  help  themselves 
to  an  honest  living.  He  was  charitable  in  all  those  little  things  which 
contribute  so  much  to  make  life  happy,  and  which,  perhaps,  accom- 
plish more  than  greater  charities  but  seldom  performed.  He  prac- 
tised medicine  nearly  fifty-nine  years,  and  by  strictly  temperate  habits 
was  enabled  to  endure  this  vast  labor  with  scarcely  any  interruption 
until  within  about  two  years  of  his  decease.  Watching  the  symp- 
toms of  approaching  dissolution  and  conscious  that  his  end  was  near, 
he  resigned  peacefully  to  his  fate  with  hopes  of  a  more  glorious  and 
brighter  day  in  realms  of  light  and  life. — {History  of  Grafton^  Mass., 
by  F.  C.  Peirce,  Esq. 
Children  :— 

2713.  i.      Julia,  b.  July  25,  1823 ;  m.  Feb.  16,  1842,  Dr.  Thomas  T.  Griggs, 

b.  Jan.  31,  1818.  Ch.  :  Anna,  b.  June  7,  ISio,  d.  Aug.  13,  IS-to; 
Frances  Helen  (adopted  in  infancy),  b.  July  23,  1859. 

Dr.  Thomas  T.  Griggs,  in  early  life,  was  employed  in  a 
store,  attending  school  in  Sutton."  He  attended  a  commercial 
school  in  Boston  to  qualify  himself  for  book-keeping  and 
mercantile  pursuits.  He  subsequently  attended  school  at 
Northfield  Academy,  and  also  at  Wrentham  Academy.  In 
March,  1839,  he  came  to  Grafton,  and  was  associated  with  his 
brother,  Salem  Griggs,  for  a  short  time  in  the  sale  of  drugs 
and  medicines,  and  general  merchandise,  occupying  the  brick 
store  erected  by  the  late  Lovel  Stow.  After  which  he  studied 
medicine  with  Dr.  Delano  Pierce,  whose  daughter  he  married, 
Feb.  16,  1842.  He  also  pursued  the  study  of  medicine  in 
Brunswick,  and  in  Boston,  and  received  the  degree  of  M.  D. 
from  the  medical  department  of  Harvard  University,  July  18, 
18-4:9,  and  immediately  commenced  the  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion in  Grafton,  in  connection  with  his  father-in-law,  continu- 
ing it  to  the  present  time.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Medical  Society;  has  held  a  Justice's  commission  ;  served 
on  the  board  of  selectmen;  and  in  1875,  represented  his  dis- 
trict in  the  General  Court,  where  he  was  assigned  a  place  on 
the  committee  on  towns. — {History  of  G-rafton,  JIass.,  by  F.  C. 
Peirce,  Esq. 

795.  Payson  G7  Pierce  {Timeus^^  Benjamin^,  Timothy'^,  Thom- 
as^, Thomas^,  Thomas^\  b.  Sept.  10,  1781;  m.  Nov.,  1808,  3Iary 
Shepard,  d.  Oct.  9,  1869.  He  d.  Dec.  12,  1845.  Res.  Brooklyn, 
Conn.,  and  Butternuts,  N.  Y.    Children : — 

2714.  i.  LuciAN,  b.  Sept.  2,  1809;  d.  Feb.,  1812. 

2715.  ii.  S.  PuTNA^r,  b.  Aug.  25,1811;  m.  Cornelia  Andrews  and  Sarah 

E.  Brown. 

2716.  iii.  Martha  S.,  b.  Nov.  11,  1813;  m.  B.  Gates. 

2717.  iv.  Mary  E.,  b.  Oct.  22,  1815;  d.  Sept.  22,  1844. 

2718.  V.  LuciAN  G.,  b.  Sept.  4,  1818;  d.  Nov.,  1853. 

2719.  vi.  George  \Y.,  b.  Nov.  8,  1825;  m.  Melissa  Sexton. 


826.    Jonas'^  Pierce  {Jonas^,  Oliver^,  Stephen"^,  Stephen^,  Thom.- 
21 


162 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


as2  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  20,  1780;  m. 
Res.  E.  Chelmsford. 


;  d.  May  30,  1810. 


Children : — 

2720.  i.      Jonas,  b.  1807 ;  ra.  Elizabeth  Patch. 

2721.  ii.  Hezekiah. 

831.  Richard  W.''' Pierce  {Jonathan^^  Oliver^,  Stephen^,  Stephen^, 
Thomas^/Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  15,  1782  ;  m.  Nov.  4,  1804,  Sarah  Farrar, 
b.  May  4,  1780,  d.  Jan.  31,  1835  ;  ra.  2nd,  Apr.  28,  1835,  Susan  Keep, 
by  whom  he  had  no  issue.  He  d.  Apr.  9,  1845.  They  res.  in  Towns- 
end,  Mass. 


Children 

2722.  i.      Richard,  b.  Nov.  2,  1805;  ra.  Mary  A.  Hartwell. 

2723.  ii.     Sally  D.,  b.  July  23,  1807;  d.  1823. 

2724.  ill.    Thirza,  b.  June  24,  1809;  m.  May  13,  1830,  Calvin  Boutell,  b. 


May  4,  1806.  Ch.  :  Newton  C,  b.  June  10,  1832,  m.  Ann  C. 
Winchester  and  Abby  G.  Adams;  Thirza  A.,  b.  May  25,  1835, 
d.  Mav  16,  1837;  Angela,  b.  Feb.  11,  1837,  m.  Anson  D.  Fessen- 
den;  Abigail,  b.  Oct.  29,  1839,  d.  Aug.  10,  1840;  Mortimer,  b. 
June  26,  1842,  d.  Oct.  12,  1846;  Thirza  A.,  b.  Oct.  17,  1844; 
John  W.,  b.  Jan.  16,  1848,  m.  Julia  A.  E.  Ball.    Res.  Towusend. 


2725.    iv.    Esther,  b.  July  16,  1811;  m.  May  22,  1834,  John  Spalding,  b. 


May  10,  1794,  d.  May  15,  1866.  Ch.  :  Ellen  M.,  b.  Nov.  21, 
1838;  Isabella  A.,  b.  Nov.  13,  1842,  m.  Leander  Rowell; 
Theodore  L.,  b.  April  21,  1845;  Lyman  B.,  b.  Feb.  25,  1847; 
Theodore  L.,  b.  May  3,  1849;  Ellen  R.,  b.  Feb.  23,  1854.  Res. 
Towusend. 


2726.    Lucy,  b.  Oct.  15,  1813;  m.  Nov.  28,  1833,  John  Proctor,  b.  July  6, 


1808.  Ch. :  Myra  A.,  b.  Oct.  12,  1834;  Lucy  A.,  b.  Dec.  31, 
1837;  John  M.,  b.  Sept.  12,  1839,  d.  Feb.  15,  1866.  Res. 
Townsend. 


2727.  vi.    Jonathan,  b.  Oct.  17,  1815;  m.  Dec.  28,  1837,  Abigail  Turner; 

m.  2nd,  Apr.  22,  1859,  Sophia  Hills. 

2728.  vii.   Laura,  b.  Oct.  11,  1817;  d.  1822. 

2729.  viii.  Rebecca,  b.  Feb.  1,  1820;  ra.  Sept.  5,  1876,  Andrew  Rockwood, 

b.  Jan.  22,  1812.    No  issue.    Res.  Brookline,  N.  H. 

2730.  Ix.    Abel,  b.  Feb.  20,  1822;  ra.  Nov.  4,  1844,  Catherine  E.  Kemp,  d. 

Dec.  8,  1853.    He  d.  Nov.  2,  1852,  in  Groton. 

836.  Stephen'''  Pierce  {Stepheii^,  Oliver^,  Sleplien^^  Stephen^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  April  5,  1786;  m.  April  12,  1814,  Abigail 
Bateman,  b.  Dec.  1,  1790,  d.  Sept.  10,  1826  ;  m.  2nd,  Jan.,  1831,  Mary 
Cory,  b.  March  4,  1800,  d.  Nov.  6,  1853.  He  d.  Feb.  19,  1854.  Res. 
Chelmsford,  Mass.    Children  : — 


2731.    1.     George,  b.  Jan.  28,  1815 ;  m.  Reuhamah  Stearns. 


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163 


2732.  ii.  Nancy  B.,  b.  Oct.  9,  1816;  m.  Jan.  16,  1840,  Ell  B.  Parker. 

2733.  iii.  Milo,  b.  May  28,  1818 ;  m.  three  times. 

2734.  iv.  LuciNDA,  b.  Oct.  30,  1820;  d.  Oct.  2,  1826. 

2735.  V.  Ann  E.,  b.  Nov.  20,  1832;  m.  S.  A.  Marshall. 

2736.  vi.  Newell,  b.  Aug.  9.  1834;  d.  June  12,  1835. 

2737.  vii.  Joel  E.,  b.  March  27,  1836;  m.  Harriet  A.  Upham. 

2738.  viii.  Julla.,  b.  May  31,  1838;  m.  M.  Hutchins. 

2739.  ix.  Charles  H.,  b.  April  13,  1840;  m.  Maria  T.  Erench. 

2740.  X.  John,  b.  July  15,  1845 ;  m.  Asa  E.  Ripley. 

838.  Jesse'''  Pierce  {Stephen^,  Oliver^,  Stephen^^  Stephen^^  Thom- 
as^, Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  2,  1790  ;  m.  Dec.  27,  1814,  Hannah  Harring- 
ton, dau.  of  Eben  Harrington,  of  Lexington,  Mass.  He  d.  June,  1820. 
She  m.  2nd,  Jonathan  Pierce  [841].     Res.  Chelmsford,  Mass. 


Children  : — 

2741.  1.      William  S.,  b.  Sept.  14,  1815:  ra.  three  times. 

2742.  ii.     Edwin,  b.  Jan.  19,  1818;  m.  Eliza  S.  Milliken. 

2743.  iii.    Sarah  J.,  b.  Aug.  19,  1820;  m.  S.  T.  Erench. 

839.  Moses"''  Pierce  {Stephen^,  Oliver^,  Stephen^,  Stephen"^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  22,  1792  ;  m.  1814,  Mary  Barron,  b. 
1797.  He  d.  in  Boston  in  1829.  Res.  Tyngsboro',  and  Boston,  Mass. 
Children  : — 

2744.  i.      Prescott,  b.  Oct.,  1816;  d.  April,  1818. 

2745.  ii.     WiNSLOW  S.,  b.  May  3,  1819;  m.  three  times. 

2746.  iii.    Olive;  d.  infancy. 

2747.  iv.    Eranklin  B.,  b.  Jan.  7,  1823;  m.  Melissa  Hinman. 

2748.  V.     George  B.,  b.  Eeb.  28,  1824;  m.  Mary  C.  Brittan. 

840.  Marshall'!'  Pierce  {Stephen^,  Oliver^,  Stephen"^,  Stephen^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas%  b.  Nov.  14,  1793  ;  m.  Mary  Stearns.  Res. 
Chelmsford,  Mass.    Children  : — 

2749.  i.      Sanborn,  b.  Dec.  6,  1818;  d.  Feb.  1,  1874. 

2750.  ii.     Mary  Ann. 

2751.  iii.    Susan,  b.  Aug.  22,  1822;  m.  George  Woods. 

2752.  iv.  LuciNDA. 

2753.  V.  Eliza. 

841.  Jonathan^  Pierce  {Stephen^,  Oliver^,  Stephen^,  Stephen^, 
Thomas^  IViomas^),  b.  Oct.  16,  1796  ;  m.  May  8,  1827,  Hannah  H. 
Pierce  [838],  d.  Nov.  27,  1867.  He  d.  Oct.  8,  1878.  Res.  Chelms- 
ford, Mass.    Children  : — 

2754.  i.  Maria,  b.  Jan.  21,  1828;  m.  Ira  Atwood. 

2755.  ii.  Hermon,  b.  Sept.  26,  1829. 

2756.  iii.  Orrin,  b.  Aug.  7,  1831 ;  m.  Elmira  S.  Bolton. 

2757.  iv.  Henry  C.,  b.  Sept.  8,  1833;  d.  Feb.  5,  1834. 

843.  William^  Pierce  {Joh-nP,  William^,  Stephen"^,  Stephen^^ 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  8,  1776  ;  ra.  June  4,  1809,  Ruth  Hub- 


164:  PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 

bard,  b.  1788,  d.  June  23, 1832.   He  d.  June  4,  1854.   Res.  Lyndon,  Vt. 


Children  : — 

2758.  i.      Emily,  b.  Feb.  18,  1812;  d.  Aug.  14,  1862. 

2759.  ii.     William  E.,  b.  June  12,  1813;  m.  Helen  A.  Houghton. 

2760.  iii.    George  W.,  b.  Feb.  5,  1815;  m.  Ruth  Bey. 

845.  John"''  Pierce,  Jr.  {JohnP,  William^,  Stephen^,  Stephen^, 
Thonias%  Thomas^),  b.  June  1,  1780  ;  m.  1799,  Judith  Thompson,  d. 
Nov.  14,  1860.    He  d.  Apr.  27,  1857.    Res.  Londonderry,  Vt. 


Children  :- 


2761. 
2762. 
2763. 
2764. 


2765. 

2766. 
2767. 
2768. 
2769. 
2770. 


11. 
iii. 
iv. 


VI. 

vii. 
viii. 
ix. 

X. 


Abigail,  b.  Dec.  12.  1800 ;  m.  Alanson  Chamberlin. 
Alfred,  b.  Dec.  23,  1802 ;  m.  1829,  Abigail  Rockwood. 
IRENA,  b.  Jan.  15,  1805;  d.  Sept.,  1806. 

Laura,  b.  Sept.  19,  1807  ;  m.  Sept.,  1831,  Sam'l  H.  Walker,  d. 

Oct.  4,  1864.    She  d.  Jan.  28,  1861,  leaving  Laura  C,  b.  June, 

1832,  m.  Almon  White. 
Amanda,  b.  Mar.  14,  1809;  m,  Apr.,  1835,  Lyman  Brittan,  d. 

June,  1866.    She  d.  Dec.  21,  1836,  leaving  no  issue. 
LuciNDA,  b.  Oct.  12,  1811;  d.  Mar.  2,  1814. 
Mary,  b.  Oct.  27,  1813;  d.  Aug.  20,  1839. 

Lucy,  b.  Feb.  17,  1817 ;  m.  Capt.  Charles  W.  Clarke;  no  issue. 
John  L.,  b.  Nov.  16,  1819;  m.  Dec,  1846,  Ellen  E.  Marsh. 
Elizabeth  F.,  b.  July  27,  1822;  m.  Marshall  H.  Day. 


847.  Ezekiel  p.'''  Pierce  {John^,  William^,  Stephen*^  Stephen^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  20,  1785;  m.  Mar.  1,  1808,  Susanna 
Porter,  b.  May  4,  1785,  d.  Jan.  11,  1866.  He  d.  May  23,  1865,  in 
Chesterfield,  N.  H.,  where  he  resided.  He  was  a  very  large  manufac- 
turer of  bits.  He  was  one  of  the  most  prominent  men  of  the  place. 
He  was  for  a  long  term  of  years  Trial  Justice  and  Justice  of  the 
Peace. 


SEVENTH  GENERATION. 


165 


iDScription  on  Ezekiel  P.  Pierce's  monument  in  the  Joslin  Cemetery, 
Chesterfield  : — 

"  Ezekiel  P.  Pierce,  Esq.,  died  May  23d,  1865,  M.  80  yrs.  Susanna,  Ms  wife, 
died  Jan.  Uth,  1866,  M,  80  yrs.  6  mos. 

No  more  on  earth  dear  Father, 
Shall  we  see  thy  smiling  face. 

No  more  on  earth  dear  mother, 

Shall  we  feel  thy  fond  embrace. 
No  more  on  earth  dear  brother. 
Shall  we  greet  thy  coming  home, 

And  little  smiling  Andrew, 

We  shall  never  cease  to  mourn." 

Children  : — 

2771.  i.      Susanna  P.,  b.  Dec.  2,  1809;  m.  Nov.  12,  1840,  Bethuel  Farley. 

They  res.  in  Marlow,  N.  H.  Ch.  :  Lucius  P.,  b.  May,  1843,  m. 
Jane  Knight;  Dallas  J.,  b.  1845. 

2772.  ii.     Theresa  J.,  b.  Feb.  23,  1812;  unm. 

2773.  iii.    Ezekiel  P.,  Jr.,  b.  Aug.  18,  1814;  m.  1844?  Sarah  Webster. 

2774.  iv.    Julia  A.,  b.  Oct.  28,  1817;  unm. 

2775.  V.     Lucrus  D.,  b.  Aug.  9,  1820;  m.  Jan.,  1854,  Lucy  C.  Fuller. 

2776.  vi.    Horace  T.  H.,  b.  Feb.  22,  1822;   m.  June  12,  1850,  Sophia 

Dickinson. 

2777.  vii.  Lafayette  W.,  b.  May  19,  1826;  m.  Sept.  15,  1859,  Cleopatra 

S.  Bang;  m.  2nd,  Oct.  5,  1865,  Lydia  M.  Piper;  m.  3rd,  Mar. 
29,  1875,  Hannah  E.  Derby. 

2778.  viii.  Andrew  J.,  b.  May  19,  1828;  d.  Nov.  20,  1828. 

2779.  ix.    Augusta  E.,  b.  Jan.  29,  1830;  unm. 

2780.  X.     Benj.  Franklin,  b.  Aug.  1,  1833;  unm. 

848.  Ebenezek'7  Pierce  {John^,  William^,  Stephen^,  Stephen^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  June  22,  1788;  m.  June,  1808,  Alpha  Randall, 
b.  Feb.  27,  1791,  d.  July  6,  1869.  He  d.  March  11,  1874.  Res. 
Chesterfield,  N.  H. 


Children  : — 

2781.  i.  Britton,  b.  Nov.  23,  1812. 

2782.  ii.  Charles,  b.  March  8,  1813 ;  m.  Caroline  Scribner. 

2783.  iii.  Lloyd,  b.  Dec.  20,  1815. 

2784.  iv.  Alson,  b.  June  8,  1817;  m.  Lorany  P.  Wheeler. 

2785.  V.  Dexter,  b.  Oct.  11,  1819;  m.  R.  C.  Wing. 

2786.  vi.  Ebenezer,  b.  Nov.  23,  1826;  d.  April  21,  1864. 

857.    Col.  Benjamin  K."^  Pierce  {Benjamin^,  Benjamin^,  Stephen^ 

Stephen^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.   Aug.  29,  1790;  m.   —  La- 

Flambou,  d.  Jan.  17,  1854  ;  m.  2ud,  Amanda  ;  m.  3rd,  —  

Reed.    He  d.  Apr.  1,  1850.    Res.  New  York  City. 

He  entered  Dartmouth  College,  and  began  reading  law,  but  when 
the  war  of  1812  opened,  his  enthusiasm  was  so  great  that  he  forsook 
his  situation  for  the  army,  where  he  soon  rose  to  a  high  rank.    He  was 


166 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


appointed  1st  Lieut,  of  3rd  U.  S.  Artillery  in  1812;  Capt.  in  1817; 
Major  in  1823.  In  1836  Brevet  Lieut.-Col.  for  distinguished  service 
at  Fort  Drame,  Florida,  in  which  he  commanded  ;  Col.  of  a  Regiment 
of  Creek  Mounted  volunteers  in  Florida  War  in  1836  ;  Lieut.-Col.  of  1st 
Artillery  in  1842.  He  was  a  brave  and  accomplished  officer  and  gen- 
tleman, and  was  in  many  respects  like  his  brother,  Franklin  Pierce.  He 
was  exceedingly  amiable  and  kind,  was  graceful  in  his  manners,  and 
everywhere  he  was  known  was  loved  and  respected.    Children  : — 

2787.  i.      Harriet  J. ;  m.  Gen.  James  B.  Ricketts. 

2788.  ii.   ;  d.  young. 

2789.  iii.    Elizabeth;  never  m. 

2791.  iv.    Amanda;  m. 

2792.  v.     Charlotte  ;  m.  Gen.  Wm.  M.  Graham,  of  Fort  Warren,  Boston, 

Mass. 

859.  John  Sullivan'^  Pierce  {Benjamin^,  Benjamin^ ^  Stephen^, 
Stephen^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  5,  1796;  m.  Feb.  10,  1828, 
Marietta  O.  Putthoff,  b.  April  12,  1802.  d.  March  25,  1829.  He  d. 
Sept.  28,  1824.    Res.  Detroit,  Mich.  Children 

2793.  i.      Mary  O.,  b.  Dec.  5,  1820;  m.  A.  B.  Warburgh. 

2794.  ii.     Anne  K.,  b.  Dec.  19,  1824 ;  m.  Dr.  C.  E.  Parker,  of  Springfield,  111. 

862.  President  Franklin'''  Pierce  {Benjamin^ ^  Benjamin^,  Ste- 
phen"^,  Stephen^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  23,  1804  ;  m.  Nov.  10, 
1834,  JaneM.  Appleton,  b.  1806,  d.  Dec.  2,  1863.  He  d.  Oct.  8,  1869, 
in  Concord,  N.  H. 

Franklin  Pierce  was  the  fourth  son  of  the  late  Gov.  Benj.  Pierce  of 
Hillsborough,  N.  H.,  and  was  born  Nov.  23,  1804.  His  father  sent  him 
to  an  out-ot  town  school  at  an  early  age  ;  an  elder  brother,  then  in  the 
army,  had  the  sagacity  to  perceive  the  powers  of  his  mind,  and  was 
exceedingly  anxious  that  he  should  receive  a  thorough  education.  For 
several  years  he  attended  school  in  the  neighboring  towns  of  Hancock 
and  Francestown  ;  while  a  resident  of  the  latter  town  he  lived  with 
the  mother  of  the  lamented  Judge  Woodbury,  who  was  a  lady  of  supe- 
rior mind  and  attractions.  Over  Frank  she  had  a  most  beneficial  in- 
fluence, as  he  very  often  acknowledged.  He  left  Francestown  for 
Exeter  Academy  where  he  completed  his  preparatory  studies,  and  en- 
tered Bowdoin  College  at  the  precocious  age  of  sixteen,  in  the  year 
1820.  Daring  his  first  two  years  in  college  Frank  Pierce  was  not  dis- 
tinguished for  his  devotion  to  his  studies.  He  was  not  dissipated, 
but  having  naturally  a  full  flow  of  spirits,  he  was  a  little  wild  ;  but 
among  all  his  classmates  he  was  extremely  popular.  Possessing  frank 
manners  and  a  generous  disposition,  it  could  not  well  be  otherwise. 
While  in  college  his  young  friends  formed  a  military  company  and 
elected  him  its  Captain.  Mr.  Pierce  took  his  degi'ee  in  the  year  1824 
with  high  honors,  and  left  Bowdoin  College  and  his  numerous  circle  of 
friends  there  with  regret,  for  among  them  he  had  spent  some  of  the 
happiest  portions  of  his  life.  The  three  following  years  were  spent  suc- 
cessively in  the  offices  of  the  Hon.  Edmund  Parker  at  Amherst,  N.  H., 
Hon.  Levi  Woodbury  at  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  and  in  the  law  school  of 
Judge  Howe  at  Northampton,  Mass.    In  1827  Mr.  Pierce  was  admitted 


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to  the  bar  and  opened  an  office  opposite  to  his  father's  residence  in 
Hillsborough.  At  this  time  Gov.  Benj.  Pierce  enjoyed  a  comraandiug 
influence  in  Xew  Hampshire.  His  popularity  was  such  as  is  not  often 
witnessed  in  the  world  of  politics.  As  a  matter  of  course,  the  success 
of  Franklin  was  almost  instantaneous.  Under  common  circumstances 
a  young  lawyer  is  obliged  to  make  his  abilities  known  to  the  world 
before  he  can  hope  for  success  ;  but  in  this  case  the  high  position  and 
popularity  of  Gov.  Pierce  gained  for  his  son  immediate  practice.  But 
had  he  lacked  eminent  abilities,  it  would  soon  have  been  discovered, 
and  he  would  have  lost  that  patronage  which  he  had  secured  from  the 
reputation  of  his  father.  He  needed  not  only  great  abilities  but  severe 
and  constant  labor  to  maintain  the  position  which  it  was  on  all  hands 
conceded  he  must  take.  We  need  not  say  that  he  not  only  met  the 
highest  expectations  of  his  friends,  but  far  exceeded  them.  He  rose 
daily  in  their  esteem  and  admiration.  Mr.  Pierce  at  once  espoused 
the  cause  of  the  Democrats  with  unbounded  zeal,  and  such  was  the 
confidence  reposed  in  him  by  his  fellow-townsmen  that  in  the  second 
year  of  his  practice,  at  the  age  of  25,  he  was  elected  to  represent  the 
town  of  Hillsborough  in  the  JState  Legislature  at  Concord.  The  three 
successive  years  he  was  elected  to  that  body,  and  such  was  their 
opinion  of  his  abilities  that  in  1832  and  1833  he  was  made  Speaker  of 
the  House  of  Representatives.  At  this  time  there  was  great  agitation 
throughout  N.  H.  in  reference  to  Gen.  Jackson.  The  State  in  the  year 
1829  came  out  boldly  and  grandly  in  favor  of  the  hero  of  Xew  Orleans, 
Benj.  Pierce  being  elected  Governor  by  more  than  2,000  majority,  and 
an  entire  Congressional  delegation  in  favor  of  Jackson's  administration 
and  a  legislature  returned  thoroughly  Democratic.  Through  all  these 
exciting  scenes  Mr.  Pierce,  though  a  young  man,  took  an  important 
part.  Thus  in  a  few  years  Frank  Pierce  had  raised  himself  to  a  com- 
manding position  in  his  native  State.  In  his  own  party,  among  his 
own  adherents,  his  position  was  most  amicable,  and  indeed  he  was 
beloved  and  admired  by  his  political  enemies.  Although  young  yet, 
he  continued  to  conduct  himself  in  so  modest  yet  able  a  manner  as  to 
raise  the  admiration  of  the  older  leaders  among  the  Granite  Democracy 
of  N.  H.  A  political  critic,  noticing  his  career  at  this  portion  of  his  life, 
remarks  :  Thus,  in  five  years,  he  '  attained  an  enviable  position 
among  his  associates  ;  and  won  it,  not  by  undermining  his  rivals,  or 
by  adroitness  in  political  intrigue,  but  by  a  firm  adherence  to  political 
principle,  eloquence  in  debate,  unquestioned  capacity  for  public  busi- 
ness, unvarying  courtesy  and  exliibition  of  frankness  and  manliness  of 
character.  So  honorable  was  his  ambition,  that  while  he  was  ranking 
his  associates,  he  retained  their  lov^e  and  commanded  their  respect. 

In  the  summer  of  1833,  Mr.  Pierce  was  elected  from  his  native  district 
to  the  lower  house  of  Congress  for  the  term  of  two  years,  and  took  his 
seat  in  that  body  in  December  of  the  same  year.  In  1837,  Mr.  Pierce 
was  elected  by  a  large  majority  of  the  Xew  Hampshire  Legislature 
to  the  LL  S.  Senate.  He  took  his  seat  in  that  body  the  4th  of 
March,  1837,  the  day  on  which  Martin  Van  Buren  was  inaugurated  as 
President.    While  in  the  Senate  Mr.  Pierce  served  on  some  of  the 


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raost  important  of  the  committees, — on  the  Judiciary,  on  Military  affairs, 
on  Pensions,  etc.,  etc.  He  was  emphatically  a  working  member.  In 
June,  1838,  one  year  after  his  election  to  the  U.  S.  Senate,  Mr.  Pierce 
changed  his  residence  from  his  native  town  of  Hillsborough  to  Concord, 
the  capital.  His  large  circle  of  friends  in  Hillsborough  could  not  allow 
the  occasion  to  pass  without  a  testimonial  of  their  affection  for  Mr. 
Pierce,  and  consequently  invited  him  to  a  public  dinner. 

In  Feb.,  1842,  Mr.  Pierce  resigned  his  seat  in  the  Senate,  to  the  great 
sorrow  not  only  of  his  constituents  but  of  his  friends  in  Washington. 
The  causes  for  this  step  were  mainly  of  a  personal  nature.  His  wife  was 
always  of  a  retiring  disposition,  and  was  ill-suited  with  the  excitement 
of  Washington  life,  and  wlien  to  this  was  added  the  misfortune  of  poor 
health,  she  was  compelled  to  leave  Washington  and  Mr.  Pierce  felt 
it  to  be  his  duty  to  accompany  her  to  Concord,  and  therefore  resigned 
his  seat  in  the  Senate.  For  three  successive  years  Mr.  Pierce  had  little 
visible  connection  with  politics,  though  he  was  the  most  influential  man 
in  the  Democratic  party  of  N.  H.  In  1845,  Mr.  Pierce  was  appointed 
by  the  Governor  to  fill  the  vacancy  in  the  U.  S.  Senate,  occasioned  by 
the  resignation  of  Judge  Woodbury,  he  having  been  appointed  by  Presi- 
dent Polk  to  the  Superior  bench.  Such  was  Mr.  Pierce's  popularity, 
that  at  once  all  the  presses  in  the  State  pointed  him  out  as  the  most 
suitable  man  to  fill  the  vacancy.  He  was  urged  with  vehemence  by  the 
most  influential  men  in  the  State  to  accept  the  position,  but  he  positive- 
ly declined  the  honor.  About  this  time  the  President  offered  him  the 
office  of  District  Attorney  of  X.  H.,  which  he  accepted,  as  the  duties 
which  belonged  properly  to  it  came  in  the  line  of  his  profession.  He 
continued  to  hold  this  office  until  1847. 

In  1845  a  convention  of  the  Democracy  of  the  State  nominated  Mr. 
Pierce  to  the  office  of  Governor,  but  in  a  most  eloquent  speech,  he  de- 
clined this  honor.  In  1846,  his  old  friend,  President  Polk,  with  whom  he 
had  served  in  Congress  before,  offered  him  a  seat  in  his  Cabinet.  He 
was  well  aware  of  the  great  abilities  and  thorough  devotion  to  principle 
which  characterized  Mr.  Pierce,  and  was  anxious  to  secure  his  services 
at  Washington.    This  honor  also  was  declined. 

Gen.  Pierce  was  during  his  whole  political  life  a  modest  and  retiring 
man.  We  see  him  resigning  his  seat  in  the  most  august  legislative 
body  in  the  Union  at  the  call  of  affection.  We  see  him  refusing  the 
highest  office  within  the  gift  of  his  native  State,  refusing  to  accept  an 
appointment  to  the  U.  S.  Senate,  and  finally  refusing  a  seat  in  the 
Cabinet  of  the  President  when  invited  in  the  most  flattering  and  press- 
ing manner.  Truly,  this  is  not  an  ordinary  political  character ;  and  in 
looking  at  his  life  and  acts,  one  is  carried  back  to  the  earlier  days  of 
our  republic,  when  offices  sought  men,  not  men  sought  offices.  When 
the  Mexican  war  broke  out  Mr.  Pierce  enlisted  as  a  private  soldier 
and  went  through  the  drill  exercise  as  such.  He  liowever  was  appoint- 
ed Col.  of  the  old  Ninth  N.  H.  by  Pres.  Polk,  and  subsequently  raised 
to  Brigadier-General.  Gen.  Pierce  sailed  from  Newport  in  the  bark 
Keple^  and  arrived  after  a  tedious  voyage  at  Vera  Cruz,  June  28,  1847. 
After  landing,  his  line  of  march  was  a  most  harassing  one,  beset  on  all 


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sides  by  Mexicans  and  Guerrilla  bands  whose  object  was  to  intercept 
all  recruits.  Fifteen  miles  from  Vera  Cruz,  the  courage  and  decision 
of  Gen.  Pierce  were  put  to  trial.  He  was  there  attacked  by  a  fierce 
guerrilla  party,  and  gave  an  order  to  charge  upon  the  chaparal.  His 
Colonel  "The  brave  Ransom ! "  disputed  the  propriety  of  the  movement, 
but  Pierce  replied  firmly  and  boldly  :  "  I  have  given  the  order."  The 
enemy  was  completely  routed  after  some  severe  fighting.  At  the 
National  Bridge  he  was  attacked  by  the  guerrillas,  who  barricaded  the 
bridge  with  chaparal.  He  ordered  Capt.  Dapreau  to  dash  over  the 
barricade  and  charge  the  enemy.  The  order  was  promptly  executed, 
and  with  success.  In  this  skirmish.  Gen.  Pierce  received  two  bullets 
through  his  hat.  The  men  under  his  care  were  principally  Northern 
recruits  ;  they  liad  suffered  much  by  disease  ;  had  been  attacked  five 
times  by  guerrilla  parties,  and  yet  Gen.  Pierce  had  lost  scarcely  a  man 
though  in  the  heart  of  an  enemy's  country.  After  the  surrender  of  the 
Mexicans,  Gen.  Pierce  resigned  his  commission  in  the  army,  and 
returned  to  his  residence  in  Concord. 

In  1852,  the  Democrats  of  N.  H.  presented  Gen.  Pierce  as  their 
candidate  for  the  Presidency.  This  he  also  declined.  It  is  not  neces- 
sary to  give  a  detailed  account  of  the  doings  of  the  Democratic  Na- 
tional Convention  held  in  Baltimore.  After  four  days  spent  in  earnest 
attempts  to  come  to  a  decision,  on  the  36th  ballot  the  Virginia  dele- 
gation cast  their  vote  for  P'l-anklin  Pierce  of  N.  H.  State  after  State 
wheeled  in  to  the  support  of  the  General,  until  the  vote  stood  :  Gen. 
Pierce  282  ;  all  others  11.  He  was  triumphantly  elected  and  his 
record  stands  unblemished. 

The  following  letter,  in  Nathaniel  Hawthorne's  handwriting,  seems 
very  curious  in  its  accurate  foreshado wings.  It  was  written  forty- 
five  years  ago  to  Franklin  Pierce,  when  both  young  men  could 
not  have  been  long  out  of  college.  Its  prophetic  intimations,  in  the 
light  of  what  has  since  occurred  in  Pierce's  career,  sound  weird  and 
startling,  and  the  epistle  is  worth  perusal.  It  is  addressed  to  "  Colonel 
Franklin  Pierce,  Hillsborough,  New  Hampshire  "  : — 

"  Salem,  June  28,  1832.. 

Dear  Mr.  Speaker. — I  sincerely  cong-ratulate  you  on  all  your  public  honors, 
in  possession  or  in  prospect.  If  they  continue  to  accumulate  so  rapidly  you 
will  be  at  the  summit  of  political  eminence  by  that  time  of  life  when  men  are 
usually  just  beginning  to  make  a  figure.  I  suppose  there  is  hardly  a  limit  to 
your  expectations  at  this  moment;  and  I  really  cannot  see  why  there  should 
l)e  any.  If  I  were  in  your  place  I  should  like  to  proceed  by  the  following 
steps,— after  a  few  years  in  Congress,  to  be  chosen  governor,  say  at  thirty 
years  old ;  next  a  senator  in  Congress ;  then  minister  to  England ;  then  to  be 
put  at  the  head  of  one  of  the  departments  (that  of  War  would  suit  you  I 
should  think),  and  lastly,— but  it  will  be  time  enough  to  think  of  the  next 
step  some  years  hence.  You  cannot  imagine  how  proud  I  feel  when  I  recollect 
that  I  myself  was  once  in  office  with  you  on  the  standing  committee  of  the 
Athenian  society.    That  was  my  first  and  last  appearance  in  public  life. 

I  read  the  paper  which  you  sent  me  from  beginning  to  end,  not  forgetting 

Colonel  Pierce's  neat  and  appropriate  address.    I  also  perused  's  speech 

in  favor  of  grog-shops ;  he  seems  to  have  taken  quite  a  characteristic  and  con- 
sistent course  Tn  this  respect,  and  I  presume  he  gives  the  retail  dealers  as 
much  of  his  personal  patronage  as  ever.  I  was  rather  surprised  at  not  find- 
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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


ing  more  of  my  acquaintance  in  your  legislature.    Your  own  name  and  's 

were  all  that  I  recognized. 

I  was  making  preparations  for  a  Northern  tour  when  this  accursed  cholera 
broke  out  in  Canada.  It  was  my  intention  to  go  by  way  of  New  York  and 
Albany  to  Niagara;  from  thence  to  Montreal  and  Quebec,  and  home  through 
Vermont  and  New  Hampshire.  I  am  very  desirous  of  making  this  journey  on 
account  of  a  book  by  which  I  intend  to  acquire  an  (undoubtedly)  immense 
literary  reputation,  but  which  I  cannot  commence  writing  till  I  have  visited 
Canada.  I  still  hope  that  the  pestilence  will  disappear,  so  that  it  may  be  safe 
to  go  in  a  month  or  two.  If  my  route  brings  me  into  the  vicinity  of  Hills- 
borough I  shall  certainly  visit  you.  As  to  the  cholera,  if  it  comes,  I  believe  I 
shall  face  it  here.  By  the  by,  I  have  been  afflicted  for  two  days  past  with  one 
of  the  symptoms  of  it,  which  makes  me  write  rather  a  tremulous  hand.  I  keep 
it  secret,  however,  for  fear  of  being  sent  to  the  hospital. 

I  suppose  your  election  to  Congress  is  absolutely  certain.  Of  course, 
however,  there  will  be  an  opposition,  and  I  wish  you  would  send  me  some  of 
the  newspapers  containing  articles  laudatory  or  abusive  of  you.  I  shall  read 
them  with  great  interest,  be  they  what  they  may.  It  is  a  pity  that  I  am  not 
in  a  situation  to  use  my  pen  in  your  behalf,  though  you  seem  not  to  need 
the  assistance  of  newspaper  scribblers. 

I  do  not  feel  very  well,  and  will  close  my  letter  here,  especially  as  your 
many  associations  would  not  permit  you  to  read  a  longer  one.  I  shall  be 
happy  to  hear  from  you  as  often  as  you  can  find  leisure  or  inclination  to 
write. 

I  observe  that  the  paper  styles  you  the  '  Hon.  Franklin  Pierce.'  Have  you 
already  an  official  claim  to  that  title? 

Your  friend, 

Nath.  Hawthorne, 

alias  *  Hath.'  '* 


Children  : — 

2795.  i.      Franklin,  b.  Feb.  2,  1836;  d.  Feb.  5,  1836. 

2796.  ii.     Frank  R.,  b.  Aug.  27,  1839;  d.  Nov.  U,  1843. 

2797.  iii.    Benjamin,  b.  Apr.  13,  1841;  killed  by  the  cars  while  riding  by 

the  side  of  his  father  and  mother  on  his  way  to  Andover,  Mass., 
Jan.  6,  1853. 

864.  Henry  D.'''  Pierce  {Benjamin^,  Benjamin^,  Stephe'nA^  Ste- 
phen"^, Thomas%  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  19,  1812  ;'  m.  Nov.,  1841,  Susan 
Tuttle,  b.  1815,  d.  Oct.,  1874.    Res.  Hillsborough,  K.  H. 

Children : — 


2798.  i. 

2799.  11. 


Kirk  D.,  b.  Aug.,  1846;  m.  Mary  A.  Collins. 
Frank  H.,  b.  Jan.  10,  1848. 


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870.    Merrill"^  Pierce  {3IerrilP,  Benjamin^,  Stephe^i^^  Stephen"^, 
Thomas-.  Thomas^)-,  m.  Mary  Dickinson.    Res.  Utica,  Y. 
Children  : — 

2800.  i.      Jesse,  b.  1830;  d.  1832. 

2801.  ii.   ;  d.  youug. 

873.  Jonathan''''  Pierce  {'Jonathan^,  Stephen^.  Jacoh^,  Stephen"^, 
Thomas'^ ^  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  3,  1751 ;  m.  June  9,  1778,  Abigail  Pres- 
cott,  b.  Jan.  22,  1755,  d.  Jan.  9,  1840.  He  d.  May  12,  1806.  Res. 
Groton,  Mass.    Children  : — 

2802.  i.  Maky,  b.  Oct.  8,  1778;  ra.  Joseph  Tuttle;  d.  Sept.,  1822. 

2803.  ii.  Abigail,  b.  May  27,  1780  ;  m.   Tibbetts  ;  d.  1839. 

2804.  iii.  Euxice,  b.  May  20,  1782;  m.  John  Xatting;  d.  1862. 

2805.  iv.  Ann,  b.  Feb.  19,  1785  ;  d.  Feb.  22,  1785. 

2806.  V.  Sarah,  b.  May  23,  1786;  m.  Aaron  Brown. 

2807.  vi.  Jonathan,  b.'jau.  29,  1789;  m.  Olive  Hale. 

2808.  Yii.  Moses,  b.  Feb,  2,  1792. 

He  studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Hitchcock  of  Boston  and  re- 
moved to  Beaufort,  S.  C,  where  he  engaged  in  an  extensive 
and  lucrative  practice  for  a  number  of  years.  He  died  unin., 
of  yellow  fever,  Sept.,  1818. 

2809.  viii.  Asenath,  b.  June  8,  1794;  m.  Aaron  Place. 

2810.  ix.    Stephen,  b.  Sept.  20,  1797;  d.  young. 

874.  Sergt.  Benjamin'''  Pierce  {.Tonathcui^,  Stephen^,  Jacoh^, 
Stepheii^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^)^  b.  June  5,  1754;  m.  June  13,  1782, 
Rebecca  Wright,  b.  Feb.  28,  1764,  d.  June  13,  1844.  He  d.  Xov.  27, 
1829.    Res.  Cavendish,  Vt. 

He  enlisted  as  a  soldier  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  was  at  the  battle 
of  Bunker  Hill,  taken  prisoner  at  Quebec  and  subsequently  escaping 
was  recaptured  on  Arnold's  march  through  Vermont.  Benjamin 
Pierce  held  the  rank  of  Orderly  Sergeant  and  was  the  first  to  scale  the 
walls  of  Quebec.    Children  : — 

2811.  i.  Rebecca,  b.  April  9,  1783;  d.  July  24,  1805. 

2812.  ii.  Bridget,  b.  May  7,  1785;  d.  Aug.  28,  1873. 

2813.  iii.  Benjamin,  b.  Dec.  21,  1786;  m.  Tamar  Gannett. 

2814.  iv.  Lydia,  b.  Mar.  17,  1789;  d.  Dec.  2,  1848. 

2815.  V.  Polly,  b.  Jan.  31,  1791;  d.  Apr.  10,  1793. 

2816.  vi.  Joseph,  b.  Feb.  11,  1792;  m.  Bridget  Davis. 

2817.  vii.  Cyrus,  b.  Jan.  5,  1794;  d.  war  of  1812. 

2818.  viii.  John,  b.  Sept.  24,  1795  ;  m.  Lvdia  Putnam. 

2819.  ix.  Solomon,  b.  June  10.  1797:  d.  June  10,  1801. 

2820.  X.  AsENATH,  b.  Feb.  20,  1799 ;  m.  Feb.  22,  1823,  Alvah  Thompson, 

b.  Apr.  7.  1792.  Res.  Ludlow,  Vt.  Ch.  :  William  H.,  b.  Jan. 
81,  1824,  m.  Abby  P.  Bates;  Benjamin  G.,  b.  Mar.  20,  1826,  m. 
Mary  A.  Xewton;  Ann  X.,  b.  June  2,  1827,  m.  Austin  Con- 
stantine;  Eliza  R.,  b.  Aug.  21,  1834,  m.  Weslev  Grover. 

2821.  xi.     Rhoda,  b.  Apr.  5,  1801 ;  d.  Apr.  8,  1861. 

2822.  xii.    Sarah,  b.  Feb.  7,  1803;  m.  John  Sawtell,  and  d.  Apr.  25, 

1875,  s.  p. 

2823.  xiii.  Stephen,  b.  May  2,  1804;  m.  Alraira  Tarbell. 

2824.  xiv.  RoxANNA,  b.  Julv  29,  1806;  d.  1856. 

2825.  XV.    Da^hd,  b.  Feb.  27,  1808;  m.  Susan  Kendall. 

881.    Samuel"    Pierce    {Samuel^,    Samuel^,    Samuel"^,  Scwiuel^, 


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Thomas'^,   Thomas^),  b.  June  11,  1779;  m.   •  Butler.  Res. 

Rome,  K  Y.  Child:— 

2826.  i.     Oliver  B.  ;  ra.  — ;  d.  about  15  years  ago. 

887.  Seth^  Pierce  {J'osiah^,  /SamueP,  /Samuel%  /SamueP,  Thom- 
as^, 27iomas^),  h.  June  16,  1785;  m.  Dec.  12,  1811,  Cynthia  Hawkes, 
b.  1785,  d.  Mar.  29,  1834.  He  d.  Jan.  21,  1822.  Res.  Charlemont, 
Mass.    Children  :— 

2827.  i.      Casidara,  b.  Oct.  12,  1812;  m.  Charles  B.  Wells. 

2828.  li.     Austin,  b.  Oct.  14,  1814;  d.  Aug.,  1842. 

2829.  iii.    Cynthia  H.,  b.  Jan.,  1816;  d.  May  24,  1824. 

2830.  iv.    Henry  A.,  b.  Dec.  8,  1818;  m.  Cornelia  Seward. 

888.  JosiAH^  Pierce  (J'osiah^,  Samuel^,  Samuel^,  SamueP, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^  b.  June  18,  1787;  ra.  Oct.  13,  1814,  Jemima 
Thornton,  b.  June  12,  1788.  Res.  North  Adams,  Mass.  and  Geneva, 
111. 


Children 

2831.  i.     Judith  R.,  b.  July  11,  1815;  m.  Ambrose  Bliss. 

2832.  ii.     Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  2,  1817;  m.  Lawson  McCloud. 

2833.  iii.    Harriet  J.,  b.  June  30,  1819;  d.  1849. 

2834.  iv.    JosiAH  S.,  b.  July  20,  1821;  m.  Chloe  Hammond. 

2835.  V.     John  H.,  b.  Nov.  19,  1823;  unm. ;  res.  Chagrin  Falls,  Ohio. 

2836.  vi.    Polly  T.,  b.  Feb.  14,  1825;  ra.  Jerome  B.  Kingsley. 

2837.  vii.   Maryetta  P.,  b.  Nov.  2,  1829;  m.  C.  B.  Wells. 

2838.  viii.  Henry  B.,  b.  June  24,  1834;  m.  Eliza  Wilson  and  Addie  L. 

Potter. 

889.  David"'  Pierce  {J'osiah^,  SamueP^  Samuel*,  SamueP,  Thom- 
as%  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  14,  1789;  m.  Providence  .  Res.  Dres- 
den, Ohio.    No  children. 

891.  Richard''  Pierce  {Josiah^,  SamueP,  Samuel*,  Samuel^, 
Thomas^  Thomas^),  b.  June  9,  1794  ;  ra.  Oct.  23,  1817,  Sally  Rudd, 
b.  June  1,  1794,  d.  Nov.  10,  1877.  He  d.  Nov.  18,  1848.  Res. 
Buckland  and  Charlemont,  Mass.    Children  : — 

2839.  1.  Horace  R.,  b.  July  5,  1818;  d.  May,  1849. 

2840.  ii.  Dorcas  E.,  b.  Oct.  28,  1819;  m.  Allen  Logan. 

2841.  iii.  Robert  W.,  b.  Feb.  14,  1821;  m.  Elizabeth  M.  Burditt. 

2842.  iv.  Seth,  b.  Dec.  14,  1822;  d.  Dec.  20,  1822. 

2843.  V.  Sarah  F.,  b.  Oct.  28,  1823;  d.  July  29,  1829. 

2844.  vi.  Albert  L.,  b.  Jan.  27,  1825;  m.  Sarah  McFarland. 
2846.  vii.   ,  b.  May  9,  1826;  d.  May  9,  1826. 

2846.  viii.  Cornelia  M.,  b.  May  6,  1827;  m.  Thomas  Mayhew. 

2847.  ix.    Richard  M.,  b.  Oct.  6,  1828;  d.  Jan.  15,  1829. 

2848.  X.     Sarah  F.,  b.  Apr.  17,  1830;  d.  May  9,  1835. 

2849.  xi.    Richard  M.,  b.  May  26,  1832 ;  d.  July  21,  1832. 


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2850.  xii.   Minerva  M.,  b.  Oct.  30,  1833;  d.  Sept.  4,  1838. 

2851.  xiii.  Harriet  E.,  b.  Dec.  26,  1835;  m.  J.  K.  Sherman. 

2852.  xiv.  Sylvia  H.,  b.  Mar.  22,  1838;  m.  O.  S.  Bartlett. 

2853.  XV.   Oscar  H.,  b.  July  6,  1840;  m.  Martha  Horning. 

2854.  xvi.  Jane  E.,  b.  Sept.  6,  1842;  d.  Dec,  1848. 

897.  David'''  Pierce  {Josiah^^  Josiah^,  SarnueP,  SamueV^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  31,  1780;  ra.  July  9,  1825,  Miriam  Cook, 
b.  May  16,  1801,  d.  Apr.  12,  1873.  He  d.  Mar.  6,  1850.  Res.  Hadley, 
Mass.    Children  : — 

2855.  i.      Eliza,  b.  Feb.  13,  1826.    Ees.  Hadley. 

2856.  ii.     William  M.,  b.  Dec.  30,  1827;  m.  Fanny  M.  Shy  rock. 

2857.  iii.    Sarah,  b.  Mar.  23,  1829 ;  m.  Alfred  Hawkes. 

2858.  iv.    John  N.,  b.  Dec.  8,  1833;  m.  Lucy  M.  Brackett  and  Mrs.  Calista 

M.  Root. 

2859.  V.     Almira,  ^,  1   ,005.  r  d.  April  3,  1836. 

2860.  vi.    Almina,  /  ^'  ^^'^^  '  t  res.  Hadley. 

2861.  vii.   Charles,  b.  Aug.  19,  1839;  d.  May  26,  1841. 

898.  Eliiiu'^  Pierce  {JosiahP,  Josialv"^  Smiiuel^,  SamueT^^  Thom- 
as'^, Thomas'),  b.  Jan.  27,  1782;  m.  Dec.  31,  1804,  Nancy  Dunnakin, 
b.  Oct.  20,  1784,  d.  Mar.,  1839.  He  d.  Nov.  15,  1825.  Res.  Hadley, 
Mass.    Children  :— 

2862.  1.      KoswELL,  b.  May  3,  1806;  d.  May  21,  1806. 

2863.  ii.     Lucy,  b.  May  27,  1807;  ra.  David  Boynton. 

2864.  iii.    Cynthia,  b.  Aug.  3,  1809;  m.  Feb.  1,  1827,  Quartus  Clapp,  b. 

Sept.  25,  1796. 

2865.  iv.    Mary,  b.  Sept.  23,  1811 ;  m.  Henry  Drury. 

2866.  V.     Belinda,  b.  July  1,  1814;  m.  Nathan  Pierce.    Res.  N.  Amherst. 

2867.  vi.    Phebe,  b.  May  23,  1817 ;  m.  Ebenezer  Jones  and  Isaac  Smith. 

2868.  vii.   Nancy,  b.  Mar.  15,  1820;  d.  Oct..  1838. 

2869.  viii.  Samuel,  b.  May  9,  1822 ;  d.  May  30,  1822. 

2870.  ix.    JosiAH,  b.  P'eb.  4,  1824 ;  m.  Hannah  M.  Muzzey. 

2871.  X.     Martha,  b.  July  1,  1826;  m.  Wm.  Crossman.   Res.  Shutesbury. 

899.  Job'''  Pierce  {Josiah^,  JosiahP,  Samuel^,  SamueP,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^\  b.  July  8,  1785;  ra.  Dec.  10,  1810,  Thankful  Fairfield,  b. 
Jan.  19,  1784,  d.  Dec.  21,  1857.  He  d.  May  10,  1879.  Res.  Hadley, 
Mass.,  and  Lyme,  N.  H.    Children  : — 

2872.  i.      John  F.,  b.  July  14,  1811 ;  m.  Nancy  Bardwell. 

2873.  ii.     David,  b.  1813;  d.  1813. 

2874.  iii.    Francis  N.,  b.  1817;  res.  Hadley. 

2875.  iv.    David,  b.  July  24,  1822 ;  res.  Australia. 

2876.  v.     RuFUS  S.,  b.  1824;  res.  California. 

2877.  vi.    Lewis,  b.  Jan.  20,  1826;  m.  Frances  Emerson  and  Louise  M. 

Ives. 

903.  Gordon'^  Pierce  {Seth^,  SethP,  Samuel'^,  Samuel"^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  31,  1773  ;  m.  1796,  Thirsa  Smalley,  d.  1861.  He 
d.  Feb.  7,  1875.  They  res.  in  Thetford  and  Norwich,  Vt.,  and  Pitcher, 
N.  Y.    Children  :— 

2878.  i.      Almina,  b.  1798;  m.  Jan.  7,  1818,  John  Coy,  b.  Sept.  6,  1799. 

Ch.  :  William  W.,  b.  Jan.  14,  1820,  m.  Naucy  Smith  and  Mary 
J.  Paddock;  Orlando  P.,  b.  Aug.  11,  1821,  m.  Helen  Hyslop; 
John  A.,  b.  Nov.  11,  1822,  ra.  Ada  Hulbert;  Bela  A.,  b.  July  8, 
1824,  m.  Delett  R.  Crandal;  Thirsa  L.,  b.  Apr.  5,  1826,  ra. 
Josiah  Flint;  Daniel  T.,  b.  May  21,  1828,  d.  Mar.  21,  1852; 
Gurdon  P.,  b.  June  15,  1830,  m.  Maria  Flanders;  Irus,  b.  July 


174: 


PIERCE  PEDIGKEE. 


25,  1832,  m.  Augusta  Manchester;  Lucien,  b.  Aug.  31,  1834,  d. 
Oct.  9,  1834;  Wiufield  S.,  b.  July  8,  1838;  Milton  A.,  b.  Feb. 

21,  1841;  Julia  M.,  b.  Nov.  22,  1843,  m.  J.  D.  Fox. 

2879.  li.     Austin,  b.  Sept.  2,  1799 ;  m.  Mar.  17,  1826,  Mary  A.  Sterling. 

2880.  iii.    Minerva  P.,  b.  Jan.  25,  1803;  m.  Feb.  10,  1829,  Jethro  Hatch,  b. 

1791,  d.  Feb.  7,  1875.  Ch.  :  Misulla  P.,  b.  Jan.  4,  1830,  m.  Dr. 
Lawson  A.  Winslow;  Fayette  S.,  b.  Oct.  9,  1832,  m.  Teresa  M. 

Pierce  (  );  Jethro  A.,  b.  June  18,1836;  Mattie,  b.  Jan. 

13,  1840,  m.  D.  C.  Winslow;  Austin  P.,  b.  June  24,  1843,  m. 
Melissa  J.  Snow. 

2881.  Iv.    Francis  S.,  b.  Feb.  6,  1806;  m.  Oct.  25,  1831,  Rebecca  Page. 

2882.  V.     Royal  S.,  b.  Jan.  8,  1812;  m.  Sept.  30,  1835,  Juliet  Morton. 

906.  Samuel'^  Pierce  {Seth^,  Seth^,  Samuel^^  Samuel^^  Thomas^^ 
Thomas^),  b.  May  20,  1779;  m.  1800,  Persis  Barrows,  b.  Oct.,  1783, 
d.  Feb.  5,  1858.  He  d.  Aug.  17,  1849.  They  res.  in  Brimfield  and 
Hardwick,  Mass. 

The  house  of  Samuel  Pierce  stood  on  the  boundary  line  between 
Hardwick  and  Ware.  It  is  related  that  he  slept  in  a  bed  w^hich  was 
in  two  towns  and  two  counties  at  the  same  time  ;  his  head  in  Ware  in 
Hampshire  county  and  his  feet  in  Hardwick  in  Worcester  county,  and 
viee  versa.    Children  : — 

2883.  .  i.      Seth,  b.  May  15,  1802;  m.  Sept.  22,  1831,  Fidelia  Barrett. 

2884.  ii.     Chester,  b.  June  20,  1803;  ra.  Mar.  15,  1831,  Abigail  Marsh. 

2885.  iii.    Eliza,  b.  Feb.  7,  1805;  m.  Feb.  10,  1825,  William  Pepper,  b. 

Mar.  17,  1804.  Ch.  :  Abbie  F.,  b.  June  24,  1832,  ra.  Daniel  A. 
Sampson;  Caroline  W.,  b.  Mar.  4,  1828,  m.  Geo.  F.  Tyler; 
Samuel  J.,  b.  Nov.  2,  1829,  m.  Sarah  Torrey;  Wm.  A.,  b.  June 
25,  1834;  Ashbell,  b.  Apr.  7,  1838,  m.  Martha  Sibley;  Elijah,  b. 
Apr.  27,  1840;  Austin,  b.  Jan.  23,  1845,  m.  Eva  Burnett. 

2886.  iv.    Granger,  b.  1806;  m.  Mercy  Stockvvell. 

2887.  v.     S.  Austin,  b.  Oct.  6,  1808 ;  m.  Jan.  28,  1831,  Roxanne  Harwood. 

2888.  vi.    William,  b.  Mar.  4,  1810;  m.  Sarah  Witherell. 

2889.  vii.   Brigham,  b.  1812;  m.  Mrs.  Cook. 

2890.  viii.  Mandley,  b.  Oct.  31,  1817;  m.  May  3,  1842,  Emily  Thomas. 

2891.  ix.    OcTAViA,  b.  Dec.  18,  1819 ;  m.  Dec.  15,  1844,  Byram  H.  Hervey. 

They  res.  in  New  Braintree.  Ch.  :  Elizabeth  F.,  b.  Nov.  8, 
1846,  m.  J.  Edward  Barr;  George  Fred'k,  b.  Nov.  24,  1850,  m. 
Catherine  Twombley. 

907.  Elijah"''  Pierce  {Seth^,  Seth^,  Samuel^^  SamueP^  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  27,  1781  ;  m.  Feb.  8,  1801,  Patty  Moulton,  b.  Feb. 
5,  1782,  d.  Apr.  17,  1838.  He  d.  Apr.  7,  1832.  They  res.  in  Brim- 
field,  Mass.,  and  Homer,  N.  Y.    Children  : — 

2892.  1.      Alma,  b.  Feb.  10,  1802;  m.  Sept.  2,  1827,  Lucas  Welch.    Ch. : 

Martha  J.,  b.  Dec.  5,  1828,  m.  Walter  Jones;  Maria  S.,  b.  May 
31,  1833,  m.  Sara'l  Harris,  M.  D. ;  Adeline  L.,  b.  Apr.  13,  1837, 
m.  E.  H.  Coon;  Clarissa  A.,  b.  Jan.  24,  1840,  d.  Jan.  21,  1843; 
Calvin  S.,  b.  Aug.  14,  1846,  d.  Oct.  9,  1846. 

2893.  ii.     Justin  M.,  b.  Nov.  9,  1804;  m.  Aug.  21,  1833,  Mary  Trowbridge. 

2894.  iii.    Daniel,  b.  Feb.  12,  1807;  m.  Jan.  8,  1835,  Sarah  S.  Sharp. 

2895.  iv.    Horace,  b.  Dec.  28,  1809;  m.  Jan.  21,  1835,  Sarah  A.  Smith. 
2895^.  V.     Adeline,  b.  Jan.  23,  1815;  m.  Aug.  17,  1847,  Seth  Ferguson,  b. 

Jan.  6,  1810.    Ch. :  Mary  A.,  b.  Oct.  25,  1848;  John  H.,  b.  Nov. 

22,  1851.    They  res.  in  Homer,  N.  Y. 

913.  Algernon"^  Pierce  {Enoch^^  JEnoch^,  Samuel^,  Samuel^, 
Thornas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  17,  1786  ;  m.  March,  22,  1818,  Phebe, 


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175 


Evans,  d.  Mav  26.  1861.  He  d.  April  20.  1826.  Res.  Xorth  Pitcher, 
KT.'  Children:— 

2896.  i.      Lucius  E.,  b.  Jan.  19,  1819;  m.  Chloe  Chevalier  and  Clariuda 

Porter. 

2897.  il.     Julius  S.,  b.  Xov.  5.  1820;  d.  June  2i,  1849. 

2898.  iii.    Hexry  E.,  b.  June  10,  1823;  m.  Lydia  E.  Hyde  and  Maria  L. 

Ishanger. 

2899.  iv.     S.  Algeexox,  b.  Aug.  7,  1826;  d.  June,  1833. 

916.  Enoch'  Pieece  {Mioch^,  EnocJv'.  Samuel'^,  Samuel^,  Thom- 
as', Thomas^),  b.  July  17,  1795  ;  m.  April  25,  1821.  Laura  Dean.  b. 
1797.  d.  Jan.  24,  1857.  He  d.  Sept.  30,  1854.  Res.  Eastford.  Chil- 
dren : — 

2900.  i.      Elizabeth  T.  ;  d.  young. 

917.  Eakl"  Pierce  {Enoch^,  EnochP,  Samuel^,  Samuel^.  Thomas'^, 
Thomas'^),  b.  April  3.  1798  ;  m.  Sept.  17.  1823,  Olive  Stearns,  b.  Jan. 
3,  1799.  d.  Feb.  24,  1870.    Res.  Mansfield,  Conn. 

Composed  by  Eael  Pierce,  on  his  eightieth  birthday,  April  3,  1878,  at  Mansfield. 

My  eightieth  birthday  now  has  come, 

North  Man?fleld  is  my  native  home; 
It  seems  the  most  like  home  to  me 

Of  any  place  where  I  can  be. 

I  think  I  live  among  my  friends 

On  whom  my  happiness  depends  ; 
I  like  this  eastern  country  best, 

Instead  of  going  further  west. 

K I  should  live  another  year, 

Perhaps  my  friends  will  find  me  here  ; 
The  time  is  short  for  me  to  stay— 

I  may  not  live  another  day. 

I 'm  growing  older  every  breath, 

I  ought  to  be  prepared  for  death, 
And  strive  to  act  the  better  part, 

And  serve  the  Lord  with  all  my  heart. 

Composed  by  the  same  on  his  eighty-first  birthday,  April  3,  1879,  at  Mansfield. 

Another  birthday  now  is  mine, 
The  third  of  April,  'seventy-nine ; 
Another  year  is  now  begun — 
My  present  age  is  eighty-one. 

I  thank  the  Lord  for  blessings  past, 
Eor  special  favors  first  and  last; 
And  hope  to  meet  Him  as  a  friend, 
When  birthdays  here  shall  have  an  end, 
And  find  an  everlasting  Home, 
To  praise  Him  in  the  world  to  come. 


Children  :— 

2901.  i.      Latheop  S.,  b.  Sept.  21,  1821;  m.  Julia  M.  Gurley. 

2902.  ii.     WrLLL\.M  P.,  b.  Aug.  11,  1827;  d.  June  23,  1819. 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


2903.  iii.    Sheppard  H.,  b.  Nov.  14,  1880 ;  m.  Frances  Haven  and  Olive  Fox. 

2904.  iv.    Cornelia  M.,  b.  Oct.  19,  1833;  d.  Feb.  16,  1840. 

2905.  V.     Delia  J.,  b.  Jan.  1,  1842;  d.  Sept.  20,  1852. 

926.  Major  Joseph  H.'''  Pierce  {Joseph^,  Isaac^^  Isaac^,  Samuel^, 
Thomas^/Thomas^h.  March  8,  1773;  m.  Dec,  1791,  Frances  Temple 
Cordis,  dau.  of  Joseph  Cordis,  Esq.,  of  Charlestovvn,  Mass.,  b.  Dec.  3, 
1776,  d.  Apr,  8,  1815;  m.  2nd,  Aug.  16,  1819,  Abby  Robinson,  of 
Newport,  R.  L,  b.  Feb.  16,  1790,  d.  Dec.  3,  1832.  He  d.  Dec.  3, 
1832. 

Major  Pierce  was  a  man  of  most  elegant  presence.  He  passed 
several  years  abroad.  In  1 802-5  was  Lieutenant,  with  rank  of  Major  of 
the  Independent  Corps  of  Cadets  ;  was  also  some  years  aide-de-camp 
to  several  Governors  ;  was  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  War  ;  Clerk  of 
the  Municipal  Court  and  from  his  dignified  presence  was  often  mistaken 
for  the  Judge.  In  1824  he  was  appointed  agent  of  Massachusetts  for 
claims  against  the  General  Government  growing  out  of  the  war  of  1812, 
and  passed  the  season  in  Washington.  His  daughters  were  celebrated 
beauties;  Frances,  the  eldest,  a  blonde,  was  said  by  Joseph  Bona- 
parte, who  met  her  at  a  ball  in  Boston,  to  be  the  handsomest  lady 
he  had  ever  seen  in  America.  Major  Pierce  was  lost  at  sea  with  his 
wife  while  on  a  passage  from  New  York  to  Mobile  and  New  Orleans. 


Children  : — 

2906.  i.      Joseph,  b.  May  9,  1792 ;  d.  Sept.  3,  1823. 

2907.  ii.     Frances,  b.  Jan.  17,  1794;  m.  Oct.  24,  1810,  Henry  Gray,  a 

son  of  Lieut  -Governor  William  Gray,  the  famous  merchant, 
d.  Dec.  10,  1854.  She  d.  Mar.  22,  1830.  Ch.  :  Frances  E.,  b. 
July  2,  181 1 ;  William  H.,  b.  Oct.  22,  1812 ;  John.  b.  Nov.  18,  1813 ; 
Henry,  Jr.,  b.  Apr.  25,  1815,  d.  1851;  Francis,  b.  Nov.  22,  1816, 
d.  Sept.  4,  1817;  Caroline,  b.  Jan.  18,  1818,  m.  John  Haskins; 
Charles  R.,  b.  Feb.  11,  1819;  Lydia  F.,  b.  Jan.  11,  1820,  m. 
Elias  Cornelius;  Mary  C,  b.  Apr.  16,  1821,  m.  Charles  A. 
Winthrop ;  a  son,  b.  June  29,  1822,  d.  July  1,  1822 ;  Frederick  W., 
b.  Oct.  7,  1823;  Arthur,  b.  Dec.  14,  1824;  Frances,  b.  Feb.  5, 
1826;  Francis,  b.  Mar.  7,  1827;  Horatio,  b.  Dec.  13,  1828;  Anna 
E.  C,  b.  Mar.  19,  1830,  m.  Rev.  William  H.  Brooks. 

2908.  iii.    Delia,  b.  Feb.  16,  1796;  m.  May  10, 1852,  Gen.  Jos.  L.  C.  Amee,  b. 

1800,  d.  Feb.  4,  1867.  They  had  no  issue.  He  was  at  one  time 
Chief  of  the  Boston  Police  force  and  during  the  late  Rebellion 
was  Quartermaster-General  in  Gen.  Sheridan's  command. 

2909.  iv.    Marcia,  b.  Apr.  29,  1797 ;  m.  Nov.  7,  1835,  Thomas  Blanchard,  d. 

Feb.  4,  1864.  She  d.  Nov.  15,  1861.  Ch.  :  Henrietta  P.,  b. 
Nov.  11,  1836,  d.  Mar.  8,  1837;  Thomas  H.  P.,  b.  Aug.  7,  1838, 
d.  Oct.  29,  1845;  Delia  P.,  b.  Sept.  25,  1840,  d.  Apr.  25,  1867. 

A  brief  biography  of  Thomas  Blanchard,  the  inventor  of  the 
mechanical  combination  for  turning  irregular  forms,  who  died 
at  Boston  in  1865,  has  just  been  issued.    The  writer,  Asa 


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H.  Waters,  says  that  although  the  name  of  Thomas  Blanchard 
is  not  so  popularly  known  as  many  others  who  have  achieved 
fame  from  single  inventions,  the  writer  boldly  asserts  that 
— It  may  be  questioned  whether  another  inventor  can  be 
named  in  this  country  or  in  Europe,  during  the  last  century, 
who  has  produced  so  many  diflfereut  labor-saving  machines, 
applicable  to  such  a  great  variety  of  uses,  and  which  have  con- 
tributed so  largely  to  the  common  necessities,  comforts  and 
economies  of  life.  This  language  may  seem  extravagant,  but  it 
must  be  remembered  that  not  an  armory  exists  in  this  country 
or  in  England  where  guns  are  made — hardly  a  human  being  that 
wears  boots  or  shoes — scarcely  a  vessel  that  sails  upon  the 
ocean — not  a  school  where  slates  are  used — not  a  carpet  laid 
down,  but  that  owes  tribute  to  the  genius  of  Thomas  Blanchard 
for  producing  articles  cheaper  and  better.  The  same  may  be 
said  of  carriage  wheels,  ploughs,  shovels  and  various  articles 
of  furniture.  Latterly,  his  machines  have  been  applied  to 
carving,  to  architectural  designs  and  even  to  statuary — much  to 
the  surprise  of  artists.  Indeed,  there  seems  to  be  no  limit  to 
the  uses  made  of  Blanchard's  inventions,  and  it  is  impossible  at 
present  to  enumerate  them.  One  can  hardly  go  into  a  tool  shop,  • 
a  machine  shop,  or  a  workshop  of  any  kind,  wood  or  iron,  where 
motive  power  is  used,  in  which  he  will  not  find  more  or  less  of 
Blanchard's  mechanical  motions. 

Blanchard  was  a  native  of  Sutton,  Mass.,  and  was  born  June 
24,  1788.  His  father,  Samuel,  was  a  farmer,  and  lived  on  a 
poor,  remote  strip  of  land,  where  there  was  absolutely  nothing 
to  suggest  a  mechanical  motion.  While  on  the  farm  Thomas 
gave  little  if  any  promise  of  the  latent  powers  within  him. 
There  was  nothing  in  his  surroundings  to  excite  them.  He  was 
misplaced;  schools  were  remote,  and  he  seldom  attended,  for 
he  was  afiiicted  with  a  perverse  impediment  of  speech,  so  that 
the  boys  called  him  "  Stammering  Tom."  At  the  age  of  18 
he  was  engaged  by  his  elder  brother,  Stephen,  to  assist  him  io 
his  tack-mill,  which  he  had  just  started  in  West  Millbury. 
Young  Thomas's  duty  it  was  to  head  the  tacks  in  a  vise,  with  a 
hand  hammer,  one  by  one.  Once  in  a  mechanic  shop  his  dor- 
mant genius  began  to  wake  up.  Ere  he  had  spent  many  months 
heading  tacks,  one  by  one,  he  had  designed,  constructed  and 
put  in  operation  a  machine  which  would  cut  and  head  them  at 
one  motion  twice  as  fast  as  the  ticking  of  a  watch,  and  better 
finished  than  those  made  by  hand.  So  perfect  was  it  in  design 
and  construction  it  was  continued  in  use  more  than  twenty  years. 
It  is  said  to  be  still  in  existence,  and  experts  who  have  seen  it 
say  no  essential  improvement  has  ever  been  made  upon  it.  The 
reputation  of  the  boy's  success  in  his  brother's  tack  factory  led 
Mr.  Asa  Waters,  who  had  in  the  same  town  of  Millbury  an 
armory,  where  he  manufactured  arms  for  the  government,  to 
send  for  the  budding  inventor,  and  there  young  Blanchard,  at 
almost  a  glance  at  the  old  processes  for  shaping  gun  barrels, 
suggested  an  improvement  by  which  the  irregular  butt  of  the 
barrel  could  be  turned  by  machinery,  and  afterward  produced  a 
machine  for  turning  out  the  gun  stock.  The  germ  of  the 
stocking  machine  lay  in  that  cam  motion,  and  it  was  then  and 
there,  as  he  afterwards  said,  that  the  idea  of  his  world- renowned 
machine  for  turning  irregular  forms  first  flashed  through  his 
mind,  although  it  required  some  months  to  elaborate  and  bring  it 
out.  Blanchard  was  afterwards  called  to  the  Springfield  armory, 
where  his  machines  were  introduced  and  adopted  by  the  govern- 
ment. His  machine  for  producing  irregular  forms  was  applied 
to  a  vast  number  of  special  purposes.  Unlike  many  other  in- 
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ventions,  this  was  really  the  discovery  of  a  new  principle  in 
mechanics,  whereby  the  machine  is  made  the  obedient,  faithful 
servant  of  man,  to  work  out  his  designs  after  any  given  model, 
be  it  round  or  square,  crooked  or  straight,  however  irregular 
and  made  to  reproduce  the  original  shape  exactly,  every  time. 
This  perfect  nniformity  of  Blanchard's  work  suggested  the 
idea  of  having  all  the  parts  of  the  guns  made  at  the  armories 
perfectly  uniform,  so  as  to  be  interchangeable.  Hitherto  they 
had  been  fitted  separately,  like  Swiss  watches,  and  carefully 
lettered  or  numbered.  This  is  the  method  in  all  our  workshops, 
even  to  the  bolts  of  a  carriage  or  a  common  bedstead,  and  woe 
to  him  who  misplaced  one.  It  was  Blanchard  who  first 
rendered  possible  the  accomplishment  of  the  desired  result 
with  respect  to  arms,  and  to  him  the  writer  gives  the  credit  of 
the  origin  of  the  "uniformity  system"  which  has  revolu- 
tionized mechanic  processes  in  all  our  workshops ;  perfected 
and  greatly  cheapened  mechanic  products,  and  driven  from  use 
the  old  system  of  numbering. 

Blanchard  realized  but  little  pecuniarily  on  his  patents, 
for  they  were  so  pirated  upon  that  he  had  to  spend  many 
thousands  of  dollars  in  defending  his  rights  in  the  courts.  He 
succeeded  in  getting  an  extension  of  his  patent  for  producing 
irregular  forms,  but  at  the  end  of  the  extension  he  had  made 
practically  nothing  on  it,  and  began  to  think  of  trying  for  a 
second  extension;  but  such  a  thing  was  unprecedented,  and 
Blanchard,  knowing  that  great  opposition  would  be  made  to 
another  renewal,  thought  he  would  resort  to  a  little  stratagem. 
He  fitted  up  a  machine  for  turning  busts  from  marble  blocks, 
took  it  to  Washington,  obtained  plaster  casts  of  the  heads  of 
Webster,  Clay,  Calhoun,  and  others,  and  exhibited  the  busts  in 
the  rotunda  of  the  capitol.  The  members  were  quite  astonished 
when  they  found  that  these  busts  were  wrought  out  by  a  machine 
and  that  they  were  more  exactly  like  the  originals  than  any 
human  hand  could  make  them.  It  produced  a  great  sensation. 
They  all  supposed  it  a  new  invention.  Blanchard  said,  "No, 
not  a  new  invention,  but  a  new  application  of  an  old  one  of 
mine  from  which  I  never  realized  much,  and  I  want  the  patent 
renewed."  A  resolution  was  introduced  in  the  Senate  by 
Webster  to  renew  it  for  a  term  of  years,  and  it  was  rushed 
through  without  delay. 

When  the  news  was  first  proclaimed  from  Springfield  of  a 
machine  which  turned  gun-stocks,  mechanics  came  floating 
from  near  and  far  to  see  it.  Among  those  attracted  were  two 
members  of  the  British  parliament,  then  traveling  in  this 
country.  When  they  returned  to  England  they  reported  the 
wonderful  invention  of  Blanchard,  by  whom  the  Americans  were 
getting  greatly  in  advance  of  them  in  gun  manufacture,  and 
moved  a  resolution  for  the  purchase  of  similar  machines.  A 
true  John  Bull  member  then  arose  and  ridiculed  them  unmerci- 
fully for  being  so  badly  sold  and  played  upon  by  the  cunning 
Yankees.  "  The  very  idea  of  turning  a  gun-stock  is  absurd  on 
the  face  of  it,  as  all  must  know  who  ever  saw  one."  Finding 
the  resolution  would  fail  the  two  members  withdrew  it  and 
moved  for  a  committee  to  go  to  the  United  States  armory  and 
report  upon  the  facts.  The  committee  came  over,  examined 
the  workings  of  the  machine,  returned  and  reported  the  facts  to 
be  as  at  first  stated.  The  doubting  Thomas  rose  and  said  the 
Americans  might  have  got  up  something  to  work  their  soft 
woods,  pine  and  poplar,  but  it  would  never  stand  the  test  of 
"our  tough  English  oak  and  hickory."  Upon  this,  doubting 
Thomas  himself  was  chosen  a  committee  to  go  over  and 


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179 


examine.  He  was  not  to  be  imposed  upon;  he  would  expose 
this  humbug.  Selecting  three  rough  stocks  of  the  hardest, 
toughest  timber  he  could  find,  he  went  to  the  Springfield  armory 
incognito,  brought  his  stocks  to  the  stocking  room,  and 
inquired  of  the  overseer  if  he  would  grant  him  the  favor  of 
turning  them.  Certainly,  sir :  take  a  seat."  "Without  making 
the  least  alteration  of  the  machine  the  overseer  run  the  stocks 
throuirh  in  a  few  minutes,  and  then  went  on  with  his  work  as 
though  nothing  unusual  had  happened.  The  Englishman  exam- 
ined the  stocks,  found  they  were  turned  all  the  better  for  being 
of  hard  wood,  and  he  was  completely  dumbfounded.  After 
musing  awhile,  he  frankly  confessed  who  he  was.  why  he  came, 
and  his  thorough  conviction  of  the  utility  of  the  machine. 
Before  he  left  the  city  he  gave  an  order  in  behalf  of  the  British 
government  for  this  and  the  accompanying  machines,  some  six 
or  eight,  which  amounted  to  some  840.000.  The  machines 
were  built  at  Chicopee,  shipped  to  England,  and  have  been  in 
use  there  from  that  dav  to  this. 

2910.  V.     :Maiiccs  T.,  b. 'May  17,  1799;  m.  Apr.  2S,  1S30,  Sarah  C.  E. 

Wood.  dau.  of  Judge  Wood,  of  Savannah.  Georgia. 

2911.  vi.     CoxsTAxnus,  b.  May  9,  1801;  m.  Nov.  25,  1S23,  Mary  Steer. 

2912.  vii.   Isaac,  b.  Jan.  21,  1803 ;  d.  prob.  ISIS :  num. 

2913.  viii.  Lauha,  b.  Apr.  28,  ISO-t;  m.  Sept.  6.  1S2.5,  Captain  S.  M.  Hoi 

land,  b.  Dec.  1-t,  179S.  d.  Jan.  18,  1833.  Ch.  :  Frances  T..  b 
Sept.  17,  1S26,  m.  Franklin  Blanchard:  John,  b.  Xov.  23.  1S27 
m.  Eliza  P.  Cosgrove:  Laura  P.,  b.  Aug.  12,  1830;  Sarah  M.,  b 
Aug.  21,  1833.  m.  Harrison  EUerv.    She  res.  in  Chelsea. 

2914.  ix.    Axx,  b.  Apr.  30,  1805 ;  m.  Sept.  22.  1835.  Ed.  A.  West,  b.  1805 

d.  Mar.  11,  1871.    Ch.  :  Walter,  b.  Aug.  10.  1836;  Frances  A. 
b.  Dec.  29.  1837,  d.  Aug.  24,  1840:  MaryL..  b.  Dec.  20,  1840,  d 
Xov.  20.  1841;  Frauces^C.  b.  1843;  Frederick,  b.  Dec.  28,  1844 
d.  Mav  31,  1846;  Clifi"ord  H.,  b.  Xov.  10,  1846. 
2914^  X.     Mart  Elizabeth,  b.  Mar.  31.  1807;  m.  Jan.  29,  1826.  Col.  Ed 
ward  Fitch  Hall,  b.  Mar.  15,  1798,  of  Medford,  Mass.,  where  they 
reside.    He  is  a  Commission  Merchant,  of  Boston.  Children 
Delia  Cordis,  b.  Dec.  5,  1826,  d.  1829 ;  Delia  Frances,  b.  May 
19,  1830,  d.  1830;  George  Brown,  b.  Oct.  21,  1831,  d.  1834 
Georgianna,  b.  Dec.  27,  1833,  d.  1842:  Mary  KUen,  b.  July  20 
1835,  m.  Oct..  1855.  Edward  Kichmond.    He  d.  1871.    She  d 
Oct.  26,  1859.'  Henrietta,  b.  Jan.  23,  1837,  m.  Jan.  23,  1859,  Wm 
S.,  son  of  Rev.  John  Turner  Sargent;  Edward  Fitch,  b.  Xov 
15.  1838,  m.  Lottie  Brown:  Marcus,  b.  1844,  m.  Delia  Page. 

2915.  xi.    Henry  A.,  b.  Dec.  15,  1808:  m.  Julv  3.  1838.  Susan  R.  Thompson. 

2916.  xii.   JoHX  D.,  b.  Aug.  6,  1812;  m.  Mrs.  Smith. 

2917.  xiil.  Hardy,  b.  Mar.  21,  1814:  d.  Mav  1,  1838. 

2918.  xiv.  Sarah  R.,  b.  1820;  d.  1820. 

2919.  XV.    Emma,  b.  1821;  d.  1826. 

The  five  daughters  of  Major  Joseph  Hardy  Pierce  while  in 
Washington  attended  a  grand  ball  given  by  mVs.  John  Quincy 
Adams,  on  the  8th  of  January,  1824,  the  anniversary  of  the 
battle  of  Xew  Orleans.  It  was  estimated  that  one  thousand 
persons  were  present,  many  very  distinguished.  The  Wash- 
ington  Republican  at  that  time  published  the  famous  poem 
by  "  Orlando,"  which  is  still  remembered  by  many  of  our 
older  people.  In  it  the  Pierces  were  gallantly  noticed  as 
follows  : — 

"Wend  you  with  the  world  to-night? 
Sixty  gray — and  giddy  twenty, 
Flirts  that  court  an^  prudes  that  slight. 
State  coquettes  and  spinsters  plenty. 


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PIEROE  PEDIGREE. 


Mrs.  Sullivan  is  there, 

With  all  the  charms  that  Nature  lent  her; 
Gay  McKira,  with  city  air; 

And  winninoj  Gates  and  Vanderventer ; 
Forsyth,  with  her  group  of  graces; 

Both  the  Crowninshields  in  blue; 
The  Pierces,  with  their  heavenly  faces, 

And  eyes  like  suns  that  dazzle  through. 
Belles  and  matrons— maids  and  maidens, 
All  are  gone  to  Mrs.  Adams'." 

Lines  written  by  Thomas  Bulfinch,  author  of  "The  Age  of 
Fable,"  etc.,  on  board  the  schooner  Zephyr,  at  Alexandria, 
May  13,  1824,  on  the  departure  of  the  five  daughters  of  Major 
Joseph  Hardy  Pierce,  for  Boston  : — 

Brave  vessel !  know'st  thou  what  a  freight 

Thy  gallant  timbers  soon  shall  bear? 
The  famed  Venetian  bark  of  State 

Ne'er  bore  a  freight  so  rich  and  rare. 

Fair  Delia  with  the  dimpled  cheek, 

And  Marcia  with  the  pensive  brow, 
And  Laura  with  the  eyes  that  speak, 

Ere  from  her  lips  the  accents  flow. 

And  Ann,  the  conqueror  of  hearts, 

With  charms  at  will — a  very  fairy ; 
And  there  arrayed  in  Beauty's  darts, 

Hebe — (the  mortals  call  her  Mary). 

Brave  vessel — may  thy  oaken  sides 

Cleave  old  Potomac's  billowy  breast, 
And  homeward  speed  as  swift  as  glides 

The  parent  swallow  to  her  nest. 


939.  Asa'''  Pierce  {William^,  William^,  /Sommers'^,  William^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  6,  .1788;  ra.  Mar.  13,  1817,  Hannah 
Higgins,  b.  Mar.  30,  1798,  d.  Dec.  30,  1872.  He  d.  Feb.  3,  1874.  Res. 
Clarendon,  Mount  Holly  and  Weston,  Yt. 


Children  : — 

2920.  i.  Calvin  H.,  b.  Jan.  20,  1818;  d.  Dec.  26,  1827. 

2921.  ii.  William  J.,  b.  Oct.  4,  1820;  m.  Serepta  Hossiter. 

2922.  iii.  Sarah  A.,  b.  Apr.  8,  1825;  m.  July  4,  1844,  Henry  Burton. 

2923.  iv.  Mary,  b.  Oct.  28,  1827;  m.  Aug.,  1852,  Nelson  Miller. 

2924.  V.  Warren  A.,  b.  July  14,  1831;  m.  Frances  J.  Davis. 

2925.  vi.  Wesley,  b.  Nov.  18,  18^3;  d.  Aug.  29,  1864. 

2926.  vii.  Albert  H.,  b.  Mar.  10,  1836;  m.  Eugenia  Hossiter. 

942.    William^  Pierce  ( William^,  William^,  Sommers^,  William^, 


Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  20,1785;  m.  Mary  Moncrief,  b.  Oct. 
4,  1786,  d.  Jan.  5,  1847.    He  d.  May  26,  1867.    Res.  Salem,  N.  Y. 


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181 


Children  :— 

2927.  i.      Hugh,  b.  Nov.  12,  1818  ;  m.  Mary  Rogers. 

2928.  ii.     William,  b.  June  7,  1820;  m.  Adelaide  Bristol. 

2929.  ill.    John.  b.  Mar.  31,  182-t;  m.  Ann  E.  Tucker. 

2930.  iv.    Sarah  J.,  b.  Mar.  3,  1822;  m.  Almou  Botsford. 

951.  Capt.  Abiel'''  Piekce  {Benjamin^,  William^,  Sommers'^, 
William^.  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  21,  1791  ;  m.  July  20,  1717, 
Nancy  Holt,  b.  Nov.  24,  1793,  d.  Jan.  13,  1828;  m.  2nd,  Apr.  13,  1830, 
Hannah  K.  Manning,  b.  Sept.  4,  1792,  d.  Jan.  1,  187s.  He  d.  Nov. 
30,  1871.  Res.  Andovei-,  Yt.,  and  Dodge's  Corner,  Wis.  Abiel  Piei-ce 
was  born  in  Wilton,  N.  H.  When  he  was  four  years  old  his  parents 
moved  to  Andover,  Windsor  Co.,  Yt.  When  old  enough  to  leave  home 
and  care  for  himself  he  bought  a  farm  in  Andover,  and  remained  there 
until  1838,  when  he  moved  to  Yernon,  Y"is.,  where  he  lived  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life.  He  was  Captain  of  the  State  Militia  for  a  number 
of  years  and  was  familiarly  known  as  "Captain  Pierce."  He  was  one 
of  the  fii'st  settlers  in  Waukesha  Co.    Children  : — 

2931.  i.      Dorcas  L.,  b.  Jan.  30,  1818 ;  m.  July  18,  1837,  Orrin  B.  Haseltiue, 

b.  Feb.  22,  1816.  She  d.  Mar.  7,  1874.  They  res.  in  Dodge's 
Corner,  Wis.  Children:  Calista  D.,  b.  July  1,  1838,  m.  Wesley 
R.  Park;  Jane  N..  b,  Aus;.  16,  1840.  m.  Warren  W.  Carlton; 
Ellen  L.,  b.  May  11,  1842,  m.  Warren  Walker;  Oren  P.,  b. 
May  4,  1846,  m.  Mary  Downs;  Rollin  B.,  b.  April  20,  1848; 
Ewin  M.,  b.  June  22,  i850,  m.  Susan  Davis;  Nora  E.,  b.  Sept. 
11,  1860. 

2932.  11.     Dorothy  G.,  b.  July  26,  1819;  m.  July  18,  1837,  John  Dod^e,  b. 

Sept.  10,  1813;  d.  July  29,  1858,  s.  p. 

2933.  ili.    Abiel  H.,  b.  May  23,  1822;  m.  Cordelia  B.  Finton. 

2934.  iv.    LuciXDA  W.,  b.  Oct.  26,  1824;  m.  Feb.  24,  1849,  Curtis  Carlton, 

b.  AU2:.  6.  1823;  d.  Aug.  11,  1854.  Res.  Dodge's  Corner,  Wis. 
Ch.  :  Fred.  M.,  b.  Isov.  27,  1852. 

952.  Asa'''  Pierce  {Benjamin^,  William^,  Sommers'^.  William^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  17,  1793;  m.  Sept.  29,  1818,  Betsey 
Dodge,  b.  Dec.  29,  1789.  He  d.  Dec.  7,  1858.  Res.  Adrian,  Mich., 
and  Fort  Wayne,  Ind.    Children  : — 

2935.  i.      Asa  W.,  b.  Sept.  22,  1821;  m.  Annie  Poinsett  and  Hester  Corey. 

2936.  ii.     Betsey  L.,  b.  Oct.  18,  1822 ;  m.  Jan.  16,  1842,  Samuel  Cartwriirht. 

Res.  Fort  Wayne,  Ind.  Ch.  :  Lewis  A,,  b.  April  9,  1844; 
Betsey,  b.  May  17,  1854,  d.  May  20,  1854:  Jas.  W.,  b.  July  9, 
1856.  ' 

2937.  iii.    Pary^'thia  D.,  b.  Xoy.  22,  1824;  m.  Au2:.  16,  1850,  Solomon  P. 

Haswell.  She  d.  Jan.  24,  1873.  Res.  Fort  Wayne,  Ind.  Ch.  : 
Altha  L.,  b.  Aug.  13.  1851  ;  Amelia  W.,  b.  Feb.  16,  1856. 

2938.  iv.    James  S.,  b.  Mar.  6,  1827;  m.  Mary  Rockwill  and  Phebe  Strout. 

2939.  y.      Mart  J.,  b.  Nov.  29,  1837;  d.  July  30,  1866. 

953.  Alvah'''  Pierce  {Benjamin^,  William^^  Soinmers'^,  William'^, 
Thoonas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  6,  1796;  m.  Sept.  21.  1817,  Dolly  Baker, 
b.  May  9,  1795,  d.  Aug.  17,  1879.  He  d.  Sept.  2^;,  1818.  She 
ra.  2nd,  Oliver  Atwood.    Res.  Andover.  Vt.    Chihl : — 

2940.  i.      Alvah  W.,  b.  June  26,  1818;  m.  Lydia  W.  Atwood  and  Lucy  C. 

Allen. 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


955.  Alanson'''  Pierce  {Be^ijamin^,  William^,  Sommers^,  Wil- 
liam^, Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  27,  1801  ;  m.  May  1,  1825,  Han- 
nah Burton,  d.  April  20,  1851.    Res.  Weathersfield,  Vt. 

Children  : — 

2941.  i.      Fernando  A.,  b.  Apr.  25,  1826;  m.  Betsey  A.  Hoyt. 

2942.  ii     Augusta  H.,  b.  July  11, 1829. 

2943.  iii.    Harriet  J.,  b.  Sept.  4,  1835;  d.  July  11,  1838; 

2944.  iv.    Samuel  B.,  b.  Sept.  5,  1839;  m.  Mary  E.  Bond. 

956.  Abei7  Pierce  {Benjamin^ ^  William^,  Sommers^^  William^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  1,  1804;  ra.  May  8,  1825,  Harriet  Dodge, 
b.  Aug.  1,  1809,  d.  June  26,  1838.    He  d.  June  25,  1832.  Children 

2945.  i.      Lorenzo  A.,  b.  Jan.  27,  1826;  m.  Charlotte  L.  Davis. 

2946.  ii.     KOYAL  A.,  b.  Feb.  23,  1828;  m.  Eliza  A.  Ashdown. 

2947.  iii.    Martha  H.,  b.  Oct.  13,  1830 ;  m.  Hascal  Hazeltine. 

965.  James'''  Pierce  {Nathan^ ^  James^^  James^^  James^^  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  June  7,  1790  ;  m.  Apr.  19,  1813,  Polly  Wood,  b.  Jan. 
12,  1792.  He  res.  in  Hubbardston  and  d.  there,  Oct.  16,  183S.  She 
was  an  inmate  of  the  Old  Ladies'  Home  in  Charlestown  for  a  number 
of  years,  wheie  she  d.  Oct.  9,  1877.    Children  : — 

2947^.  i.      Mary,  b.  Jan.  9,  1815;  m.  Apr.  20,  1829,  George  W.  Foster,  d. 

1862.  Ch.  :  George  W.,  Jr.,  b.  June  7,  1835,  m.  Abbie  B. 
Woodward;  Josephine,  b.  Jan.  17,  1836,  d.  Dec,  1837;'Lydia 
A.,  b.  Jan.  17,  1840,  d.  May  19,  1840;  Mary  J.,  b.  Dec.  8,  1844, 
m.  Samuel  W.  Bradley. 

2948.  ii.     Deborah,  b.  Aug.  30,  1816;  d.  Nov.  30,  1816. 

2949.  iii.    James,  b.  Dec.  17,  1818;  d.  Dec.  8,  1821. 

2950.  iv.    Ellen  M.,  b.  Sept.  8,  1819;  d.  Dec.  29,  1820. 

2951.  V.     Sylvanus  W.,  b.  Jan.  27,  1821;  d.  Dec.  8,  1822. 

2952.  vi.    James,  b.  Dec.  24,  1822;  d.  Sept.  7,  1823. 

2953.  vii.   James,  Jr.,  b.  July  4,  1824;  m.  Jane  Hunt. 

2954.  viii.  Ellen,  b.  Oct.  14,  1825;  d.  Nov.  25,  1826. 

2955.  ix.    Lucy,  b.  Feb.  20,  1827;  d.  Aug  30,  1827. 

2956.  X.     George,  b.  March  1,  1828;  m.  Mary  E.  Trask. 

2957.  xi.     Lydia,  b.  Jan.  3,  1831 ;  d.  Dec.  1,  1838. 

2958.  xii.   Sarah,  b.  June  21,  1833;  m.  Uriah  Gatchell.    They  res.  in  So. 

Wolfboro',  N.  H. 

2959.  xiii.  Nathan,  b.  Feb.  11,  1836;  d.  Dec.  27,  1836. 

966.  Samuel'''  Pierce  {Nathan^,  James^,  James,^^  James^,  Thom- 
as^, Thomas^),  b.  1800:  m.    Merriam  ;  m.  2nd,  Priscilla  E. 

Moore.    He  d.  Sept.  12,  1873.    Res.  Hubbardston,  Mass.    Children  :— 

2960.  i.      Leander,  b.  July  4,  1837;  killed  at  battle  of  Newberu,  N.  C, 

March  14,  1862. 

2961.  ii.     Asa,  b.  Jan.  2,  1841;  d.  young. 

2962.  iii.    Eliza,  b.  March  16,  1832 ;  m.  William  Pierce.  [2963]. 

968.  Josiah"^  Pierce  {Nathan^,  James^^  James^^  James^,  Thom- 
as\  Thomas^),  b.  1804  ;  m.  Nov.  9,  1826,  Ellen  Davis,  b.  1788,  d. 
July  13,  1850  ;  m.  2nd,  1857,  Polly  Baker.  He  d.  Oct.  12,  1860. 
Children  : — 

2963.  i.      William,  b.  July  20,  1828;  m.  Eliza  Pierce  [2962]. 

2964.  ii.     Harvey  L.,  b.  Oct.  22,  1838;  m.  Louise  J.  Bruce. 

2965.  iii.    Ira  A.,  b.  July  29,  1845;  ra.  Jane  Ekis. 

2966.  iv.    Anna  E.  ;  m.  Mowry. 


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183 


971.  Abel*^  Pierce,  Jr.  {Abel^,  James^,  James\  James^,  Tho77ias% 
Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  25,  1797  ;  m.  Apr.  4,  1822.  Almira  Russell,  b.  1804, 
d.  Oct.  15,  1836;  m.  2nd,  Jan.  17,  1840,  Mary  C.  Dickson,  b.  1809, 
d.  Feb.  1,  1848;  m.  3rd,  Jan.  17,  1849,  Eliza  Dickson,  b.  July  18, 
1811.    They  res.  in  Arlington.    He  is  noted  for  his  eccentric  habits. 

Children  : — 

2967.  i.      Abel,  Jr.,  b.  Aug.  15,  1831 ;  d.  May  22,  1833. 

2968.  ii.     Oliver  H.,  b.  Oct.  1,  1825;  m.  May  16,  1850,  Mary  P.  "Warren. 

2969.  iii.    Sarah  H.,  b.  Jan.  2,  1834;  m.  Nov.  16,  1852,  Varnam  Frost. 

Oh.  :  Alma  L.,  b.  Oct.  1,  1856;  Howard,  b.  Apr.  19,  1861;  Louis 
P.,  b.  Jan.  1,  1866.    Res.  Arlington. 

2970.  iv.    Almira  R.,  b.  Sept.  7,  1829;  m.  Dec.  21,  1848,  Samuel  Wells,  b. 

Aug.  2,  1820.  Ch.  :  Sarah  R.,  b.  Oct.  16,  1849,  m.  Wm.  W, 
Benjamin;  Henry  W.,  b.  Nov.  12,  1851,  ra.  Flora  A.  Richard- 
son; Frank  W.,  b.  Jan.  4,  1854;  Abel  P.  and  Ella  J.,  b.  Mar.  7, 
1853.  She  d.  Nov  3,  1863;  Maria  H.,  b.  Sept.  20,  1866;  Carrie 
G.,  b.  Jan.  13,  1868.    Res.  Winchester. 

2971.  y.     Mary  E.,  b.  Aug.  27,  1850. 

975.  William"''  Pierce  {Abel^,  J'ames^,  frames'^,  tTames^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  30,  1807  ;  m.  June  19,  1828,  Lydia  Sleeper,  d.  Nov. 
24,  1853  ;  m.  2nd,  May  12,  1856,  Jane  Clark.  He  d.  Jan.  31,  1880. 
He  res.  in  Woburn. 


^^^^^^^  /pik^'^-c^ 


Children  : — ■ 

2972.  i.      Sullivan,  b.  June  18,  1828 ;  m.  1854,  Ruth  Bosworth. 

2973.  ii.     Lydia  J.,  b.  Sept.  26,  1829;  d.  May  10,  1831. 

2974.  iii.    Anna  M.,  b.  June  10,  1831  ;  m.   Chamberlin. 

2975.  iv.    W1LLIA.M  H.,  b.  Dec.  10,  1832;  d.  infant. 

2976.  V.     Eliza  A.,  b.  Mar.  4,  1835;  m.  May  29,  1871,  Lowell  W.  Chamber- 

lin ;  no  issue.    Res.  Charlestown. 

2977.  vi.    Fidelia,  b.  May  1,  1836;  m.  George  Means. 

2978.  vii.   Ella  W.,  b.  Nov.  18,  1843;  m.  Aug.  25,  1863,  Captain  J.  Harvey 

Symonds.  Ch. :  William  P.,  b.  Feb.  15,  1865.  She  is  quite  a 
noted  writer  and  res.  in  Woburn. 

2979.  viii.  William  E.,  b.  Dec.  17,  1847;  d.  infant. 

976.  George  W."^  Pierce  {Abel^^  James^,  James^,  James^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas'),  b.  July  14,  1819;  m.  Sept.  26,  1840,  Eliza  B. 
Hutchinson,  b.  Feb.  25,  1824,  d.  Nov.  4,  1848  ;  m.  2nd,  Hannah  C. 
Merrill,  b.  July  14,  1825.    Res.  Lynn,  Mass. 


Children  : — 


2980.  i. 

2981.  ii. 


Willia]m  H.,  b,  July  18,  1841 ;  m.  Sarah  E.  Ellis. 
Lewis  H.,  b.  Aug.  29,  1843;  m.  Sarah  J.  Ingalls. 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


2982.  iii.    Georgianna  E.,  b.  Nov.  7,  1845;  d. 

2983.  iv.    Benjamin  F.,  b.  Sept.,  1848;  d. 

2984.  V.     Georgianna,  b.  Feb.  24,  1853;  d.  Dec.  14,  1864. 

977.  Sewall  W."^  Pierce  {Abel^,  J'ames^,  J'ames'^,  J'ames^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  11,  1813  ;  ra.  Feb.  7,  1838,  Margaret  R. 
Adams,  b.  Dec.  11,  1816,  d.  July  31,  1878.  He  d.  May  13,  1871. 
Res.  Winchester,  Mass. 


(IJ  -   

Children  : — 

2985.  i.      Mary  E.,  b.  June  19,  1839;  m.  L.  L.  Thaxter. 

2986.  ii.     Franklin  S.,  b.  March  7,  1841;  m.  Marv  L.  Bragg. 

2987.  iii.    Emma  A.,  b.  Nov.  12,  1842;  d.  Oct.  28,  i844. 

2988.  iv.    Edward  A.,  b.  May  16,  1846;  m.  Julia  E.  Hatch. 

2989.  V.      WiNSLOW,  b.  May  12,  1848 ;  ra,  Mary  A.  Townsend. 

2990.  vi.    Emma  J.,  b.  April,  19,  1850;  m.  Frank  W.  Danforth. 

2991.  vii.   Margaret,  b.  Dec.  19,  1852;  m.  L.  W.  Erskine.    Res.  Pond-St., 

Wincheyter. 

981.  Joshua^  Pierce,  Jr.  {Joshua^,  Joshua^,  James'^^  James^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  July  9,  1787  ;  m.  Mar.  10,  1810,  Dolly 
Hutchins,  b.  May  18,  1790,  d.  Sept.  24,  1828.  He  d.  Sept.  16,  1828. 
They  res.  in  Hudson  and  Nashua  N.  H.    Children  : — 

2992.  i.      Sarah  L.,  b.  Mar.  26,  1811;  m.  Mar.  21,  1829,  Hervey  Bugbee,  b. 

July  17,  1809,  d.  Feb.  9,  1865.  Ch.  :  Edwin  F.,  b.  Dec.  6,  1830, 
m.  J.  H.  Hills;  Edward  H.,  b.  Aug.  11,  1832,  d.  Mar.  11,  1837; 
James  H.,  b.  July  29,  1834,  d.  July  1,  1863 ;  Edward  H.,  b.  Jan. 
29,  1837,  d.  July  30,  1838;  Albert  P.,  b.  Apr.  29,  1840;  m. 
Mattie  Rice;  Clara  1.,  b.  Nov.  21,  1842;  Clinton  P.,  b.  Jan.  3. 
1851;  m.  Hannah  J.  Weston;  Frederick  P.,  b.  Mar.  7,  1853, 
They  res.  in  Hancock,  Me. 

2993.  ii.     Joshua  D.,  b.  Mar.  22,  1813;  m.  Jan.  8,  1835,  Louisa  L.  Corbin. 

2994.  iii.    Hannah  L.,  b.  Jan.  29,  1815 ;  m.  Jan.  22,  1837,  William  E.  Graves, 

b.  Aug.  15,  1814.  Ch.  :  Edward  P.,  b.  Dec.  31,  1840,  m.  Sarah 
A.  Ulman;  Sarah  R.,  b.  July  31,  1845,  m.  Eugene  H.  Clapp. 
Res.  48  East  Springfield-St.,  Boston. 

2995.  iv.    Nancy  H.,  b.  June  3,  1817;  m.  C.  P.  Danforth. 

2996.  v.     Andrew  J.,  b.  Jan.  30,  1821;  m.  Caroline  Holmes. 

2997.  vi.    Dolly  J.,  b.  Mar.  6,  1823;  m.  J.  A.  Woodward. 

982.  James'''  Pierce  {Joshua^,  Joshua^,  James^,  James^,  Thom- 
as^, Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  31,  1792  ;  m.  Apr.  11,  1821,  Belinda  Cross,  b. 
July  24,  1794,  d.  Mar.  15, 1861.    He  d.  May  10,  1871,  in  Nashua,  N.  H. 


Children  : — 

2998.  i.  Belinda  A.,  b.  Mar.  25,  1822;  ra.  Dec.  4,  1845,  Edward  A.  Galli- 
son.  She  d.  Jan.  14,  1850.  Ch.  :  James  E.,  b.  Aug.  3,  1846,  d. 
Nov.  11,  1847;  James  P.,  b.  Dec.  26,  1847. 


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185 


2999.  ii.  Caroline  P.,  b.  June  9,  1823;  m.  May  15,  1847,  Benjamin  H. 

Kidder.    She  d.  Apr.  23,  1848. 

3000.  iii.  James  L.,  b.  Aug.  6,  1824;  ra.  Oct.  5,  1851,  Martha  J.  Cross. 

3001.  iv.  John  P.,  b.  July  25,  1828 ;  m.  Oct.  29,  1854,  Martha  E.  Case. 

3002.  V.  Nancy  T.,  b.  Jan.  12,  1830;  d.  Aug.  8,  1847. 

3003.  vi.  Joshua  C,  b.  Dec.  8,  1831 ;  m.  Oct.  29,  1861,  Kate  H.  Chase. 

3004.  vii.  Cosmo  L.,  b.  Aug.  11,  1833;  d.  Sept.  1,  1834. 

987.  Nathan"^  Pierce,  Jr.  {JSfatlian^^  Joshua^,  James,^^  James^, 
Thomas^  Thomas^  b.  Jan.  15,  1789;  m.  June  1,  1831,  Abigail 
Graves,  b.  May  4,  1798.    He  d.  June  1,  1839.    Res.  Bradford,  N.  H. 

Children  : — 

8005.    Benjamin  F.,  b.  May  2,  1832;  m.  Harriet  J.  Goodwin. 
S006.    Cynthia  C,  b.  Nov.  23,  1835;  m.  L.  P.  Jameson. 

992.  Daniei7  Pierce  {Nathan^ ^  Joshua^,  Jaines^,  James^,  Thom- 
as^, Thomas^),  b.  July  17,  1801;  m.  Nov.,  1829,  Lucy  Wlieelock, 
b.  May  23,  1809,  d.  Mar.,  1877.  He  d.  Aug.  28,  1848.  Res.  Eden, 
Vt. 


Child  :— 

3007.  i.      Laura,  b.  Oct.,  1831;  m.  Edwin  Wheelock. 

993.  Cummings'''  Pierce  {Nathan^ ^  Joshua^,  James^,  James"^^ 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  22,  1803;  m.  Feb.  22,  1833,  Caroline 
Dowlin,  d.  Apr.  14,  1874.    Res.  Bradford,  K  H.    Children  :— 

3008.  i.      LuCRETiA,  b.  May  12,  1838;  m.  John  H.  Ewins. 

3009.  '  ii.     Annie  M:,  b.  Aug.  18,  1849 ;  m.  Freeman  Gillingham. 

994.  Stephen  C.'''  Pierce  {N'athanP,  Joshua^ ^  James^^  JTames^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  4,  1807;  m.  Dec.  29,  1834,  Martha 
Collins,  d.  Apr.  21,  1873.    Res.  Bradford,  K  H.  Child 

3010.  i.      Daniel,  b.  Sept.  12,  1852;  m.  Nancy  H.  Morgan. 

995.  Alvah'''  Pierce  {'James^,  Joshua^,  J'ames'^,  J'ames^,  Thom- 
as'^, b.  July  30,  1795;  m.  1832,  Leafee  Miller,  b.  1805,  d. 
Aug.  29,  1866.    He  d.  Jan.  20,  1869.    Res.  Bellows  Falls,  Vt.  No 


998.  Daniel'''  Pierce  {James^,  Joshua^,  James"^,  James^^ 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  24,  1801;  m.  Sept.  25,  1826,  Ursula 
Caldwell,  b.  Aug.  24,  1808.  He  d.  Aug.  18,  1874?  Res.  W.  Swanzey, 
N.  H.,  and  Bolton,  Mass.    Children  : — 

3011.  i.  Daniel,  b.  Dec.  14,  1827 ;  m.  Sarah  Jones. 

3012.  ii.  Enoch  C,  b.  Jan.  1,  1830. 

3013.  iii.  James  S.,  b.  Feb.  6,  1832;  m.  Mary  A.  Casey. 

3014.  iv.  John  C,  b.  May  5,  1834 ;  d.  May  25,  1834. 

3015.  V.  Marshall  W.,  b.  Apr.  4,  1836;  m.  Liza  Booth. 

3016.  vi.  Mary  E.,  b.  Aug.  24,  1841 ;  d.  July  20,  1861. 

3017.  vii.  Leander  F.,  b.  Dec.  6,  1843;  d.  Jan.  13,  1844. 

3018.  vili.  Lodena  W.,  b.  Jan.  27,  1847;  d.  Apr.  27,  1866. 


children. 


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PIEKCE  PEDIGREE. 


1002.  Gen.  Jambs'^  Pierce,  Jr.  {tTames^,  tToshiia^,  J'ames^^  J^ames^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  24,  1810;  m.  Jan.  1,  1839,  Chloe  Hol- 
brook,  b.  Mar.  20,  1816.    He  d.  Dec.  2,  1874,  in  Sharps ville.  Pa. 

General  James  Pierce  was  born  in  Swanzey,  Cheshire  county.  New 
Hampshire,  on  the  twenty -fourth  day  of  September,  1810,  and  re- 
mained with  his  father,  working  on  the  farm,  until  he  was  twenty-one 
years  of  age,  receiving  in  the  meantime  such  limited  education  as 
country  schools  of  that  period  furnished. 

The  history  of  those  who,  under  adverse  circumstances  have,  by 
their  own  unaided  efforts  and  native  force  of  character,  achieved  suc- 
cess in  any  department  of  human  enterprise,  is  always  interesting,  and 
should  be  especially  so  to  young  men  about  to  engage  in  the  active 
duties  of  life,  as  examples  for  their  imitation. 

In  the  hurried  preparation  of  a  newspaper  article,  we  can  only  ex- 
pect to  give  a  brief  outline  of  the  General's  life,  but  even  this  will 
serve  to  show  what  can  be  accomplished  by  a  man  possessing  an  in- 
domitable will,  enterprise  and  perseverance, — the  three  leading  charac- 
teristics so  peculiar  to  Mr.  Pierce. 

At  the  age  of  twenty-one  he  left  his  father's  house  and  hired  himself 
by  the  month  to  work  at  the  lumber  business,  at  which  employment 
he  continued  about  two  years,  and  then  commenced  the  same  business 
on  his  own  account,  which  was  the  manufacture  of  shooks  for  sugar 
hogsheads,  conveying  them  to  market  down  the  Connecticut  river. 

He  and  a  cousin,  named  Jei  vis  Bates,  came  to  Erie  county  in  1844, 
bringing  with  them  cotton  and  woolen  cloths,  which  they  disposed  of 
and  turned  the  proceeds  into  horses,  which  they  took  back  with  them, 
when  they  retuined  home.  They  made  the  journey  out  in  wagons 
and  sleighs.  Mr.  P.  came  here  again  in  December  of  the  same  year, 
and  staid  all  winter.  This  time  he  was  engaged  in  selling  clocks 
through  Erie  and  Crawford  counties.  There  being  very  little  money 
in  this  section  at  that  time,  his  accumulations,  about  $1,000,  con- 
sisted wholly  of  Pennsylvania  and  Erie  canal  bonds.  Being  unable  to 
obtain  the  interest  on  the  bonds  at  Erie,  he  disposed  of  them  for  a  lot 
of  stoves. 

Possessing  an  enterprising  spirit,  and  desiring  a  wider  field  for  the 
display  of  his  energies,  he  sold  his  property  in  New  Hampshire,  and  in 
the  year  1845  emigrated  with  his  young  family  into  Pennsylvania, 
settling  at  Cranesville,  in  Erie  county,  where  he  remained  until  the 
spring  of  1847,  when  he  removed  to  Clarksville,  Mercer  county. 
The  first  business  enterprise  in  which  he  engaged  here  was  mining  and 
shipping  coal  in  the  vicinity  of  Clai'ksville,  in  the  year  1847.  Coal 
then  found  its  market  at  Erie,  and  was  transported  to  that  point  via 
the  Pennsylvania  and  Erie  Canal,  the  business  being  then  in  its  infancy 
in  the  Shenango  Valley.  This  first  adventure  was  only  moderately 
successful, — the  mine,  being  limited  in  extent,  soon  became  exhausted. 
He  then  opened  new  mines  near  to  his  late  residence  at  Mount 
Hickory.  These  proved  very  valuable,  and  here  was  laid  the  founda- 
tion of  his  subsequently  eminently  successful  business  career.  To  con- 
vey the  coal  from  these  mines  he  constructed  a  tram  road^  oj^eiated 


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by  horse-power,  which  was  reo-arded  at  that  time  as  a  wonderful 
achievement  of  individual  enterprise,  and  which  answered  a  most  valu- 
able purpose  until  it  was  superseded  by  the  completion  of  the  Erie  and 
Pittsburgh  and  the  Sharpsville  and  Oakland  Railroads. 

In  the  construction  of  both  these  roads  he  took  a  most  active  inter- 
est. In  the  former  he  was  a  large  stockholder  and  a  director  :  in  the 
latter  the  principal  stockholder  and  its  President  and  General  Manager 
fi'om  the  beginning  to  his  death. 

These  roads  have  performed  an  indispensable  part  in  the  develop- 
ment of  the  iron,  coal  and  other  industries  of  the  country  through 
which  they  pass,  and  to  the  energy  and  pnblic  spirit  of  Mr.  Pierce  is 
the  commnnity  indebted  for  the  existence  and  beneficial  results  of  these 
improvements. 

Among  the  first  to  engage  in  the  coal  business  in  Mercer  county,  so 
had  he  continued  until  the  day  of  his  death  to  be  among  the  more 
prominent  and  successful  operators,  being  connected  with  extensive 
mines  both  in  Mercer  and  Lawrence  counties. 

His  connection  with  the  furnace  business  commenced  in  the  year 
1859.  Becoming  the  proprietor  of  the  Sharpsville  Furnace,  he  put  the 
same  in  blast  that  year,  and  with  the  exception  of  occasional  stoppages 
for  repairs,  it  has  been  in  successful  operation  until  the  late  depression 
in  the  iron  business  made  it  expedient  to  lessen  the  production  of  Pig 
iron  throughout  the  country.  He  was  President  and  principal  owner 
of  the  Iron  Banking  Company,  of  this  place,  and  a  stockholder  in  the 
Sharon  Banking  Company. 

His  farming  operations  were  conducted  on  a  very  extensive  scale, 
and  with  more  science  and  system  than  is  generally  employed.  Mt. 
Hickory  is  a  model  farm.  The  mansion  and  outbuildings  are  superior 
to  any  in  the  county,  and  perhaps  not  surpassed  by  any  of  their  kind 
in  Western  Pennsylvania.  The  land  is  in  the  highest  state  of  cultiva- 
tion, abounding  in  all  the  fruits  suitable  to  this  latitude  ;  and,  in  short, 
with  everything  to  make  it  a  most  pleasant  and  desirable  residence. 
His  extensive  herd  of  thorough-bred  cattle  was  greatly  admired  by 
farmers  and  stockbreeders.  That  he  had  very  superior  stock  is  evi- 
denced by  the  many  premiums  awarded  him  this  year  at  the  Xorth 
Western  Pennsylvania  Fair  and  elsewhere. 

He  had  just  completed,  and  had  nearly  ready  for  occupancy,  at  a  cost 
of  over  $100,000,  a  palatial  residence  in  this  place,  which  for  architec- 
tural design,  beauty  of  finish,  and  convenience  of  arrangement,  will 
compare  most  favorably  with  the  best  city  or  suburban  residences  to  be 
found  anywhere. 

He  always  manifested  a  deep  interest  in  the  cause  of  education,  de- 
voting much  personal  attention — as  a  director  for  a  number  of  years — 
to  our  common  schools  and  in  liberal  contributions  in  lands  and  money  for 
the  erection  of  school-houses,  aside  from  the  large  amount  of  taxes  paid 
by  him  annually  for  their  support.  A  noted  instance  of  his  liberality  is 
seen  in  the  contribution  of  $10,000,  made  in  the  name  of  his  wife, 
towards  ^dowing  a  female  professorship  in  Buchtel  College,  Akron, 
Ohio,  to  be  called  the  "  Chloe  Pierce  "  professorship.    This  is  a  new 


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institution  of  learning,  of  which  he  was  one  of  the  trustees,  and  is  in  a 
very  prosperous  condition. 

Several  of  the  churches  in  Sharpsville  also  received  generous  dona- 
tions from  his  hand,  while  public  jind  private  enterprises  have  been 
greatly  aided  and  fostered  through  his  liberality. 

THE  OBSEQUIES. 

Friday  afternoon,  at  one  o'clock,  was  fixed  as  the  time  for  the 
obsequies.  All  the  business  houses  in  Sharpsville  wei-e  closed  and 
work  generally  suspended  during  the  day.  An  hour  or  more  before  the 
time  announced  for  the  ceremonies  to  begin  numbers  of  carriages  could 
be  seen  on  their  way  to  the  residence  of  the  deceased.  By  one  o'clock 
a  very  large  gathering  of  people  had  assembled,  many  of  them,  how- 
ever, being  unable  to  gain  admission  to  the  house  on  account  of  the 
crowd  present.  The  casket  was  placed  in  the  library,  and  the  religious 
services  were  conducted  in  the  hall,  at  the  door  of  the  parlor.  The 
Universalist  choir  opened  the  services  by  singing  "We  shall  know 
each  other  there,"  after  which  Rev.  S.  H.  McCollester,  President  of 
Buchtel  College,  Akron,  Ohio,  read  a  portion  of  Scripture  and  offered 
up  a  fervent  prayer  to  the  Throne  of  Grace.  Rev.  Chailes  Ship  man, 
of  Girard,  then  delivered  a  very  sympathetic,  eloquent  and  appreciative 
sermon,  at  the  close  of  which  the  choir  sang  "  He  has  gone  to  the  silent 
land." 

The  pall-bearers  were  Hon.  Wm.  L.  Scott,  of  Erie ;  Mnjor  J.  W. 
Ormsby,  of  Sharon  ;  Dr.  Wm.  Gibson,  of  Jamestown  ;  Dr.  J.  M. 
Irvine,  of  Sharon  ;  Samuel  Sherman,  of  Albion,  Eiie  county  ;  Alex. 
Nimick,  of  Pittsburg  ;  Judge  Maxwell,  of  Greenville  ;  John  Phillips, 
of  Neshannock  ;  John  McCleary,  of  New  Castle  ;  A.  Mclntyre,  of 
Neshannock  ;  Hugh  Young,  of  Hermitage  ;  Robert  Oaks,  of  Oakland  ; 
Seth  Hoftus  and  A.  J.  Nickel,  of  Sharpsville. 

Mr.  Sherman,  one  of  the  pall  bearers,  was  the  first  peison  with  whom 
Mr.  Pierce  became  acquainted  when  he  settled  in  Erie  county. 

The  procession,  as  it  slowly  wended  its  way  to  Riveiside  cemetery, 
which  is  about  three  miles  from  the  residence  of  the  deceased,  present- 
ed a  sight  seldom  seen  in  this  section.  Its  entire  length  was  fully  a 
mile,  250  carriages  being  in  the  procession.  Every  follower  seemed 
impressed  with  the  idea  that  he  had  lost  in  the  deceased  a  personal 
friend.  On  arriving  at  the  burial-ground,  the  school  children,  number- 
ing about  three  hundred,  were  formed  in  line  and  sang  "Bright 
Jewels"  as  the  procession  passed  in,  after  which  they  marched  by  the 
casket  and  took  a  view  of  the  corpse. 

Editorial  from  the  Sharpsville  Advertiser. — It  is  with  no  ordinary 
feelings  of  sadness  that  we  chronicle  his  sudden  death.  The  news 
came  to  all  who  knew  Mr.  Pierce  with  a  feeling  of  personal  bereave- 
ment, for  he  was  a  noble  man,  whose  kind  heart  was  ever  prompting 
him  to  good  deeds  and  a  conscientious  fulfillment  of  his  highest  con- 
ceptions of  duty.  His  kindnesses  passed  from  his  hand  not  as  credits 
to  be  returned  with  use,  but  as  souvenirs  sacred  to  his  memory,  and  as 
such  will  be  cherished  in  perpetual  remembrance.    His  memory  will 


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189 


long  be  retained  in  the  hearts  of  those  whom  he  has  befriended  and 
assisted  by  counsel,  advice,  and  pecuniary  aid — and  among  them  can  be 
numbered  many  poor  men  who  have  been  brought  to  a  prosperous  con- 
dition, if  not  to  affluence  and  wealth.  The  strict  rule  of  rectitude  was 
the  magnet  by  which  he  moved,  and  the  guide-star  of  his  business  career. 
Honesty,  and  not  cupidity,  governed  him.  Purity  of  purpose  and  of 
principle  crowned  him  as  a  chief  of  excellence,  and  by  these  he  merited 
no  common  exaltation.  He  was,  indeed,  a  shining  mark ;  and  as  death 
courts  a  glitteiing  prize,  we  must  bow  submissively  to  the  mandate 
that  called  him  hence,  leavino-  us  to  grieve  with  no  common  o;rief,  and 
sigh  with  no  common  sorrow,  that  we  are  bereft  of  one  of  our  most 
useful  and  upright  citizens.  The  members  of  this  community  are  not 
the  only  ones  that  grieve  over  his  loss.  There  are  others  whose  hearts 
ai'e  stricken  with  sadness.  His  home  has  been  mantled  in  the  drear 
habiliments  of  mourning.  There  they  weep  that  will  not  be  comforted, 
because  he  is  not.    Let  them  have  our  sympathy  and  condolence. 

The  loss  of  such  a  man  to  any  community  cannot  be  estimated.  It  is 
irreparable.  His  enterprise  knew  no  bounds,  and  but  for  the  interven- 
tion of  the  business  depression,  many  projects  of  a  valuable  character, 
that  lie  had  in  contemplation,  would  now  be  under  way. 

Children  : — 

3019.  i.      Jonas  J.,  b.  Sept.  23,  1839:  ra.  Apr.  6.  1865,  Kate  Pritzel. 

3020.  .,      "Walter,  ")  ,    ^.    ,q   . ,  ^    f  m.  June  28,  1871,  Alice  M.  Mower. 

3021.  Wallace,        ^^^^  ^^^-'i 

3022.  iii.    Frank,  b.  Xov.  10,  1852. 

3023.  vi.    Ja3IES  B.,  b.  Sept.  2,  1856.    He  was  graduated  from  Stevens 

Institute  of  Technology,  Hoboken,  X.  J.,  with  Degree  of 
Mechanical  Engineer,  in  June,  1877. 

1003.  William''  Pierce  {'Tames^.  Joshua^,  .lames'^,  James^. 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  6.  1813  m.  Mar.  13,  1844,  Maitha  M. 
AVhitcomb,  b.  Mar.  7,  1823.  They  res.  at  Empire  Prairie,  Missouri. 
Children  : — 

3024.  i.      Job  W.,  b.  Nov.  25,  1845  ;    m.  Dec.  19,  1866,  Horteuse  E. 

Thompson. 

3025.  ii.     Frank  D.,  b.  Feb.  7,  1863. 

1004.  Saxuel"^  Pierce  {Daniel^,  J'oshua^.Jam.es^.  James^.  Thom- 
as^, Thomas^),  b.  Mai-ch  25.  1784  ;  m.  1805,  Abigail  Davis,  d.  1856. 
He  d.  1876.    Res.  Brownino-ton.  and  Albanv.  Vt. 


Children  : — 

3026.  i.  Herod,  b.  1>!06;  m.  Eliza  Thurston  and  Mrs.  Chubb. 

3027.  ii.  Ch-arles  F.,  b.  Nov.  7,  1808:  m.  Nancy  Church. 

3028.  iii.  M.art,  b.  1810;  m.  Luke  TThitney. 

3029.  iv.  Sarah  A.,  b  1812;  m.  Luke  Whitney. 

8030.  V.  Elbridge  G.,  b.  Jan.  12,  1811;  m.  Betsey  Cochran. 

3031.  vi.  WILLIA.AI,  b.  1816 ;  d.  1818. 


190 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


3032.  vii.   WiLLLm,  P.,  b.  April  16,  1818;  m.  Fidelia  A.  Booth. 

3033.  viii.  Caroline,  b.  May  7,  1820;  m.  Wra.  Whitney. 

3034.  ix.     Susan  E.,  b.  1822;  d.  June  1,  1846. 

3035.  X.     Samuel  M.,  b.  April,  1824;  d.  April  27,  1851. 

3036.  xi.    Hudson,  b.  Feb.,  1826. 

3037.  xii.    Abigail,  b.  April  16,  1828;  m.  Harvey  Coolidge. 

3038.  xiii.  Edmond  B.,  b.  Aug.,  1830;  m.  Jane  Bancroft. 

3039.  xiv.  Martha  J.,  b.  June  7,  1832;  m.  Mar.  24, 1853,  Addison  P.  Wheelock, 

b.  July  27,  1826.  Ch.  :  Emma  J.,  b.  Dec.  9,  1857,  m.  Samuel  S. 
Crosby;  Nellie  S.,  b.  June  9,  1859,  d.  June  1,  1879;  Frank  A.,  b. 
July  9,  1862. 

1006.  Daniel'''  Pierce  {Daniel^ ^  JoshuaP^  James^^  James^,  Thom- 
as'^, Thomas^),  b.  May  31,  1789  ;  ra.  Clarissa  Hardy,  b.  March  26, 
1791,  d.  Feb.  15,  1866.    He  d.  Sept.  28, 1861.    Res.  Hopkinton,  N.  H. 


6 


Children  :— 

3040.  i.      Almira,  b.  March  9,  1810;  ra.  Moses  Hale. 

3041.  ii.     George  W.,  b.  Sept.  26,  1812;  d.  Feb.  2,  1832. 

3042.  iii.    Katheiune,  b.  May  2,  1814;  d.  Jan.  17,  1829; 

3043.  iv.    Hannah  M.,  b.  Nov.  2,  1816;  d.  April  25,  1829. 

3044.  V.     Horace,  b.  Oct.  14,  1819;  m.  Mary  A.  Startup. 

3045.  vi.     RoxANNA,  b.  May  16,  1822;  d.  April  10,  1829. 

3046.  vii.    Henry,  b.  Dec.  24,  1825;  d.  Oct.  1,  1844. 

3047.  viii.  Katherine,  b.  March  20,  1829;  m.  Langdon  Brown. 

3048.  ix.     George  W.,  b.  July  1,  1832;  in.  Myra  F.  Copp. 

3049.  X.     RoxANNA,  b.  Feb.  17,  1836;  m.  Anson  White. 

1007.  Robert  F.'''  Pierce  {Daniel^ ^  Joshua^,  James^^  James^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  5,  1790  ;  m.  1812,  Sarah  Harvey,  b.  May 
1,  1790,  d.  April  30,  1856.  He  d.  May  8,  1860.  Res.  New  London 
and  Bradford,  N.  H.    Children  : — 

3050.  i.      Mathew  H.,  b.  Oct.  24,  1813;  m.  Hannah  J.  Jones. 

3051.  ii.     Walter  H.,  b.  April  19,  1817;  m.  Lydia  Bean  and  Rebecca 

Phillips. 

3052.  iii.    Drusille  H.,  b.  Dec.  7,  1823;  m.  J.  Fred.  BuswelL 

1008.  IsAAc'^  Pierce  {^Daniel^^  Joshua^ ^  James^,  James^,  Thom- 
as'^, Thomas^),  b.  July  13,  1793  ;  m.  April,  1818,  Mary  Floyd,  b.  Jan. 
16,  1797,  d.  Feb.  1,  1868.  He  d.  Oct.  28,  1865.  Res.  Norwich,  Vt. 
He  was  in  the  war  of  1812. 


Children  : — 

3053.  i.      Nathaniel  F.,  b.  Feb.  16,  1820;  m.  three  times. 

3054.  ii.     Nancy  F.,  b.  Jan.  4,  1823;  m.  W.  W.  Baker. 

3055.  iii.    Mary  J.,  b.  March  11,  1825;  m.  Nelson  E.  Smith. 

3056.  iv.    Harod,  b.  April  27,  1827;  d.  Sept.  10,  1829. 


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191 


3057.  V.     Abby  C,  b.  March  27,  1830;  m.  Eichard  Waterman. 

3058.  vi.    Adelaide,  b.  Jan.  11,  1832;  d.  Oct.  6,  1839. 

1009.  Joshua'^  Pierce  {Daniel^.  Joshua^,  James^^  James^,  Thom- 
as^, Thomas^)  ;  m.  Apr.  3,  1817,  Sarah  Barnard,  b.  Apr.  12,  1798;  ra. 
2nd,  Polly  Kenson.    Res.  Warner,  N.  H.    Children  : — 

3059.  i.      Joseph  B.,  b.  1818;  m.  Elizabeth  Elliott.  Res.  Manchester,  N.  H. 

3060.  ii.     Nancy,  b.  1820;  d.  1837. 

3061.  iii.    Mark  W.,  b.  Aug.  2,  1825;  m.  Harriet  D.  Burbank  and  Lucy  A. 

E.  Sinclair. 

3062.  iv.    Betsey  H.,  b.  Sept.  15,  1827;  m.  July  31,  1844,  John  H.  Morrill, 

b.  July  31,  1820.  Ch.  :  Frank  H.,  b.  Feb.  23,  1846,  d.  Dec.  1, 
1848;  Fred.  S.,  b.  May  29,  1848,  m.  Helen,  Burrows,  res.  Wa- 
terloo, Iowa;  Minnie  H.,  b.  Oct.  35,  1857,  m.  Walter  B.  Dean, 
res.  Vermillion,  Da.;  Nellie  M.,  b.  May  8,  1865,  res.  Rock- 
ford,  111. 

3063.  V.     OLn-E,  b.  1829;  ni.  Edward  P.  Dean.    Res.  Newark,  111.    Ch.  : 

Fenton;  and  three  other  children,  all  dead.    She  d.  1856. 
3063^.  vi.    George  J.,  b.  Sept.  3,  1833;  m.  Carrie  A.  Kent. 
3063i.  vii.  Charles  A.,  b.  Jan.  13,  1838;  m.  Mary  0.  Harvey. 

1010.  William  M."^  Pierce  {Daniel^^  Joshua^,  James^,  James^, 
Thomas^^  Thomas'),  b.  June  15,  1806;  m.  June  4,  1825,  Lois  C.  Keu- 
niston,  b.  May  3,  1804.    Res.  Salisbury,       H.    Children  : — 

3064.  i.  Melissa  B.,  b.  Dec.  2,  1826;  m.  H.  C.  W.  Moore. 

3065.  ii.  Nancy  W.,  b.  July  15,  1828;  m.  S.  C.  Forsaith. 

3066.  iii.  Willia3I  R.,  b.  July  3,  1831;  d.  Sept.  15,  1854. 

3067.  iv.  Betsey  J.,  b.  Oct.  19,  1836;  m.  J.  A.  Fellows. 

1014.  Jacob''  Pierce,  Jr.  {Jacoh^,  Jacoh^,  James^^  Jmnes^,  Thom- 
as^, Thomas^),  b.  June  20,  1789  ;  m.  Sept.  26,  1816,  Melicent  Law- 
rence, b.  May  17,  1798,  d.  Oct.  25,  1842.  He  d.  Oct.  10,  1872.  They 
res.  in  Woburn. 

Children  : — 

3068.  i.      Rosanna,  b.  Aug.  2,  1817;  m.  Oct.  8,  1836,  Wilder  S.  Thurston. 

She  d.  Dec.  14,  1846  in  Lynn.    Ch.  :  Clara  W.,  m.  Frye; 

Louisa;  Ella,  m.   Leonard. 

3069.  ii.     Ebenezer  L.,  b.  June  16,  1819;  m.  Mary  Gardner.    [See  1012.] 

3070.  iii,    Caroline  J.,  b.  Sept.  4,  1830;  m.  William  Bateman.    They  res. 

at  48  Waltham-St.,  Boston. 

3071.  iv.    Jacob  F.,  b.  July  15,  1833;  d.  1865. 

1016.  Ephraim'''  Pierce,  Jr.  {Ephraim^,  Jacoh^,  James^,  James"^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  2.  1783  ;  m.  May  3,  1806,  Sarah  Leathe, 
b.  Oct.  11,  1784,  d.  Sept.  18,  1854.  He  d.  Feb.  12,  1845.  They  res. 
in  Woburn  and  Stoneham. 


Children  : — 

3072.  i.      Ephraim,  b.  Feb.  15,  1807;  d.  Apr.  30,  1831. 

3073.  ii.     Sarah  L.,  b.  Apr.  1,  1808;  d.  Feb.  5,  1828. 

3074.  iii.    James,  b.  Oct.  10,  1809;  m.  Nov.  10,  1835,  Eliza  Porter. 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


3075.  iv.    Sarah,  b.  Apr.  3,  1811;  m.  Sept.  28,  1830,  Benjamin  M.  Peiry. 

She  d.  Apr.,  1844.  Ch. :  Sarah  J.,  m.  Thos.  Greene;  Ira; 
Augustus  E. 

3076.  V.     Elizabeth  A.,  b.  July  29,  1813;  ra.  July  2,  1839,  Luther  Eichard- 

son.    She  d.  Aug.  3,  1853,  without  issue. 

3077.  vl.    Abigail  B.,  b.  Jan.  13,  1817;  d.  Aug.  24,  1863. 


3078.    vii.  .    Ih.  Feb.  20,  1820:  ^  ^'  1^*^'  Goodhue. 


Mary  J., 

3079.  viii.  Rurus  L.,  b.  May  16,  1822;  m.  Apr.  5,  1849,  Eliza  J.  Mclntire;  no 

issue. 

3080.  ix.    Lavina,  b.  July  20,  1824;  d.  Sept.  6,  1854. 

3081.  X.     William  H.,  b.  Aug.  4,  1827;  m.  July  15,  1849,  Sarah  A.  Mooney. 

3082.  xi.    Ellen  R.,  b.  June  17,  1831;  ra.  Sept.  22,  1852,  Noah  Worcester, 

d.  Mar.  20,  1865.  Ch.  :  Joseph  F.,  b.  July  10,  1853,  d.  Dec.  15, 
1875;  Sarah  E.,  b.  Oct.  16,  1857;  Charles,  b.  June  10,  1859,  d. 
Sept.  15,  1876. 

1024.  Henry'''  Pierce  {Ueman^,  J'acob^,  James^^  James^,  Thom- 
as^, Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  25,  1798;  m.  May  10,  1819,  Mary  Newton,  b. 

Nov.  23,  1802.    He  d.  Nov.  10,  1843.    She  m.  2nd,    Parker. 

He  d.   .    She  res.  in  Hammondsville,  Heading,  Vt. 


^^^^^^  ^f2<yr^ 


Children  : — 

3083.  i.      Augustus  H.,  b.  Aug.  3,  1821;  d.  Dec.  26,  1822. 

3084.  ii.     Josiah  S.,  b.  Sept.  24,  1823;  rev.  to  Big  Rapids,  Mich. 

3085.  iii.    Christhana  M.,  b.  Mar.  21,  1825;  d.  Aug.  10,  1827. 

3086.  iv.    Laura  J.,  b.  Mar.  22,  1827;  m.  Mar.  27,  1861,  Forest  G.  Persons. 

Ch.  :  Gertrude,  b.  July  4,  1863,  res.  Felchville,  Vt. 

3087.  V.     Charles  L.,  b.  May  16,  1829;  d.  Sept.  25,  1848. 

3088.  vi.    RuFUS  F.,  b.  Jan.  20,  1832;  d.  in  Array  Hospital  Apr.  2.  1865. 

3089.  vii.    Samuel  B.,  b.  Nov.  2,  1834;  rev.  to  Cal.,  never  heard  from. 

3090.  viii.  Louisa  C,  b.  Dec.  26,  1836;  ra.  Nov.  25,  1856,  Oliver  Sherwin, 

b.  Nov.  23,  1832.  Ch.  :  Jennie  L.,  b.  Mar.  18,  1858;  Dean,  b. 
Nov.  28,  1867.    Res.  Woodstock,  Vt. 

1025.  James'''  Pierce  {Heman^^  Jacob^,  James^^  James^,  Thom- 
as^, Thomas^,)  b.  Mar.  7,  1803  ;  m.  Oct.  15,  1828,  Mary  Slay  ton,  b.  Sept. 
8,  1808.  He  d.  Mar.  5,  1868.  They  res.  in  Reading  and  Woodstock, 
Vt.    The  widow  now  res.  in  Stoneham. 


Children 

S090i^.  1.      Mary  E.,  b.  Aug.  1,  1833;  d.  Apr.  5,  1843. 

3091.  ii.     Susan  A.,  b.  Apr.  10,  1835;  ra.  Mar.  20,  1876,  Oliver  S.  Quimby, 

b.  Mar.  9,  1830.    No  issue.    Res.  Stonehara. 
3091^.  iii.    W.  H.  Harrison,  b.  Sept.  5,  1837 ;  m.  Oct.  26,  1859,  Eraraa  H. 
Cooley. 

3092.  iv.    George  E.,  b.  Aug.  6,  1845;  d.  Oct.  6,  1845.  - 

3093.  V.      Adaline  E.,  b.  July  31,  1848;  ra.   . 

3093^.  vi.    Frank,  b.  Apr.  14,  1853 ;  d.  Oct.  30,  1869. 


SEVENTH  GENERATION. 


193 


1026.  Samuel  B."^  Pierce  {HemanP,''  Jacoh^,  James^,  James^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Au^.  11,  1806;  m.  Dec.  17,  1829,  Hannah 
R.  Homer,  dau.  of  Joseph  Warren  Homer,  of  Boston,  b.  Dec.  25,  1806. 
He  res.  in  Dorchester  District,  Boston. 

Samuel  B.  Pierce  was  born  on  a  farm  in  Reading,  Vt.,  to  which 
place  his  father,  who  was  born  in  Woburn,  Mass.,  moved  Aug.  11, 
1806.  He  lived  on  the  farm  until  he  was  fourteen  years  old,  attending 
the  public  schools  of  the  town  whenever  practicable,  going  over  long 
steep  hills  to  do  so.  His  father  having  died  when  he  was  young  he 
started  for  Boston,  riding  all  the  way  on  top  of  an  ox  load  of  produce, 
driven  by  his  elder  brother,  who  on  his  return  carried  back  goods  to  the 
merchants  of  the  town — arriving  at  the  Hub  of  the  Universe  he  found 
employment  at  the  crockery  store  of  Moses  Pierce,  then  located  near 
Hanover  street  and  Marshall  lane,  where  he  remained  for  three  years, 
going  then  to  work  for  Robert  Briggs  for  four  years,  at  the  end  of 
which  time  he  went  into  business  for  himself  putting  out  his  own  sign 
on  his  21st  birthday.  He  continued  in  the  crockery  business  until 
1869,  when  he  retired  from  active  business,  being  one  of  the  oldest 
living  merchants  in  that  line  in  the  county,  many  of  the  older  mer- 
chants in  this  business  in  Boston,  have  been  boys  in  his  store.  In  1844 
he  moved  to  what  was  then  Dorchester,  building  a  large  house  for 
himself  at  Upham's  corner,  which  was  then  considered  some  distance  out 
of  town.  He  continued  to  reside  there  until  a  few  years  ago,  when  he 
moved  into  a  handsome  residence  which  he  had  then  just  finished, 
three  of  his  children  living  within  a  stone's  throw  of  him.  He  has 
built  quite  a  number  of  houses  in  that  part  of  the  city  and  is  at  present 
building  more. 


Children : — 

3094.  i.      Mary  L.,  b.  Oct.  4,  1830;  m.  May  18,  1853,  Samuel  Quincy,  b. 

Sept.  5,  1825.  Ch. :  Samuel,  Jr.,  b.  Feb.  13,  1857;  Aimie  L.,  b. 
Oct.  8,  1859.    They  res.  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

3095.  ii.     Samuel  B.,  Jr.,  b.  Oct.  19,  1832;  d.  June  19,  1864. 

3096.  iii.    Frank,  b.  Nov.  24,  1834;  d.  June  11,  1859. 

3097.  iv.    Martha  C,  b.  Dec.  14,  1837;  m.  Oct.  11,  1866,  Charles  H.  Clark, 

b.  Oct.  22,  1836.  Ch.  :  Homer  P.,  b.  July  6,  1868;  Mary  B.,  b. 
Aug.  20,  1871.    Res.  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

3098.  V.     J.  Homer,  b.  Oct.  27,  1840;  ra.  June  16,  1869,  Eliza  C.  Bradford. 

3099.  vi.    Anna  E.,  b.  June  3,  1843;  d.  Oct.  24,  1844. 

3100.  vii.   Frederic  B.,  b.  May  1,  1845;  m.  Oct.  16,  1873,  Mary  E.  Davis. 

3101.  viii.  Gertrude,  b.  June  7,  1847;  m.  Apr.  2,  1873,  Nathaniel  H. 

Henchman,  Jr.,  b.  June  12,  1845.  She  d.  without  issue  June 
22,  1873. 

3102.  ix.    Helen  H.,  b.  July  3,  1852;  m.  June  19,  1873,  William  H.  Canter- 

bury, b.  Feb.  10,  1852.    Ch.  :  Gertrude  P.,  b.  June  19,  1874; 
Alice  T.,  b.  Aug.  14,  1876;  d.  June  10,  1881 ;  George  W.,  b.  Feb. 
25,  1878;  Harold  S.,  b.  Sept.  14,  1880;  d.  June  17,  1881.  Res. 
Dorchester. 
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194 


PIERCE  PEDIGEEE. 


1031.  LutherS  Pierce  {BenjamiTi^,  JBenjamin^,  Thomas^,  Thom- 
as'^, Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  21,  1791  ;  m.  Jan.  6,  1818, 
Betsey  Biackett,  b.  Aug.  30,  1789.  He  was  a  shoemaker  by  trade  and 
lived  in  Needham,  Sudbury,  Framingbam  and  South  Boston.  He  fell 
overboard  while  out  mackerel  fishing  and  was  drowned,  about  the 
year  1828. 


Children : — 

3103.  i.      Luther,  b.  Nov.  25,  1819;  m.  Feb.  27,  1873,  Hannah  Bacon. 

3104.  ii.     Joseph  W.,  b.  Mar.  4,  1821. 

3105.  iii.    David  B.,  b.  Nov.  5,  1822;  d.  Aug.  21,  1880. 

3106.  iv.    Emma  S.,  b.  Mar.,  1824;  m.  William  Holliday,  and  d.  Apr.,  1845. 

3107.  V.     Samuel  H.,  b.  1828;  d.  1828. 

1032.  Benjamin^  Pierce,  Jr.  {Benjamin^,  Benjamin^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  3,  1794;  m.  Mar. 
10,  1818,  Almira  Harrington,  b.  Feb.  22,  1799,  d.  June  23,  1880.  He 
d.  Oct.  5,  1863. 

He  began  business  as  a  baker  in  Mendon,  lived  there  about  five 
years,  moved  back  to  Weston,  where  he  carried  on  the  business  about 
twelve  years,  then  retired  to  the  farm  formerly  owned  by  Capt.  Boyd, 
where  he  died.  He  filled  many  town  oflfices  ;  was  a  whig  in  politics ; 
was  three  times  candidate  for  Representative,  but  his  party  being  in  a 
minority,  he  failed  of  an  election.  He  was  a  Justice  of  the  Peace  for 
a  number  of  years. 


Children : — 

3108.  1.      Benjamin,  Jr.,  b.  June  25,  1819;  ra.  Oct.  3,  1843,  Maria  A. 

Warren. 

3109.  ii.     Almira  L.,  b.  May  10,  1821 ;  d.  Jan.  17,  1877. 

3110.  iii.    Harriet  M.,  b.  Apr.  5,  1823;  m.  June  12,  1845,  Samuel  A.  Minor, 

d.  July  3,  1852,  on  board  the  steamer  S.  S.  Lewis,  bound  for 
California. 

3111.  iv.    Emily  M.,  b.  Apr.  23,  1825;  m.  Apr.  26,  1848,  John  Coburn. 

Ch.  :  Elizabeth  S.,  b.  Sept.  26,  1849  ;  Emily  F.,  b.  Sept.  21,  1851 ; 
Agues  P.,  b.  Sept.  15,  1857;  Mary  E.,  b.  July  5,  1861. 

3112.  V.     Edward,  b.  Mar  31,  1827.    Res.  Weston. 

3113.  vi.    Caroline,  b.  May  6,  1829;  m.  May  23,  1854,  Albert  L.  Coolev. 

Ch.  :  Charles  A.,  b.  May  17,  1855;  Edward,  b.  Aug.  12,  1859; 
George  P.,  b.  Jan.  30,  1856.    Res.  Cambridgeport. 

3114.  vii.   Mary  E.,  b.  June  9,  1831.    She  is  Eirst  Assistant  Teacher  in 

the  Cambridge  High  School,  where  she  has  taught  for  the  last 
twenty-five  years. 

3115.  viii.  Margaret,  b.  May  1,  1833. 

3116.  ix.    Joseph,  b.  Aug.  9,  1837. 

3117.  X.     George,  b.  Aug.  21,  1843;  m.  Sept.  15,  1875,  Anna  G.  Bartlett. 


SEVENTH  GENERATION. 


195 


1035.  JoHx"^  Pierce  {John^,  Benjamm^,  Thomas^,  Benjamin'^, 
Thomas^,  Tho7nas^),  b.  Jan.  16,  1789;  m.  1815,  Ann  Cragin,  b.  Dec. 
28,  1793,  d.  May  16,  1819  ;  m.  2nd,  Oct.  22,  1822,  Sarah  Spalding,  b. 
Jan.  16,  1799.    He  d.  Oct.  26,  1858.    Res.  Embden,  Me. 

Children  : — 

3118.  i.      Sarah,  b.  Oct.  29,  1815;  d.  Sept.  28,  1870. 

3119.  ii.     JoHX,  b.  Aug.  31,  1823;  m.  June  1,  1851,  Sophronia  Goodrich. 

3120.  iii.    Meriar  S.,  b.  Mar.  13,  1826;  m.  Feb.  22,  1865,  Sarah  Selley. 

3121.  iv.    AxxA  E.,  b.  Aug.  10,  1828;  d.  May  10,  1850. 

3122.  V.     Walter  S.,  b.  Aug.  14,  1835;  m.  Feb.  o,  1866,  Flavilla  Nichols. 

1036.  David  W.'''  Pierce  {John^,  Benjamin^,  Thomas'^ ^  Ben- 
jamin^, Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  7,  1791  ;  ra.  May  12,  1819,  Ruth 
Andrews,  b.  Aug.  21,  1801.    He  d.  1835.    Res.  Des  Moines,  Iowa. 

Children  : — 

3123.  i.      JosiAH  A.,  b.  June  20,  1820;  d.  Oct.  18,  1824. 

3124.  ii.     Alexander  P.,  b.  Mar.  15,  1822;  d.  Oct.  18,  1824. 

3125.  iii.    David,  b.  Jan.  2,  1824;  d.  Jan.  15,  1824. 

3126.  iv.    Mark  A.,  b.  July  18,  1825;  m.  Mary  E.  Palmer  and  Annie 

Hughes. 

3127.  V.      Samuel  B.  P.,  b.  Sept.  27,  1827;  m.  Mrs.  Anna  R.  Young. 

3128.  vi.    Harriet,  b.  June  15,  1830;  m.  Jan.  20,  1853,  Wm.  F.  Conrad,  b. 

Nov.  7,  1826.  Ch.  :  William  F.,  Jr.,  b.  Aug.  2,  1856  ;  Hattie  L., 
b.  Sept.  30,  1866.    Res.  Des  Moines,  Iowa. 

1037.  Benjamin"^  Piekce  {John^,  Benjamin^,  Thomas^^  Ben- 
jamin^, Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  March  6,  1795;  m.  Dec.  18,  1817, 
Hannah  Cragin,  b.  1799,  d.  June  20,  1838;  m.  2nd,  May  30,  1841, 
Lois  H.  Bartlett.    He  d.  Oct.  10,  1845.    Res.  Norridgewock,  Me. 


Children  : — 

3129.  i.  Edith,  b.  Sept.  20,  1818;  m.  Ozias  McFadden.    Had  one  child. 

3130.  ii.  David  W.,  b.  July  5,  1820;  m.  Olive  Albee. 

3131.  iii.  Simeon  C,  b.  Feb.  25,  1822.    Res.  Sehna,  Ala. 

3132.  iv.  Eleanor  C.,  b.  Jan.  22,  1824;  m.  Llewellyn  Crommett. 

3133.  V.  Mary,  1,    .^^   ,     ^  ^„  o^    ico-  /  d.  Nov.  24,  1857. 

3134.  vi.  Sarah,  r^^^^'  ^'  ^^^^        ^^^^  ^  j^.  Sept.  15,  1844. 

3135.  vii.  Benjamin  F.,  b.  July  30,  1829;  d.  Dec.  14,  1856. 


3136.  viii.  Henry  C,  b.  Dec.  26,  1834;  m.  Sarah  H.  Lancaster. 

3137.  ix.    George  W.,  b.  Jan.  3,  1S37 ;  unm.    Res.  Baraboo,  Wis. 

3138.  X.     John,  b.  June  2,  1844. 

1043.  Jajies'''  Pierce  (^mos^,  Benjamin^,  Thomas^,  Benjamin"^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  20,  1801;  m.  Apr.  7,  1835,  Martha  W. 


196 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


Warren,  b.  Mar.  24,  1809.    He  d.  Dec.  30,  1872.    Res.  Ashburnham 
and  Bolton,  Mass. 
Children  : — 

3139.  i.      James  W.,  b,  Sept.  18,  1839;  m.  Annie  L.  Clark. 

3140.  ii.     Martha,  b.  June  18,  1846. 

1045.  Levi'^  Pierce  {Joseph^  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Benjamiy}?^ 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  June  27,  1785  ;  m.  Betsey  Eaton,  b.  July, 
1785,  d.  1809;  m.  2nd,  Jan.  2,  1811,  Eunice  Green,  b.  Mar.  17,  1790, 
d.  1854.    He  d.  Sept.  6,  1825.    Res.  Leicester,  Mass.,  and  Chester,  Vt. 

Children  : — 

3141.  i.      Eliza  E.,  b.  Aug.  30,  1807;  m.   Williams. 

3142.  ii.     Joseph  G.,  b.  Sept.  21,  1809;  m.  Hannah  Hemmenway. 

3143.  iii.    Clarissa  B.,  b.  Sept.  27,  1812;  m.    Curtis. 

3144.  iv.    Levi  L.,  b.  May  28,  1816;  m.  Fidelia  A.  Eastman. 

3145.  V.  ;  d.  young. 

3146.  V.     Eunice,  b.  June  26,  1821;  d. 

1047.  Abel  G.'''  Pierce  {Joseph^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Benjamin^^ 
Thomas^  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  10,  1792;  m.  1811,  Susan  H.  Rice,  b. 
Nov.  4,  1794.  He  d.  Feb.  15,  1865.  Res.  Chester,  Vt,  and  Reussalear 
Falls,  N.  Y. 


Children  : — 

3147.  i.      Elvira,  b.  Feb.  26,  1812;  ra.  Feb.  28,  1832,  George  W.  Cooper. 

Ch.  :  Frances  E.,  b.  Oct.  6,  1844.    Res.  De  Kalb,  N.  Y. 

3148.  ii.     Mary  R.,  b.  Dec.  3,  1813;  m.  Oct.  12,  1843,  Dr.  Josiah  C. 

Chandler.  Ch  :  Carrie  A.,  b.  Sept.  18,  1844;  Mary  C,  b.  Mar. 
11,  1847,  d.  Sept.  4,  1848 ;  Nellie  M.,  b.  Sept.  8,  1849,  d.  July  31, 
1864.    Res.  Rensselear  Falls,  N.  Y. 

3149.  iii.    Susan  E.,  b.  Dec.  14,  1815;  m.  Feb.,  1837,  Harrison  Ames.    Ch. : 

Ennias  M.,  b.  Mar.,  1839,  d.  at  Yorktown,  Va.,  July  29,  1863,  a 
member  of  Co.  G,  142nd  Regt.,  N.  Y.  S.  Vols. ;  Julia  S.,  b.  May 
21,  1844,  m.  John  Thornhill;  Emma,  b.  Jan.  30,  1849,  d.  Oct. 
10,  1866.    She  d.  July  18,  1849. 

3150.  iv.     Alfred  A.,  b.  Dec.  25,  1817;  d.  Jan.  5,  1847. 

3151.  v.      Ferdinand,  b.  Dec.  24,  1820;  drowned  July  23,  1831. 

3152.  vi.     Hannah,  b.  Mar.  3,  1823  ;  m.  June  5,  1841,  Levi  O.  Chappel.  Ch. : 

Addie  L.,  b.  Dec.  19,  1843,  d.  Aug.  24,  1848;  Addie  A.,  b.  Aug. 
21,  1848,  d.  Dec.  24,  1849.    She  d'.  Dec.  11,  1849. 

3153.  vii.   ArvillaD.,  b.  Apr.  29,  1830;  m.  Nov.  1,  1849,  Edv^^ard  Sayer. 

Ch.  :  Fred.  E.,  b.  Jan.  11,  1852  ;  m.  Larissa  Ruberley. 

3154.  viii.  Jason  R.,  b.  Nov.  11,  1833;  m.  Celina  Vanderhender. 

3155.  ix.    Emogene,  b.  July  30,  1838. 

1051.  Ira"^  Pierce  {Eliab^^  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Benjamin^, 
Thomas'^,   Thomas^),  b.  March  28,  1794;  m.  Dec,  1830,  Mary  J. 


SEVENTH  GENERATION. 


197 


Brown,  b.  April  26,  1811,  d.  March  14,  1867.  He  d.  Aug.  26,  1862. 
Kes.  Rochester  Depot,  Ohio.    Children  : — 

3156.  1.      Ezra  B.,  b.  Dec.  22,  1831;  m.  Adeline  Sparks. 

3157.  ii.     Henry  D.,  b.  April  30,  1833;  m.  Melvina  J.  Bennett  and  Mrs. 


3158.  lii.  Susan  M.,  b.  Oct.  3,  1834. 

3159.  iv.  Mary  A.,  b.  June  8,  1837;  m.  Nathan  Goodwill. 

3160.  V.  George  G.,  b.  Jan.  13,  1840;  m.  Bettie  G.  Durand. 

3161.  vi.  Wilbur  E.,  b.  Jan.  11,  1844;  m.  Addie  M.  Clifford. 

3162.  vii.  Harlow  W.,  b.  Nov.  10,  1852;  m.  Maria  C.  Sutton. 

1055.  Chauncet'''  Pierce  {Thomas^^  Thomas^,  Thomas'^,  Benja- 
min^, Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  17,  1796  ;   m.  June  29,  1821, 

Lydia  Wells.    He  d.  Feb.  27,  1842.    She  m.  2Dd,    Keeney. 

Res.  Muir,  Mich. 


Children  : — 

3163.  i.      Cassandra  E.,  b.  July  25,  1822;  m.  Milton  House. 

3164.  ii.     Joseph,  b.  July  2,  1824;  d.  March  7,  1838. 

3165.  iii.    Betsey,  b.  March  18,  1827. 

3166.  iv.    Edwin  M.,  b.  March  5,  1830;  m.  Nancv  Armstrong. 

3167.  V.      Sarah,  b.  Dec.  3,  1840  ;  d.  Feb.  1,  1862". 

1057.  Thomas'''  Pierce  {Thomas^,  Thomas^^  ThomaH^^  Benja- 
min'^, Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  8,  1800  ;  m.  Nov.  2,  1829,  Cathe- 
rine Weber,  d.  Apr.  17,  1865  ;  ra.  2nd,  Oct.  15,  1866,  Mary  Etta  Scobey. 
Res.  Springville,  N.  Y. 

Thomas  Pierce  has  been,  and  still  is,  a  deacon  in  the  Baptist  church 
at  Springville,  N.  Y.,  for  about  fifty  years,  and  while  a  I'esident  of 
the  town  of  Ashford,  N.  Y.,  he  held  the  offices  of  Supervisor,  Justice 
of  the  Peace,  Town  Superintendent  of  Schools,  etc.,  for  several  terms. 
He  is  a  man  who  is  honored  wherever  he  is  known  for  high  moral  and 
christian  integrity  of  character.    Children  : — 

3168.  i.      Harriet  A.,  b.  Nov.  19,  1830;  m.  B.  A.  Lowe. 

3169.  ii.     An?^  H.,  b.  May  29,  1834;  unm.    Res.  Springville,  N.  Y. 

3170.  iii.    Thomas  W.,  b.  Sept.  3,  1836;  ra.  Esther  A.  Cook. 

1059.  Gifford'^  Pierce  {Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas'^,  Benja- 
min^, Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  2,  1805  ;  m.  March,  1835,  Hen- 
rietta Wells,  b.  Feb.  8,  1810,  d.  Apr.  8,  1837  ;  m.  2nd,  Jan.  19,  1841, 
Kancy  Mayo,  b.  July  25,  1814,  d.  April  21,  1846;  m.  3rd,  Jan.  14, 
1847,  Mayette  P.  Brown,  d.  March  5,  1864  ;  m.  4th,  June  13,  1865, 
Mrs.  Sarah  W.  Dow,  b.  June  27,  1808.    He  d.  April  12,  1878. 


Anna  Drake  Marble. 


198 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


Children  : — 

3171.  i.  Helen  A. ;  m.  George  P.  Kellogg. 

3172.  ii.  Alice  H.,  b.  Jan.  29,  1837;  d.  April  16,  1837. 

3173.  iii.  Julia,  b.  May  2,  1842;  d.  Oct.  8,  1842. 

3174.  iv.  D.  GiFFORD,  b.  April  22,  1844;  d.  Jan.  21,  1846. 

3175.  V.  ,  b.  April  18,  1846;  d.  April  20,  1846. 

1063.  Haven'''  Pierce  {Moses  H.^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Be7ijamin^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  12,  1797  ;  ra.  March  11,  1819,  Hannah 
Rice,  b.  July  21,  1797,  d.  Jan.  22,  1869.  He  d.  Feb.  1,  1875.  Chil- 
dren :  — 

3176.  i.      Mary,  b.  Nov.  7,  1819;  m.  William  J.  Eveleth. 

3177.  ii.     Marshall,  b.  March  3,  1821;  m.  Elizabeth  L.  Jones. 

3178.  iii.    Levi.  b.  April  15,  1823;  m.  Ahnira  Wilson. 

3179.  iv.    Harding,  b.  March  13,  1825;  m.  Mary  Johnson. 

3180.  V.     Sophia,  b.  Feb.  27,  1827;  m.  Charles  Goodspeed. 

1064.  Levi"^  Pierce  {Moses  H.^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  I^enjamin^j 
7%omas%  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  7,  1799  ;  ra.  April  1,  1830,  Mary  M. 
Clark.    He  d.  April  25,  1875.    Ees.  Worcester,  Mass.    Children  : — 

3181.  i.  Henrietta,  b.  March  10,  1831;  d.  Aug.  29,  1831. 

3182.  ii.  Theodore  H.,  b.  Aug.  10,  1832. 

3183.  iii.  Henrietta  M.,  b.  Nov.  4,  1833. 

3184.  iv.  Fred'k  L.,  b.  1837;  d.  May  7,  1858. 

3185.  V.  Alfred  W.,  b.  Jan.  1,  1841;  d.  March  11,  1871. 

1065.  Asa"^  Pierce  {Moses  JT.^,  Thomas^,  Thomas'^ ^  Benjamin^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  13,  1800;  ra.  Harriet  Wheeler,  b. 
Sept.,  1803,  d.  Oct.  20,  1852.  He  d.  Jan.  7,  1875.  Res.  Hubbardston. 
Children  : — 

3186.  i.      Orrin,  b.  Sept.  29,  1826;  m.  Fidelia  Holden. 

3187.  ii.     Charlotte,  b.  March  21,  1828;  d.  Oct.  20,  1847. 

3188.  iii.    Watson  I.,  b.  May  31,  1830;  m.  Adelphia  C.  Clark. 

3189.  iv.    Harriet  W.,  b.  April  21,  1833;  m.  May  23,  1854,  Sewell  Grimes. 

3190.  V.     Hannah  A.,  b.  July  2,  1835;  m.  Dec.  1,  1854,  Charles  Hunting. 

3191.  vi.    Moses  D.,  b.  Jan.  30,  1839;  res.  unm.  in  Holden,  Mass. 

3192.  vii.   Elsie,  b.  Dec.  24,  1841;  m.  Julius  Fitts. 

1067.  J.  Hervey"^  Pierce  {Moses  11.^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Ben- 
jamin^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  23,  1<S04  ;  m.  Eunice  Davis,  d. 
Nov.  4,  1842.  Hed  Jan.  25,  1846.  Res.  Hubbardston  and  Princeton. 
Children  : — 

3193.  i.      Ellen  M.,  b.  Dec.  29,  1829;  m.  James  Goodrich. 

3194.  ii.     Sylvanus  O.,  b.  Feb.  1,  1832;  d.  unm.  in  California,  July  7,  1866. 

3195.  iii.    Herschel  O.,  b.  Mar.  31,  1834. 

3196.  iv.     Selvia  A.,  b.  May  10,  1836;  d. 

3197.  V.     Wesley  H.,  b.  April  2,  1841;  d.  Dec.  12,  1857. 

1073.  James^  Pierce  {Joseph?,  Silas^,  Joseph^,  Joseph^,  Jona- 
than^, Samuel^,  Thomas^),  b.  June  19,  1819  ;  m.  June  4,  1844,  Ellen  L. 
Weatherbee,  b.  May  3,  1820,  d.  Jan.  21,  1862  ;  m.  2nd,  Aug.  13,  1864, 
Elvira  Sibley,  b.  Mar.  19,  1822,  d.  Feb.  5,  1874.    He  res.  in  Fitchburg. 


EIGHTH  GENEKATIOX. 


199 


Children  : — 

319S.    i.      MaeciaE..  b.  June  12.  d.  Feb.  7.  1S61. 

3199.  ii.     Haepjet  A.,  b.  Sept.  3.  1>4:^  :  m.  Dec.  3L  1S71,  Frank  Scott,  b. 

Mar.  14.  l^ii.    Ees.  Fitchburg':  no  issue. 

3200.  iii.    Joseph  M..  b.  Oct.  -1.  1>50:  m.  :soy.  26.  1S7S.  Helen  F.  Moore. 

3201.  iy.    Eliza  E..  b.  Dec.  25,  1?53  :  m.  Dec.  22,,  1S75,  Alfred  A.  Marshall; 

no  i>sue.    Res.  Ficchburg.  • 

3202.  Y.     A^-xM.,  b.  Jan.  5,  1-55:  in.  Xov.  17.  1-74.  i;Villiam  A.  Cook,  b. 

Aug.  5,  1S53:  no  i-sue.    Ees.  Leominster. 

3203.  Ti.     Jaaies  E..  b.  Jujt  30.  1S57. 

3204.  Til.   ^'eleieL.,  b.  Oct.  19,  1859. 

1078.  Levi  A.^  Pierce  [Zet-P.  Zevi^.  Silas^.  tTosephS  .Jonctthan^, 
Sconuel^,  Thrymas^).  b.  Sep-t.  2.  I^IS  :  m.  Xov.'27,  1847,  Rachel  A. 
Lovejoy.    He  res,  in  Wilton.  X.  H. 


Children  : — 

3205.  1.      Emily  P..  b.  Jan.  14,  1849;  m.  Jnly  4,  1869,  Henrv  A.  Holt. 

Ch.  :  Harrv  P..  b.  June  7,  1870:  Myrtle  F.,  b.  July  12,  1873. 
Ees.  Wilton.  X.  H. 

3206.  ii.     Chaeles  A.,  b.  Mar.  11.  1S51:  d.  Sept.  27.  1S67. 

3207.  iii.    Fkaxk  W.,  b.  Aug.  3,  1857:  d.  Dec.  10,  1875. 

1083.  Joseph  B.^  Pierce  {Josejjh'.  Levi^.  Joseph.^,  Joseph'^, 
Jonatharfi,  Samuel^,  Thomas^\.  b.  Mar.  10,  1819  ;  m.  Mary  B. 
Cummings.    Res.  White  River  Junction,  Vt. 


Children  : — 


3208. 

i. 

TVashixgton  B.,  b.  May  28,  1841 ;  m.  Effie  M.  — — 

3209. 

ii. 

Wallace  W.,  b.  Xoy.  9,  1843. 

3210. 

iii. 

Ch-arles  H..  b.  Jan.  7.  1S46. 

3211. 

It. 

Frank  W.,  b.  Dec.  11.  1849. 

3212. 

Y. 

Mart  E.,  b.  >,ov,  30.  If 54. 

3213. 

vi. 

Emma  c'  b.  Aus.  2,  1?5S. 

3214. 

Yii. 

Walter  E..  b.  Mar.  24.  1S63. 

1089.  Rev.  Epamixoxdas  J.-  Pierce  {Erasmus  J  J.  Erasmus^, 
Isaac^,  Isciac^,  Jonathnyi^.  Samuel^.  TJiomns^.  b.  Oct.  24,  1823; 
m.  Xov.  20.  1853,  Susan  Savery.  b.  1826,  d.  Feb.  8.  1855.  He  grad. 
at  Dart.  Coll.  in  1545.  Was  a  missionary  at  GabooD  River.  Equatorial 
Africa,  where  his  wife  died,  for  five  years.  Res.  Farmingdale.  Xew 
Jersey.  Children  : — 
3214=1.  i.   ,  b.  Feb.  8,  1855:  d.  Feb.  8,  1855. 


1093.    Roberi  M.^  Pierce  {Feter~.  Erasmus^,  Isaac^,  Iso.ac^. 


200 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


Jonathan^,  Samuel'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  19,  1828  ;  m.  Nov.  12,  1857, 
Elizabeth  G.  Hodgson,  b.  July  12,  1832.    Res.  Lewisville,  Pa. 


Children  : — 
8215.    1.      George  H.,  b.  July  30,  1859. 

3216.  ii.     NoRRis  A.,  b.  Dec.  28,  18G1;  d.  Aug.  17,  1877. 

3217.  iii.    James  H.,  b.  Maj:  2,  1864. 

3218.  iv.    Sarah  E.,  b.  Aug.  24,  1867. 

3219.  V.     Elizabeth  G.,  b.  July  21,  1872. 

2004.  Dr.  Harvey  L.^  Pierce  {DanieP,  Erasmus^,  Tsaac^,  Isaac^, 

Jonathan^,  Samuel^,  Thomas^)^  b.  Aug.  24,  1839  ;  m.  Perring- 

ton.  He  was  a  surgeon  in  the  array.  Was  taken  piisouer  at  Win- 
chester, Va.,  and  died  in  Libby  Prison.    She  m.  2nd,  —   Bunting. 

Res.  Washington,  D.  C.    Child  : — 

3219^.  i.   . 

2005.  Joseph^  Pierce  {Joseph'',  JosevhP,  Isaac^,  Isaac^,  Jonathan?, 
SamiieP,  Thomas^),  b.  May  23,  1809;  m.  July  2,  1831,  Mary  Thrives, 
b.  Sept.  4,  1810,  d.  July  12,  1850.  He  d.  July  16,  1851.  Res. 
Cincinnati,  Ohio.    Children  : — 

3220.  i.      Mary  A.,  b.  July  2,  1832;  d.  July  17,  1833. 

3221.  ii.     William,  b.  Dec.  13,  1833;  m.  Alice  R.  Campbell. 

3222.  iii.    Thomas  S.,  b.  March  27,  1839.    Thomas  S.  Pierce  was  killed  at 

the  Battle  of  Shiloh  while  fighting  the  rebel  cause,  Sept.  10, 
1863. 

3223.  iv.    Charles  H.,  b.  Nov.  24,  1841;  d.  Nov.  10,  1866. 

3224.  V.     Sally  A.,  b.  Dec.  31,  1844;  d.  Dec.  15,  1867. 

3225.  vi.    Lewis  W.,  b.  Feb.  6,  1848 ;  m. 


If  

2007.  William  H.8  Pierce  {Joseph'^,  Joseph^,  Isaac^,  Isaad^, 
Jonathan'^,  Samuel^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  23,  1813  ;  m.  Eveline 
Jackson  ;  m.  2nd,  Elizabeth  Garrison  ;  m.  3rd,  Elizabeth  Jacques. 
Res.  Cincinnati,  Ohio.    No  children. 

2008.  James  W.^  Pierce  {Joseph'',  Joseph^,  Isaa,G^,  Isaac^, 
Jonathan^,  SamueP,  Thomas^),  b.  March  25,  1814  ;  m.  Mary 
Woods.    Res.  Cincinnati,  Ohio.    No  children. 


2012.  Benjamin  F.«  Pierce  {Joseph'',  Joseph^  Isaac^,  Isaad^, 
JonMhan^,  SamueP,  Thomas'^),  b.  June  2,  1827  ;  m.  July  14,  1859, 
Frances  A.  Rockinfeld.    Res.  Cincinnati,  Ohio.    Children  : — 

3226.  i.      Sally  H.,  b.  Oct.  14,  1860. 

3227.  ii.     Charles  J.,  b.  May  14,  1862. 


EIGHTH  GENERATION. 


201 


201 5.  Charles^  Pierce  ( Isaac',  Joseph^,  Isaac^,  Isaac^,  Jonathan^, 
Samuel^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  1,  1815  ;  m.  Sept.  13,  1839,  Haanah 
Eaton,  b.  July  16,  1822.  He  d.  April  5,  1851.  Res.  Charlestown, 
Mass.    Children  : — 

3228.  i.      Charles  P.,  b.   ;  d. 

3229.  ii.     Charles  P.,  b.   ;  d. 

3230.  iii.    Alice  B.,  b.  Dec.  15,  1847 ;  d. 

2017.  Joseph^  Pierce  {Isaac',  JosephP,  Isaac^,  Isaac^,  Jonathan^ ^ 
Samuel^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  21,  1819  ;  m.  Elizabeth  Huff.  Res. 
Boston,  Mass.    Children  : — 

3231.  i.  Jeanette. 

3232.  ii.  Josephine. 

3233.  iii.    Helen  L. 

2018.  George  J.^  Pierce  {Isaac'',  Joseph^,  Isaac^,  Isaac^, 
Jonathan"^,  Samuel'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  80,  1821  ;  ra.  Nov.  24,  1839, 
Emeline  C.  Canterbury,  b.  1818,  d.  Sept.  27,  1872.  Res.  Boston,  Mass. 
Children  :— 

3234.  i.      Emma  C,  b.  June  21,  1841;  m.  W.  C.  Anderson. 

3235.  ii.     George  W.  W.,  b.  Aug.  1,  1844;  m.  Lydia  M.  Dana. 

3236.  iii.    Frances  L.,  b.  Feb.  10,  1846. 

3237.  iv.    Cora;  d. 

3238.  V.     Nellie;  d. 

3239.  vi.    Theodore;  d. 

3240.  vii.   Charles  F.,  b.  May  11,  1856;  m.  Nellie  J.  Bowen. 

2021.  Edavard  F.8  Pierce  {Isaac^,  Joseph^,  Isaac^,  Isaac^^ 
tlonathan^,  SamueP,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  22,  1828  ;  m.  Harriet  E. 
Deguio.    Children  : — 

3241.  i. 

3242.  ii.     Harriet  E. 

3243.  iii.  Charles. 

3244.  iv.  George. 

3245.  V.  Frank. 

2027.  James  W.^  Pierce  {.Tames'',  Joseph^,  Isaac^,  Isaac^, 
Jonathan^,  Samuel^,  Thomas^),  b.  July  8,  1820  ;  m.  Sept.  14,  1840, 
Sarah  E.  D.  B.  Wilson,  b.  May  23,  1822,  d.  He  d.  June  15,  1854. 
Res.  Boston,  Mass.    Children  : — 

3246.  i.      Sarah  A.,  b.  Jan.  12,  1842;  m.  George  A.  Leonard. 

3247.  ii.     JaiMES  W.,  b.  Jan.  26,  1844;  m.  Anna  M.  Billings. 

3248.  iii.    Charles  E.,  b.  Oct.  31,  1847;  m.  Harriet  E.  Thurston. 

3249.  iv.    Anna  E.,  b.  Oct.  7,  1853. 

2030.  Thomas  P.^  Pierce  {James'',  Josepli^^  Isaac^,  Isaac^, 
Jonathan^,  SamueP,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  30,  1825  ;  m.  Sept.  20,  1848, 
Anna  Clapp,  b.  Sept.  17,  1827,  d.  July  10,  1874;  m.  2nd,  Nov.  3,  1874, 
Annie  Sutherland.  He  d.  June  15,  1880.  Res.  Halifiix,  N.  S.,  and 
Boston,  Mass.    Children  : — 

3250.  i.      Anna  E.,  b.  Oct.  14,  1849;  d.  Nov.  5,  1850. 

3251.  ii.     JosEPHiNTE  W.,  b.  Dec.  17,  1851;  d.  Aug.  5,  1853. 

3252.  iii.    Theodore  H.,  b.  July  11,  1854;  m.  Oct.  28,  1880,  Lucy  E.  Ware. 

3253.  iv.    Beatrice  J.,  b.  Oct.  10,  1857;  m.  Henry  C.  Wilson. 

3254.  V.     Willietta  W.,  b.  Feb.  10,  1861;  d.  1863. 

26 


202 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


2032.  WillIam  J.^  Pierce  {James'',  JosephP,  Isaac^,  Isaac'^, 
Jonathan^,  Samuel^,  Thomas^),  b.  April  19,  1829  ;  m.  May  29,  1856, 
Sarah  L.  BuDten.  He  d.  Jan.  14,  1879.  Res.  Boston,  Mass.  Chil- 
dren : — 

3255.  i.      Forester  H.,  b.  July  9,  1858. 

3256.  li.     Ralph  F.,  b.  Aug-.  6,  1860. 

3257.  iii.    Hubert  W.,  b.  May  19,  1864. 

3258.  iv.    Bessie  L.,  b.  March  13,  1869. 

3259.  V.     Harold  B.,  b.  July  2,  1871. 

3260.  vi.    WiLBER  J.,  b.  Nov.  20,  1878. 

2033.  IsAAc^  Pierce  {James^,  Joseph^,  Isaac^,  Isaac^,  Jonathan^ ^ 
BamueP,  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  27,  1830  ;  m.  Sept.  2nd,  1862,  Jennie 
Hayes,  d.    He  d.  March  6,  1868.    Res.  Boston,  Mass.    No  children.. 

2036.  Joseph^  Pierce  {James',  Joseph^,  Isaac^,  Isaac^,  J onathan^, 
SamueP,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  26,  1835  ;  m.  March  9,  1865,  Emily  A. 
Norwood.    Res.  32  Andersou-St.,  Boston,  Mass.    No  children. 

2041.  S.  WiNSLow^  Pierce  {SamueV,  Samuel^,  Samuel^,  Stephen"^, 
Jonathan"^,  Samuel^,  Thomas^),  b.  July  19,  1835  ;  m.  Sept.  30,  1858, 
Fannie  Whitney,  b.  Sept.  12,  1838.    Res.  Davenport,  Iowa. 


Children  : — 

3261.  i.      Charles  A.,  b.  April  24,  1864. 

3262.  ii.     Fannie  M.,  b.  Dec.  30,  1865. 

3263.  iii.    Carrie  L.,  b.  Dec.  25,  1868. 

3264.  iv.    Nellie  A.,  b.  Nov.  12,  1871.  . 

3265.  V.     Emma  J.,  b.  Sept.  14,  1874. 

2048.  E.  Henry^  Pierce  {Edward  K?,  Samuel^,  Samuel^,  Stephen^, 
Jonathan'^,  SamueP,  Thomas^),  b.  July  2,  1847  ;  m.  June  13,  1872, 
Luella  Lake,  b.  April  22,  1855.    Res.  Davenport,  Iowa.    Children  : — 

3266.  i.      Edna  L.,  b.  July  30,  1876. 

3267.  ii.     Albert  L.,  b.  Sept.  5,  1878;  d.  Sept.  20,  1878. 

2051.  William^  Pierce  {Barzillai' ,  Jonathan^,  Joseph^,  Daniel^, 
John'^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^  b.  Jan.  13,  1803  ;  m.  Nov.  20,  1827, 
Jane  Spratt.    Res.  So.  Thomaston,  Me.    Children  : — 

3268.  i.      John  S.,  b.  Aug.  26,  1828;  m.  July  20,  1857,  Sarah  L.  Dean. 

3269.  ii.     Samuel  D.,  b.  April  27,  1832;  d.  at  sea,  1852. 

3270.  iii.    Almira,  b.  April  14,  1839 ;  m.  Oct.  27,  1859,  Elbridge  F.  Haskell. 

2052.  Israel  S.^  Pierce  {Barzillai' ,  Jonathan^,  Joseph^,  DanieP, 
John^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  1,  1805  ;  m.  Oct.  23,  1828,  Mary  . 
Snow.    He  d.  March  18,  1851.    Res.  Rockland,  Me.    Children  :— 

3271.  i.  Nathaniel  J.,  b.  Aug.  3,  1830;  d.  at  sea  about  1845. 

3272.  ii.  Israel  T.,  b.  Jan.  8,  1834;  d.  at  N.  Y. 

3273.  iii.  Mary  H.,  b.  Sept.  30,  1835;  d. 

3274.  iv.  Caroline  E.,  b.  Sept.  24,  1837;  m.  Charles  Vertoux. 


EIGHTH  GENERATION". 


203 


3275.  V.     George  W.,  b.  April  12,  1834;  d.  at  N.  Y. 

3276.  vl.    SuSA>^  A.,  b.  June  22,  1841. 

2055.  Joseph  S.^  Pierce  {Barzillai^ ^  Jonathan^ ^  Joi^eph^^  Daniel^^ 
John^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas'^),  b.  Feb.  5,  1811 ;  m.  Jan.  16,  1836,  Mar- 
garet Snow.    Res.  Rockland,  Me.    Children  : — 

3277.  i.      Joseph  H.,  b.  Marcli  7,  1839.    Res,  Rockland,  Me.    Was  in  the 

U.  S.  Navy  during  the  war. 

3278.  ii.     Rose  C,  b.  Aug.  15,  1840.    Res.  Rockland,  Me. 

3279.  iii.    Margaret,  b.  June  28,  1841;  d.  Oct.,  1854. 

3280.  iv.    Delia,  b.  May  7,  1844;  m.  Smith. 

2057.  George  W.^  Pierce  {Barzillai^^  Jonathan^,  Joseph^, 
Darnel"^,  John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  13,  1816  ;  m.  Oct.  27, 
1847,  Nancy  F.  Martin,  b.  Sept.  24,  1824,  d.  Sept.  23,  1860  ;  ra.  2nd, 
Dec.  8,  1861,  Mrs.  Harriet  N.  McLane,  b.  Nov.  10,  1823.  Res.  South 
Thomaston,  Me. 


Children  : — 

3281.  i.      Sidney  H.,  b.  Sept.  27,  1849;  m.  Abbie  L.  Dean. 

3282.  ii.     Sarah  T.,  b.  March  1,  1852;  ra.  B.  Hinckley  Clay. 

3283.  iii.    Axnee  M.,  b.  Nov.  3,  1854;  m.  B.  Hinckley  Clay. 

3284.  iv.    Emma  E.,  b.  Sept.  23,  1856;  d.  Sept.  24,  1873. 

3285.  V.     Nannie  M.,  b.  Nov.  10,  1862;  d.  May  18,  1877. 

2063.  Cyrus^  Pierce  (Simon'^,  David^,  Daniel^,  Daniel'^,  John^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  18,  1793  ;  ra.  Julia  Sewall,  d.  April  5, 
1857.    He  d.  April  28,  1851.    Res.  Chesterville,  Me.    No  children. 

2069.  AbnerS  Pierce  {Simon'',  J)avicF,  Daniel^,  Daniel^,  John^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  17,  1809  ;  m.  Abigail  Walton.  He  d. 
June  30,  1862.  She  m.  2nd,  Rev.  M.  Wright.  Res.  Waupon,  Wis. 
Children  :— 

3286.  i.  Howard. 

3287.  ii.  Helen. 

3288.  iii.   . 

3289.  iv.  Charles. 

2071.  Moses  C.s  Pierce  {Calvi?i^,  Darnel^,  Daniel^,  Daniel^ 
John'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  4,  1791  ;  m.  March  14,  1815, 
Temperance  Savage,  b.  Jan.  6,  1799,  d.  Sept.  28,  1865.  He  d.  April 
7,  1831.    Children  :— 

3290.  i.      Hannah,  b.  April  6,  1816 ;  m.  John  Graves. 

3291.  ii.     Calvin,  b.  July  21,  1817;  d.  Sept.  28,  1852. 

3292.  iii.    M,irtha,  b.  Feb.  24,  1819;  m.  Hiram  Cousins. 

3293.  iv.    Luther,  b.  Aug.  25,  1820;  m.  Nancy  T.  Greenwood. 


204 


PIERCE  PEDIGKEE. 


3294.  V.     Mary,  b.  June  6,  1822;  m.  William  Howes. 

3295.  vi.    JoTHAM  S.,  b.  Feb.  26,  1824;  m.  Mary  Chapman. 

3296.  vii.   Cyrus,  b.  Sept.  29,  1826;  cl.  Feb.  13,  1845. 

3297.  viii.  Ezra,  b.  May  22,  1827 ;  m.  Hannah  Holway. 

3298.  ix.    Joel  M.,  b.  May  2,  1830;  m.  Cordelia  Clark. 

3299.  X.     Betsey  P.,  b.  May  18,  1831;  m.  Ira  Dole. 

2072.  Nathaniel^  Pierce  {Calm'n?^  Damd^^  Daniel^,  Daniel^, 
John'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  March  25,  1793  ;  m.  Nov.  13,  1814, 
Ardear  Baker,  b.  March  28,  1798,  d.  Aug.  6,  1875.  Res.  Carritunk 
Plantation,  Me.    Children  : — 

3300.  1.      Harriet,  b.  July  28,  1817 ;  m.  Thomas  Brown  and  William  Knapp. 

3301.  ii.     James,  b.  Aug.  29,  1819 ;  m.  Lncinda  Holway. 

3302.  iii.    Irena,  b.  July,  1821 ;  m.  Aaron  Sanborn  and  William  Arno. 

3303.  iv.     OsBORN,  b.  Feb.  7,  1823;  m.  Sybil  Paine. 

3304.  V.     Fidelia,  b.  May  25,  1825 ;  m.  John  Holway. 

3305.  vi.    Hannah  B.,  b.  Nov.  7,  1828;  m.  Jeremiah  S.  Spalding. 

3306.  vii.    Seth  B.,  b.  Oct.  20,  1830;  ra.  Vesta  Kimball. 

3307.  viii.  Esther,  b.  Aug.  1,  1835;  m.  Henry  Durgin. 

3308.  ix.    Henrietta,  b.  June  1,  1840;  m.  Orland  Young. 

2074.  James  S.^  Pierce  {Calvin'^,  David^,  Daniel^,  Daniel^, 
John'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas'^),  b.  Feb.  3,  1797;  ra.  Mercy  B.  Hale,  b. 

March  25,  1804,  d.  May  11,  1855  ;  m.  2nd,  ,  d.  March 

20,  1876.    He  d.  March  20,  1876.    Res.  Solon,  Me.    Children  :— 

3309.  i.      Frances  C,  b.  Sept.  7,  1823;  m.  Chas.  K.  White. 

3309. ^.  ii.     M.  Louisa,  b.  July  23,  1825;  m.  John  P.  Cobb. 

3310.  iii.  Lewellyn,  b.  Nov.  30,  1826;  m.  Catherine  Spillane. 

3311.  iv.  JosiAH  H,,  b.  May  3,  1828;  d.  May  7,  1833. 

3312.  V.  Charlotte  W.,  b.  June  20,  1830;  d.  Aug.  19,  1833. 

3313.  vi.  JoPHANES  H.,  b.  June  10,  1832;  d.  Aug.  23,  1833. 

3314.  vii.  Romandel,  b.  Sept.  20,  1834;  ra.  Mrs.   Lyford. 

3315.  viii.  Ardelia,  b.  Oct.  10,  1836;  d.  Dec.  25,  1840. 

3316.  ix.  Caskaline,  b.  Sept.  17,  1838;  m.  Chas.  Ingalls. 

3317.  X.  Helvena,  b.  Nov.  3,  1840;  d.  July  11,  186i. 

2075.  Joshua  B.^  Pierce  {Calviii^,  David^,  DanieP^  Daniel"^, 
John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  19,  1799  ;  m.  Oct.  2, 1821,  Hannah 
Bean,  b.  Nov.  27,  1797.  He  d.  Aug.  27,  1836.  She  m.  2nd,  Edward 
Howes.    Res.  Bingham,  Me.    Children  : — 

3318.  i.      Moses,  b.  Oct.  29,  1827;  m.,  left  home  in  '54  and  went  to  Cal. 

3319.  ii.     Clarissa  C,  b.  Sept.  14,  1829;  d.  March  3,  1845. 

3320.  iii.    Seth  B.,  b.  May  6,  1831 ;  d.  Jan.  20,  1867,  unm. 

3321.  iv.    Dolly  A.,  b.  Jan.  25,  1836;  m.  John  Steward. 

2079.  Ezekiel^  Pierce  {Calvin'^,  Damd^^  DanieP^  Daniel'^,  John^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  17,  1807  ;  ra.  Jan.  1,  1833,  Content  B. 
Pierce  [2116],  b.  Aug.  12,  1810,  d.  June  8,  1856.    Res.  Clinton,  Me. 


Children  : — 

3322.  i.      Lois,  b.  Jan.  20,  1834;  ra.  John  Mears. 

3323.  ii.     Emily,  b.  Apr.  2,  1835 ;  m.  Stephen  Runnells  and  Hollis  Spencer. 


EIG-HTH  GENERATION. 


205 


3324.  iii.  Julia  A.,  b.  Dec.  16,  1836;  d.  Oct.  26,  1857. 

3325.  iv.  JOHX  G,,  b.  July  22,  1838;  d.  June,  1876. 

3326.  Y.  Joel  C,  b.  Mav  2,  1840;  res.  N.  Berwick,  Me. 

3327.  vi.  Helenas.,  b.  May  7,  1844;  d.  Sept.  17,  1846. 

3328.  vii.  Peter,  b.  Feb.  18,  1846;  d.  Sept.  4,  1846. 

3329.  viii.  Chaeles  E.,  b.  June  15,  1848. 

3330.  ix.  Joseph,  b.  Jan.  31,  1850;  d.  June  8,  1850. 

2082.  JohnS  Pierce  {Zuther'^,  David^,  DanieP,  Daniel'^,  Johiv^, 
Thomas-,  Thomas^),  h.  March  2,  1795  ;  m.  Oct.  4,  1846,  Rachel  L. 
Nadd,  b.  Oct.  27,  1820.    Res.  Solon,  Me.    Children  :— 

3330i.  i.      Harriet  F.,  b.  Aug.  22,  1848;  m.  Joseph  Maynard. 
3330^.  ii.     Kachel  0.,  b.  Jan.  19,  1853;  m.  Joseph  Maynard. 

2083.  Luther^  Pierce  {Luther'^,  David^,  Daniel^,  Daniel^,  Johri^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  8,  1797;  m.  April  12,  1819,  Luciuda 
Pierce  [2064].  b.  Sept.  20.  1797.  d.  Jan.  14,  1845  ;  ra.  2nd,  June  4,  1846, 
Mary  S.  Burns,  b.  Aug.  17,  1808.  He  d.  Oct.  2,  1871.  Res.  Solon, 
Me.    Children  :— 

3331.  1.      Naomi,  b.  Nov.  8,  1820;  m.  George  G.  Burns;  res.  Brandon,  Wis. 

3332.  ii.     Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  13.  1823;  m.  Howard  B.  Wilson. 

3333.  iii.    Luther,  b.  March  19,  1826;  d.  March  22.  1826. 

3334.  iv.    Cyrus  B.,  b.  Nov.  26,  1829;  m.  Harriet  Moore. 

3335.  V.     JoHX  L.,  b.  Sept.  29,  1832;  m.  Achsa  Andrews  and  Sarah  B. 

Merrill. 

3336.  vi.    Julia  0.,  b.  Jan.  2,  1837;  m.  Wickliff  Goodrich;  Res.  Ripon, 

Wis. 

3337.  vii.   Mary  E.,  b.  March  25,  1850  ;  m.  Samuel  Albee. 

2084.  Jesse^  Pierce  {Luther'^,  David^,  DanieP,  Daniel^,  John'^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  17,  1799;  m.  Dec.  25,  1826.  Catherine 
Reed,  b.  April  10,  1801,  d.  Sept.  27,  1877.  He  d.  May  6,  1854.  Res. 
Madison,  Me.    Children  : — 

8338.    i.      Cathereste,  b.  Feb.  18,  1828;  d.  June  24,  1832. 

3339.  ii.     Adeline  S.,  b.  March  16,  1829;  ra.  Dudley  L.  Fogg. 

3340.  iii.    Jesse,  b.  April  27,  1831 ;  d.  Oct.  16,  1S31. 

2086.  Isaac  R.^  Pierce  {JDavid?,  Damd^,  Daniel^,  Daniel^,  John^, 
Thomas^,  Thoinas^).  b.  Oct.  15.  1795  ;  m.  1820,  Eliza  Chute,  b.  Aug. 
27,  1803.    He  d.  Oct.,  1872.    Res.  Smithfield,  Me.  Children 

3341.  i.  Eliza  A.,  b.  Aus:.  27,  1822 ;  m.  Silas  V.  Tuck ;  res.  Brocliton,  Mass. 

3342.  ii,  Olive  R.,  b.  Mav  8.  1824;  m.  Nathaniel  Page. 

3343.  iii.  Daved,  b.  July  26,  1826;  d.  July  10,  1843. 

3344.  iv.  ISAum.  b.  Nov.  19,  1828;  m.   Thompson. 

3345.  V.  Martha  D.,  b.  Feb.  1,  1835;  m.  John  M.  Clark. 

3346.  vi.  Celestia,  b.  1843;  m.  Leonard  W.  Hunnewell. 

2087.  Samuel  D.^  Pierce  {David'^,  David^,  DajiieP,  DajiieP, 
John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  18,  1797  ;  m.  Dec.  2,  1819,  Lucy 
Barstow,b.  May  18,  1794.  d.  Sept.  1,  1856.  He  d.  May  3,  1867.  Res. 
Norridgewock,  Me.    Children  : — 

3347.  i.  Obed  W.,  b.  Sept.  23,  1820;  m.  Sarah  R.  Haines. 

3348.  ii.  Wellington,  b.  March  29,  1822;  m.  Silviuui  Albee. 

3349.  iii.  Alfred,  b.  March  9,  1824;  m.  Hannah  C.  Clark. 

3350.  iv.  Seth,  b.  Julv  30,  1826 :  d.  Oct.  8,  1852. 

3351.  V.  Sumner,  b.  Oct.  7,  1829 ;  m.  Emily  Clark. 


206 


PIEKCE  PEDIGREE. 


3352.  vi.    Caroline,  b.  Feb.  22,  1831;  m.  Feb.  23,  1861. 

3353.  vii.   Sabinia,  b.  March  2,  1833;  m.  Tobias  C.  Walton. 

3354.  viii.  Lucy  B.,  b.  July  5,  1835;  m.  William  Toothaker. 

2089.  Rdfus  W.s  Pierce  {DamcP,  DavicP,  DanieP^  Daniel^^ 
John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  31,  1805;  m.  June  20,  1833, 
Sally  Hosmer,  b.  1803,  cl.  Feb.  12,  1845;  m.  2nd,  Sept.  29,  1847, 
Martha  Nutting,  b.  July  5,  1818.    Res.  Srnithfield,  Me.    Children: — 

3355.  i.  Mary  H.,  b.  Apr.  1,  1834;  m.  Harper  Allen. 

3356.  ii.  Sarah  R.,  b.  June  3,  1836;  ra.  Samuel  A.  Marston. 

3357.  iii.  John  C,  b.  Sept.  9,  1838 ;  m.  Louise  V.  Morton. 

3358.  iv.  Joseph  H.,  b.  June  15,  1841;  m.  Helen  M.  Hale. 

3359.  V.  Emma  M.,  b.  Sept.  16,  1848. 

3360.  vi.  Ellen,  b.  Feb.  18.  1852;  d.  May  10,  1872. 

3361.  vii.  Calvin  R.,  b.  May  22,  1853. 

3362.  viii.  Sakia,  b.  June  22,  1855;  d.  July  13,  1873. 

2092.  Caleb  S.^  Pierce  {DavicP,  DavicP,  Daniel^,  Daniel'^,  Johji"^, 
Thomas^  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  13,  1812  ;  m.  Dec.  22,  1830,  Eliza  Young, 
b.  1810.    He  d.  Oct.  4,  1876.    Res.  Ionia,  Mich.  Children:— 

8363.    i.      Henry.    3364.  ii.  Sewall.   3365.  iii.  Martha  ;m.  Gibbs. 

2093.  Simon  D.^  Pierce  \Damd?^  David^,  JDaniel^^  DanieP^ 
John'\  Thomas^,  Thomas^),h.  June  10,  1813  ;  m.  Oct.,  1835,  Sarah 
A.  Parsons,  b.  Aug.  14,  1819.    Res.  Srnithfield,  Me. 

Simon  D.  Pierce  was  born  in  Norridgewock,  Me.,  June  10,  1813, 
and  resided  for  some  years  in  No.  2  Plantation,  in  the  County  of 
Somerset,  and  during  that  residence  was  considerably  engaged  in  lura 
bering  on  the  upper  Kennebec  and  its  tributaries.  In  1855  he 
removed  to  Srnithfield,  Me.,  where  he  has  since  resided,  being  engaged 
in  airriculture. 


Children : — 

3366.  i.      Annie,  b.  Dec.  16,  1837;  d.  May  6,  1863. 

3367.  ii.     Henry  W.,  b.  Jan.  30,  1840;  ra.  Sarah  E.  Allen. 

3368.  iii.    Frances  W.,  b.  May  3,  1843;  m.  1859,  Luther  A.  Rowe,  b.  Sept. 

16,  1839.  Ch.  :  Laura  E.,  b.  Feb.  9,  1860;  Mary  F.,  b.  Jan.  20, 
1862;  Arthur  S.,  b.  Feb.  6,  1864;  Alma  A.,  b.  May  29,  1865 ; 
res.  So.  Norridgewock,  and  Smithfleld,  Me. 

3369.  iv.    Laura  A.,  b.  Mar.  3,  1845;  d.  July  6,  1857. 

3370.  V.     David  R.,  b.  Feb.  4,  1848;  m.  Lucie  A.  Burnham. 

3371.  vi.    William  S.  ;  Res.  Berwick,  Me. 

2095.  Calvin^  Pierce  {DavicV^  Davicl^,  Daniel^,  Daniel'^,  John^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  July  13,  1818;  m.  Nov.  29,  1841,  Julia  A. 
Swan.    He  d.  July  18,  1849.    Res.  Auburn.  Me.    Children  :— 

3372.  i.      John  F. 

3373.  ii.     Laura,  b.  1844;  m.  July  3, 1864,  Francis  A.  Thurston,  b.  Oct.  19, 

1837.  Ch.  :  Marion  F.,  b.  Nov.  12,  1865;  Herbert  R.,  b.  Mar. 
24,  1869.  They  res.  in  Auburn,  Me,  He  is  master  mechanic 
in  the  Little  Androscoggin  Water  Power  Company  at  Auburn, 
and  belongs  to  the  Universalist  denomination  while  his  wife  is 
a  Congrcgationalist. 
8374.    iii.  Orlando. 


EIGHTH  GEXERATIOX. 


207 


2100.  Haret^  Pierce  {Charles',  David^.  Daniel^.  Daniel^, 
Jolirfi,  Thomas'^,  Thomas  ^,  b.  July  23,  1S03:  m.  Fidelia  Quint 
Res.  Parkersburg,  Iowa.    Children  : — 

3375.  i.  Moses. 

3376.  ii.  TTiLLiAM. 

3377.  iii.  Orilla. 
33  7S.  iv.  Daatx). 

2101.  Peter^  Pierce  {Charles',  Bavirp.  DanieP.  Baniel^, 
John^.  Thornas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  20,  1804:  m.  Dec.  30,1830, 
Lvdia  Walters,  b.  1802.  d.  Dec.  1869;  m.  2nd.  Soy.  27.  1872,  Delia 
McMaster.  b.  Apr..  1829.    Res.  Brooklyn.  X.  Y.  Children:— 

3379.  i.      TVILLIA3I  A.,  b.  Julv  6.  1835;  d.  Oct.  27,  1836. 

3380.  ii.     Delia,  b.  July  7,  1843;  d.  Feb.  20,  1868. 

3381.  iii.   . 

2102.  William^  Pierce  {Charles'',  Damd^,  Daniel^.  Daniel^, 
JohrL^.  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  22,  1806:  m.  Auula  Quint. 
Res.  Moston,  Wis.    Xo  children. 

2108.    Charles  T.^  Peerce  {Charles''.  David^.  Daniel^.  Daniel'^, 
Johrfi,  Thomas'^,  Thomas'^),  b.  Feb.  14,  1821  :  ra.  Apr.  6.  1841.  Polly 
b.  Oct.  28,  1822.    Res.  Ferdinand,  111.    Children  :— 

Haxxah  a.,  b.  Feb.  28,  1812;  m.  Cornelius  L.  Jackson. 
Peter  0..  b.  Aug.  8,  1S13  :  killed  at  battle  of  Resaca,  Ga.,  May 
15.  1S64. 

Elias.  b.  Xov.  22.  1S15  :  wounded  at  battle  of  Resaca,  Ga.,  and 
d.  Feb=  1,  1869. 

T\'iLLL\M  A.,  b.  Mar.  31,  1818;  m.  "March  7,  1872,  Mary  A. 

Livingston. 
Fa2s-^-t  0.,  b.  Jan.  26,  1850;  d.  Aug.  3,  1853. 
Abigail  A.,  b.  Dec.  14,  1851;  m.  Charles  S.  BiireloTr. 
Ma2vLT  W..'  b.  Dec.  10,  1853;  m.  March  19,  1376^  Sarah  J.  Taylor. 
Mary  A.,  b.  Aug.  31,  1855:  d.  Apr.  19,  1858. 
Trumax.  b.  Sept.  17,  1857. 
Ellex,  b.  Aug.  8,  1^59. 
Ida  a.,  b.  Apr.  9.  1861. 
Obed  a.,  b.  Feb.  18,  1865;  d.  Mar.  2,  1S65. 

2110.  Etias  M.s  Pierce  {Charles',  JDavid^.  Daniel^.  Daniel'^, 
John^.  Thomas^,  Thomas^);  m.  Feb.  18,  1854,  Mary  E.  Allen.  Res. 
Warren,  Pa.    Children  : — 

3391.    i.      Fred.  C,  b.  July  IS,  1855. 

3395.  ii.     Fraxk  A.,  b.  Feb.  6,  1857. 

3396.  iii.    Edward  TT.,  b.  June  13,  1865. 

2111.  Alven-  B.s  Pierce  {Peter',  David^.  Daniel'^,  Daniel'^, 
Johrfi.  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  13.  1800;  m.  Sailv  Baker; 
d.  XoY.  23,  1870.    Res.  Bingham.  Me.  Children 

3397.  i.      Reubex  B.,  b.  Oct.  4,  1829;  m.  Lydia  M.  Chase  and  Elizabeth 

(Baker)  Pierce. 

3398.  ii.     Obed,  b.  May  2,  1832;  m.  Elizabeth  Baker. 

3399.  iii.    Peter  ;  m.  Apprinda  Blake. 

3100.  iv.     Alau;x;  m.   . 

3101.  V.      Sewell,  b.  1839;  d.   . 


Strickland, 

33S2. 

i. 

3383. 

ii. 

338i. 

iii. 

3385. 

It. 

3386. 

T. 

3387. 

vi. 

3388. 

Yii. 

3389. 

viii. 

3390. 

ix. 

3391. 

X. 

3b92. 

xi. 

3393. 

xii. 

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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


3402.  vi.    Elizabeth;  ra.  Luther  Moore  and  Samuel  Paine. 

3403.  vii.   Sarah;  m.  Justus  Washburn. 

2113.  Charles^  Pierce  {Peter'' ^  DamdP^  Daniel^,  Daniel^, 
John^,   Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  25,  1804;  m.  Feb.  15,  1828, 

Hannah  R.  Jones,  b.  Nov.  1,  1806,  d.  .    He  d.   — .  Res. 

Waupun,  Wis.    Children  : — 

3404.  i.      Asa  G.,  b.  Jan.  13,  1829  ;  m.  Rhoda  Collins ;  res.  Waupun,  Wis. 

3405.  ii.     Clarissa  F.,  b.  Sept.  22,  1830;  m.  B.  H.  Harkness;  res.  Hum- 

boldt, Iowa. 

3406.  iii.    Edwin  R.,  b.  Mar.  13,  1832;  m.  Algenir  Morse;  res.  Riverside, 

Cal. 

3407.  iv.    Charles  B.,  b.  Feb.  9,  1834;  res.  Ctister  City,  Dak. 

3408.  V.     RuFusK.,b.  Dec.  10,  1835;  ra.  Elizabeth  Minton;  res.  Wau- 

pun, Wis. 

3409.  vi.    Flora  S.,  b.  Dec.  27,  1840;  m.  Rollin  Amadon;  res.  Waupun, 

Wis. 

3410.  vii.   John  G. 

3411.  viii.  Simon. 

3412.  ix.  Daniel. 

2115.    Heman^  Pierce  {Peter'',  PavicP,  Daniel^,  Daniel^,  John^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  15,  1808;  m.  Acbsah  Holman.  Res. 
Bangor,  Me.    Children  : — 

34121.    i.      BowEN;m.   . 

3412^.    ii.     Helen  ;  m.  George  Pierce. 

2117.  SiMON^  Pierce  {Peter'',  DavicP,  Daniel^,  Daniel^,  Johnny 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  10,  1813  ;  m.  Betsey  Graves.  Res. 
Somerset  Mills,  Me.    Children  : — 

3413.  i.      Mary;  m.  Sheppard. 

3414.  ii.     Fanny;  m.  Fred.  Morse. 

3415.  iii.    Livonia;  m.   . 

2119.  Reuben^  Pierce  {Jedediah?,  Reuben^,  Daniel^,  Daniel^, 
John?,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  9,  1809;  m.  Dec.  15,  1837, 
Cornelia  Jewell,  b.  Aug.  20,  1809.    Res.  Jaffrey,  N.  H. 

Children : — 

3416.  i.      Eloise  N.,  b.  Feb.  2,  1839. 

3417.  ii.     Delia  J.,  b.  Feb.  20,  1850. 

2123.  Abijah  A.^  Pierce  {Abijah'',  Reuben^,  DanieP,  Daniel^, 
John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  9,  1818;  m.  Apr.  16,  1838, 
Caroline  Maivel,  b.  July  25,  1814.    Res.  St.  Albans,  Vt. 

Children  : — 

3418.  i.      Marion  B.,  b.  Aug.  16,  1841  ;  m.  L.  0.  Stone. 

3419.  ii.     Edward  A.,  b.  Apr.  13,  1844. 

3420.  iii.    Cassius  W.,  b.  Oct.  3,  1849;  m.  M.  Emma  Pierce. 

2124.  Lewis  L.^  Pierce  {Abijah'',  Reuben^,  Daniel^,  Daoiiel^, 
John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  28,  1820;  m.  May  2,  1841, 
Christina  M.  Billings,  b.  Aug.  10,  1819.    Res.  E.  Jaffrey,  N.  H. 

Children : — 

3421.  i.      Sarah  E.,  b.  Sept.  4,  1843;  d.  May  18,  1874. 

3422.  ii.     Zenophon  J.,  b.  Apr.  9,  1846;  m.  Dora  Bowman. 

3423.  iii.    Ellely  C,  b.  Aug.  12,  1848;  d.  Nov.  14,  1864. 


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2128.  R.  ParkerS  Pierce  {AhijaJi',  Reuben^,  Daniel^,  JDaniel'^, 
John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  June  4,  1831;  m.  Charlotte  Morris; 
ra.  2nd,  Mar.  27,  1860,  Susan  P.  Davis,  b.  Nov.  22,  1834,  d.  Aug.  28, 
1879.    Res.  New  York. 


Children  : — 

3424.    i.      Charlotte.     3425.    ii.    Henry  N.,  b.  Feb.  25,  1861. 

3426.  iii.    Walter  M.,  b.  Sept.  6,  1863;  d.  Aug.  7,  1864. 

2130.  Samuel^  Pierce  {Asaph?^  Samuel^,  Daniel^,  Daniel'^^ 
John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  23,  1799;  m.  1824,  Matilda 
Bailey,  d.  July  10,  1873.    Res.  Moretown,  Vt.    Children  :  — 

3427.  i.      Schuyler,  b.  Jau.  17,  1826:  m.  Alraira  Marble. 

3428.  ii.     Alvin  M.,  b.  Feb.  16,  1828;  m.  L.  S.  Bagley. 

2136.  Luke  C.^  Pierce  {SamueP,  Samuel^,  DanieP^  Daniel^^ 
John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  h.  Jan.  11,  1807;  m.  May  5,  1836, 
Margaret  Smith,  b.  Sept.  5,  1814,  d.  Mar.  9,  1851  ;  m.  2nd,  Dec,  16, 
1851,  Hester  E.  Laramons,  b.  Apr.  25,  1830.  He  d.  Jan.  4,  1855,  in 
Franklin,  Mich.    Children  :— 

3429.  i.      Sarah  T.,  b.  Nov.  25,  1839;  m.  July  5,  1865,  Frank  Meeker,  b. 

Dec.  15,  1837.  Ch.  :  Sarah  L.,  b.  May  20,  1867 ;  Frank  L.,  b.  July 
23,  1869;  Guy  A.,  b.  Apr.  19.  1876;  res.  Marshalltown,  Iowa. 

3430.  ii.     Caroline  P.,  b.  May  12,  1841;  d.  Sept.  27,  1841. 

3431.  iii.    Luke,  b.  Dec.  12,  1843;  cl.  Dec.  15,  1843. 

3432.  iv.    Samuel  W.,  b.  Apr.  29,  1853;  unm. 

2137.  Luther  B.^  Pierce  {Samuel,  Samuel^,  Daniel^,  Daniel^, 
John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  11,  1807;  ra.  Sept.  29,  1831, 
Mary  A.  Wilson,  b.  July  4,  1804.  They  res.  in  Boston,  15  Groton 
street.    Children  : — 

3433-4.  i.    Martha  S.,  b.  Jan.  27,  1834;  m.  June  1,  1853,  John  Hughes; 
res.  337  N.  Charles  street,  Boston. 

3435.  ii.     RosLJfA   S.,   b.  Mar.  5,  1836;   ra.   May   3,  1857,  Charles  W. 

Huntress,  b.  Oct.  18,  1830,  d,  Oct.  14,  1874.  Ch.  :  Eddie  B., 
b.  Aug.  27,  1860,  d.  Mav  18,  1864. 

3436.  iii.    Samuel  W.,  b.  Feb.  3,  1837;  ra.  Mrs.  Anna  Hewer,  Feb.  5,  1880. 

3437.  iv.    Mary   E.,    b.  Feb.  22,  1841;    m.  Apr.  1,   1858,   George  V. 

Leicester,  b.  1830;  d.  Mar.  31,  1871,  leaving  Walter  P.,  b.  July 
31,  1865. 

3438.  V.     LuciNDA  M.,  b.  Aug.  2,  1844;  m.  Aug.  16,  1863,  Wm.  K.  Gerrish, 

b.  1835.  Ch.  :  Abbie  E.,  b.  Mar.  17,  1866;  Mabel  F.,  b.  Mar.  18, 
1868;  Nellie  G.,  b.  Jan.  16.  1870;  Willie  R.,  b.  1875;  Flora  E., 
b.  Aug.  5,  1876.    Res.  182  Tudor  street,  So.  Boston. 

3439.  vi.    Eliza  T.,  b.  May  13,  1846. 

2138.  Samuel  W.^  Pierce  {Samiter,  Sam-itel^,  DanieP^  Daniel^^ 
John^,  Thomas-,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  31,  1808;  m.  Apr.  27,  1837, 
Mary  Dntton,  b.  Apr.  4,  1813,  d.  Jan.  1,  1847  ;  m.  2nd,  Sept.  28,  1847, 
Martha  Plummer,  b.  Nov.  3,  1817.    They  res.  E.  Jaffrey,  N.  H. 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


Children  :— 

3440.    i.      Mary  E.,  b.  Apr.  30,  1838;  m.  Feb.  24,  1861,  Joseph  F.  Carr,  b. 

Apr.  28,  1835.    Ch. :  Mary  A.,  b.  Sept.  5,  1862;  Emma  F.,  b. 

Feb.  2,  1867,  d.  Sept.  8,  1869;  Frank  F.,  b.  Aug.  18,  1869; 

Walter  A.,  b.  Jan,  1,  1875;  res,  Carlisle,  Mass. 
8441.    ii.     Henry  W.,  b.  Mar.  21,  1842;  m.  June  4,  1867,  Helen  V.  Buttrick. 

Res.  Winchendon,  Mass. 

3442.  iii.    Albert  S.,  b.  Mar.  15,  1845;  ra.  Dec.  11,  1872,  Mary  A.  Chamber- 

lin,  b.  May  25,  1849.    No  issue.    Res.  Fitchburg,  Mass. 

3443.  iv.    J.  Plummer,  b.  Feb.  25,  1851;  m.  June  10,  1874,  Lizzie  P  Morse, 

b.  Jan.  21,  1856.    Res.  Jaffrey,  N.  H. 

2140.  Col.  Charles  W.^  Pierce  {Samuef,  Samuel^,  Daniel^, 
Daniel^,  Johti^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  27,  1812  ;  m.  May  27, 
1835,  Abigail  G.  Going,  b.  May  15,  1811.  He  d.  Aug.  25,  1865,  in 
Dublin,  N.  H. 

Charles  W.  Pierce  was  a  miller  by  occupation  and  had  repeatedly 
held  the  office  of  selectman  and  was  for  a  number  of  years  Colonel  of 
the  12th  Regiment  of  N.  H.  State  Militia.    Children: — 

3444.  i.  Phebe,  b.  Feb.  18,  1836;  d.  Jan.  1,  1857. 

3445.  ii.  Charles  H.,  b.  June  6,  1837;  d.  Apr.  5,  1860. 

3446.  iii.  James  E.,  b.  July  1,  1839 ;  d.  Mar.  21,  1866. 

3447.  iv.  Asaph  W.,  b.  Sept.  28,  1840. 

Asaph  W.  Pierce  died  in  Poolesville,  Md.,  Jan.  21,  1862,  He 
was  corporal  of  Company  A,  14th  Regt.  N.  H.  Vols. 

3448.  V.     Harriet  A.,  b.  Oct.  6,  1842;  m.  May  13,  1864,  John  E.  Baldwin, 

b.  July  28,  1842.  Ch.  :  Charles  E.,  b.  Apr.  28,  1865;  M.  Abbie, 
b.  Mar.  9,  1868,  d.  Mar.  11,  1868;  Edwin  P.,  b.  Jan  4,  1869; 
Almon  A.,  b.  Oct.  15,  1870;  Carl  F.,  b.  July  30,  1872;  Mark  E., 
b.  Mar.  22,  1874 ;  Claribell,  b.  Nov.  19, 1875.    Res.  Jaffrey,  N.  H. 

3449.  vi.    Almon  G.,  b.  Oct.  29,  1843. 

■  Almon  G.  Pierce  died  in  New  Orleans,  La.,  June  8,  1864,  He 
was  Orderly  Sergeant  of  Company  C,  14th  Regt.  N.  H.  Vols. 

3450.  vii.   RuFUS  P.,  b.  May  11,  1846;  m.  July  1,  1874,  Sarah  M.  Gleason. 

3451.  viii.  Eudora  F,,  b.  Oct.  31,  1847;  d.  Mar.  19,  1869. 

3452.  ix.    WiLLARD  H.,  b.  Feb.  5,  1849;  m.  Mar.  30,  1872,  Ellen  Simmons. 

3453.  X.     Clara  G.,  b.  Mar.  23,  1851 ;  d.  Apr.  15,  1871. 

3454.  xi.    Frank  E.,  b.  Feb.  3,  1853. 

3455.  xii.   Fred.  A.,  b.  Oct  12,  1854;  m.  Urania  Parker. 

3456.  xiii.  Abbie  G.,  b.  May  22,  1856;  d.  Apr.  20,  1857. 

2148.  Caleb  W.^  Pierce  {Caleb'',  Samuel^,  Daniel^,  Daniel^, 
Joh7i\  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  28,  1810;  m.  Nov.  2,  1835,  Mary 
M.  Miles,  b.  Oct.  25,  1816 ;   He  d.  Sept.  5,  1872.    lies.  Fliut,  Mich. 

Child  :— 

3457.  i.      LuciNDA  A.,  b.  Oct.  28,  1836 ;  ra.  July  6,  1862,  George  A.  Patrick. 

2150.  Silas  R.^  Pierce  {Caleb'',  Samuel^,  Daniel^,  Daniel^, 
John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^  b.  June  27,  1817;  m.  Apr.  24,1844, 
Mary  A.  Wolvcrton,  b.  June  2,  1817,  d.  Sept.  2,  1848;  m,  2nd,  Jau, 


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211 


3,  1851,  Caroline  Crocker,  d.  Feb.  28,  1856;  m.  3rd,  Dec.  7,  1865, 
Jennie  McEwen,  b.  Feb.  14,  1831.    Res.  Flint,  Mich. 


Children : — 

3458.  i.      Lucy,  b.  Feb.  16,  1845;  m.  Gilbert  Hobbs.    No  issue. 

3459.  ii.     Mary,  b.  Aug.  23,  1847;  m.  Ira  D.  Stannaixi,  and  d.  Oct.  7,  1877. 

Ch.  :  Burt,  b.  July  12,  1872;  Jennie,  b.  Apr.  16,  1875. 

3460.  iii.    George  C,  b.  Dec.  15,  1852. 

3461.  iv.    Silas  R..  Jr.,  b.  Mar.  14,  1854. 

3462.  V.     Carrie  C,  b.  Feb.  14,  1856. 

3463.  vi.     Fannie,  b.  Dec.  6,  1867. 

3464.  vii.   Addie,  b.  May  10,  1869. 

2153.  Frederick  S.^  Pierce  {Joseph?,  Samuel^,  Daniel^, 
Daniel\  John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  10,  1822;  m.  Dec.  10, 
1848,  Martha  Tolman,  b.  Jan.  3,  1823,  d.  May  3,  1850;  m.  2nd,  Jan. 
29,  1853,  Mary  A.  Grant,  b.  Jan.  11,  1820.  He  is  Dept.  Sheriff  of 
Hillsboro  and  Cheshire  counties,  and  res.  in  E.  Jaffrey,  N.  H. 

No  issue. 

2156.  Samuel  S.^  Pierce  {Joseph?,  Samuel^,  Daniel^,  Daniel'^, 
Johii^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  July  14,  1828;  m.  Apr.  9,  1851,  Stella 
L.  Clai-k.  b.  Sept.  13,  1830.    Res.  Worcester.  Children:— 

3465.  i.      Emma  A.,  b.  Feb.  25,  1852;  m.  Nov.  27,  1873,  Charles  F.  Wood,  b. 

Feb.  26,  1851. 

3466.  li.     Edwin  S.,  b.  June  14,  1855. 

3467.  iii.    Carrie  E.,  b.  Aug.  27,  1857. 

3468.  iv.    Jennie  V.,  b.  Oct.  3,  1861;  d.  Sept.  9,  1865. 

3469.  V.     Frank  S.,  b.  Mar.  1,  1871. 

2165.  Orville  W.^  Pierce  {Jacol?,  Jacob^,  Daniel^,  Daniel^, 
John^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  6,  1806;  m.  Amanda  Temple- 
ton,  b.  1816,  d.  July  21,  1857;  m.  2nd,  Feb.  15,  1858,  Mrs.  Lydia 
Flanders  Griffing,  b.  Jan.  14,  1818.  He  d.  May  3,  1880.  Res.  Lang- 
don,  N.  H.    Children  : — 

3470.  i.  Melicia  A. ;  m.  Henry  Nevers. 

3471.  ii.  Jacob  S.  ;  m.  Mary  O.  Ray. 

3472.  iii.  Franklin  O.  ;  m.  . 

3473.  iv.  Mary  A. ;  m.  Charles  Gates. 

3474.  V.  Orilla  M.,  b.  Mar.,  1841  ;  d.  Nov.  2,  1861. 

3475.  vi.  George  H.,  b.  Jan.  9,  1844;  ra.  Clara  . 

3476.  vii.  Sarah  E.,  b.  Aug  9,  1847 ;  m.  Charles  Gates. 

3477.  viii.  Harriet  K.,  b.  Oct.  18,  1849;  m.  Willard  F.  Inraan. 

3478.  ix.  Clementine,  b.  Mar.  21,  1859;  d.  Mar.  14,  1873. 

3479.  X.  Charles  F.,  b.  Feb.  2,  1860. 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE, 


2166.  Daniel^  Pierce  {JacoW^  Jacob^,  Daniel^,  Daniel"^,  John^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  24,  1808;  m.  Oct  18,  1836,  Almira 
Black,  b.  Nov.  26,  1807.    Res.  Chesterfield  F^actory,  N.  H. 

Children  : — 

3480.  i.      Henry  D.,  b.  Apr.  8,  1839 ;  m.  Feb.  24,  1862,  Mary  A.  Starkey. 

3481.  ii.     David  H.,  b.  May  25,  1841 ;  m.  Jan.  19,  1870,  Angle  M.  Bennett. 

3482.  iil.    William  H.,  b.  Dec.  9,  1842;  m.  Ella  L.  Hunt. 

2172.  Samuel  G.^  Pierce  {JacoW^  Jacoh^,  Daniel^,  Daniel^, 
John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  h.  Jan.  13,  1825;  m.  Nov.  29,  1853, 
Almira  E.  Kimball,  b.  Nov.  6,  1832.  He  d,  Jan.  12,  1862,  and  she 
then  m.  Warren  Bingham. 


Child 

3483.    i.      Fred.  O.,  b.  Oct.  1,  1857. 

2173.  Benjamin^  Pierce,  Jr.  {Benjamin?,  Jacoh^,  Daniel^, 
DanieP,  John^,  Thomas'^,  7%omasi),  b.  Dec.  8,  1814 ;  m.  Feb.  13, 
1838,  Louisa  A.  R.  Scott,  b.  June  19,  1819.    Res.  Pulaski,  N.  Y. 


Children  : — 

3484.    i.      WiNSLOW  N.,  b.   July  21,   1842;    m.   Oct.,   1870,  Hattie  M, 


3485.  ii.     Eva  A.,  b.  July  23,  1850. 

3486.  iii.    Ward  E.,  b.  Dec,  14,  1855. 

2174.  HiLLMAN^  Pierce  (Benjamm"^,  J'acob^,  Daidel^,  Daniel% 
John'^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  June  9,  1815;  m.  Nov.  26,  1839, 
Sarah  A.  Wood,  b.  June  5,  1820,  d.  Aug.  26,  1872.  Res.  Pulaski,  N. 
Y.,  and  Collegeville,  Cal.    Children  : — 

3487.  i.      Lewis  O.,  b.  Mar.  5,  1845;  m.  Oct.  6,  1869,  Martha  W.  Allen. 

3488.  ii.     WiLLARD  J.,  b.  Jan.  12,  1848;   m.  Nov.  9,  1869,  Orpha  T. 

Wright. 

3489.  iii.    Hattie  M.,  b.  June  24,  1855;  m.  Dec.  10,  1875,  William  S.  Lane, 

b.  Mar.  5,  1850.    Res.  Pulaski,  N.  Y. 

2175.  Marshall^  Pierce  {Benjamin'',  Jacoh^,  Daniel^,  Dayiiel^, 
John'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  30,  1819;  m.  May  15,  1849, 
Sarah  A.  Stowe,  b.  Mar.  31,  1823.    Res.  Pulaski,  N.  Y.    Children  :— 

3490.  i.      Julius  M.,  b.  Aug.  28,  1852;  m.  Jan.  23,  1875,  Isa  H.  Reed,  b. 

Feb.  27,  1849.    Res.  Pulaski,  N.  Y. 

3491.  ii.     Sarah  J.,  b.  Dec.  19,  1856. 


Walworth. 


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213 


2177.  Bexjamix  W.^  Pierce  {Reuben''^  Jacoh^,  Daniel^,  Daniel"^, 
John'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  31,  1825;  m.  Oct.  21,  1847, 
Salina  Wiggins,  b.  Mar.  1,  1826.  She  d.  Apr.  30,  1865.  Res.  Felton- 
ville,  Mich. 


Children  : — 

3492.  i.      William  O.,  b.  Sept.  3,  1848;  m.  July  5,  1871,  — . 

3493.  ii.     Ella  J.,  b.  June  24,  1852;  d.  Feb.  19,  1876. 

3494.  iii.    Mary  A.,  b.  Sept.  21,  1857;  m.  Sept.  21,  1876,  Alpheus  P. 

Beaver,  b.  Jan.  6,  1852.  Ch.  :  Alpheus  P.  Jr.,  b.  Aug.  27,  1877. 
Res.  Veruon,  Mich. 

3495.  iv.    Frederick  H.,  b.  Dec.  20,  1863;  d.  May  18,  1870. 

2185.  Franklin  K.^  Pierce  {Heuben?^  Jacoh^^  Daniel^,  Daniel'^, 
John^,  Thojnas^,  Thoma8^\  b.  Nov.  11,  1841;  m.  Mar.  16,  1871, 
Mrs.  Sarah  Peck  Raines,  b.  Feb.  7,  1838.  Res.  North  Bloomfield, 
N.  Y.    Children  :— 

3496.  i.      Fred.  S.,  b-  July  21,  1872;  d.  Sept.  10,  1872. 

3497.  ii.     AddisoxE.,  b.  Mar.  1,  1874. 

3498.  iii.    Bertha  I.,  b.  July  14,  1876. 

2188.  Charles  R.^  Pierce  {JReiihen?^  Jacoh^,  DanieP^  Daniel^, 
John^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  17,  1849;  m.  Apr.  24,  1869, 
Mary  A.  Woodward,  b.  May  30,  1848.  She  d.  Feb.  21,  1876. 
Res.  North  Bloomfield,  N.  Y.    Children  :  — 

3499.  i.      Cora  M.,  b.  June  2,  1870. 

3500.  ii.     William  R.,  b.  Dec.  14,  1872. 

3501.  iii.    Lewis  W.,  b.  Aug.  7,  1874. 

2193.  Augustus  J.^  Pierce  {Josiah^,  Jacoh^,  DanieP,  Daniel^, 
JoJwi^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  29,  1828;  m.  Dec.  25,  1850, 
Louisa  A.  Evaits,  b.  Feb.  13,  1830.  He  d.  Mar.  2,  1875.  Res. 
Mexico,  N.  Y.    Child  :— 

3502.  i.      Josephine,  b.  June  2,  1858. 

2207.  John  E.^  Pierce  {John'',  Calvin^,  John^,  Daniel^,  John^^ 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  22,  1819;  m.  Mar.  4,  1849,  Elizabeth 
Lovejov,  b.  Nov.  15,  1813,  d.  Apr.  6,  1858;  m.  2nd,  May  12,  1859, 
Eraeline  A.  Trufant,  b.  July  18, 1829,  d.  Mar.  8,  1868  ;  ra.  3rd,  Sept.  1, 
1869,  Elizabeth  C.  Woodbury,  b.  June  28,  1828.    Res.  Charlestown. 


No  children. 

2208.  Albert^  Pierce  {John'',  Calvin^,  John^,  Daniel^,  John^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^\  b.  May  17,  1821;  m.  Dec.  25,  1844,  Abigail 
Moody.    Res.  Boston,  Pinckney  street.    Children  : — 

3503.  i.      John  A.,  b.  Oct.  21,  1845. 

3504.  ii.     Judson  J.,  b.  Apr.  15,  1848;  m.  Carrie  Gile. 


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PIEKCE  PEDIGREE. 


2209.  Addison  B.^  Pierce  {John^^  CalmnP,  John^,  JDaniel^, 
John?,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  16,  1826;  m.  Dec.  30,  1852, 
Mary  W.  Sanderson.    Children  : — 

3505.  i.      Susan  M.,  b.  Apr.  17,  1853;  m.  Jan.  21,  1870,  John  L.  Hart. 

Ch.  :  Albert  L.,  b.  June  19,  1871.    Res.  Newtonville,  Mass. 

3506.  ii.     Harriet  E.,  b.  Dec.  31,  1854. 

3507.  iii.    Grace  C,  b.  Feb.  6,  1857. 

2210.  JoHN^  Pierce  {John'^,  Ehenezer^,  Ehenezer^,  Ebenezer^, 
John^,  Thomas^,  Thotnas^),  b.  June  12,  1797;  m.  Dec.  23,  1818, 
Laura  Barrett,  b.  Mar.  20,  1798,  d.  Sept.  12,  18o8.  He  d.  May  28, 
1872.    Res.  Hinsdale,  Mass. 

Children  : — 

3508.  i.      Christopher  C,  b.  Nov.  8,  1819;  m.  Eliza  M.  Cloughan. 

3509.  ii.     Dexter  P.,  b.  Aug.,  1821;  in.  Miriam  Roberts. 

3510.  iii.    Henry  A.,  b.  Sept.  23,  1826;  ra.  Mary  Ely. 

3511.  iv.    Edward  C,  b.  Nov,  25,  1832;  m.  Martha  Bartlett. 

3512.  V.     Elizabeth  A.,  b.  Mar.  4,  1845. 

2214.  Erastus^  Pierce  {Johi^?,  Ehenezer^,  Ehenezer^,  Ehenezer^^ 
John?,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  8,  1805 ;  ra.  Apr.  3,  1833,  Sophia 
Morgan,  b.  Aug.  28,  1809.    Res.  Hinsdale,  Mass. 

Child  :— 

3513.  i.      Charles  M.,  b.  Oct.  13,  1834;  m.  Eliza  Peabody. 

2215.  Marshal^  Pierce  (Jb/in"^,  Ehenezer^,  Ehenezer^,  Ebenezer"^, 
John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas%  b.  Sep.  26,  1808;  m.  Nov.  8,  1832,  Mary 
P.  Francis,  b.  Aug.  31,  1811.    Res.  Hinsdale,  Mass. 


Children  : — 

3514.  i.      Adeline  M.,  b.  Nov.  16,  1833;  m.  Mar.  6,  1860,  Edwin  Tremaine. 

Ch.  :  Frank,  b.  June  11,  1862;  George,  b.  May  20,  1868.  Res. 
Hinsdale,  Mass. 

3515.  ii.     Clarissa  B.,  b.  July  3,  1836;  m.  Samuel  H.  Rossiter.    s.  p. 

3516.  iii.    Harlan  A.,  b.  Aug.  21,  1840;  m.  Mary  J.  Rowley. 

3517.  iv.    LoRENZA  A.,  b.  July  25,  1842;  m.  Osman  P.  Clark. 

3518.  V.     Francis  M.,  b.  Oct.  21,  1847;  m.  Nov.  26,  1874,  Mrs.  Tilly  Smith. 

Res.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

2216.  Ashley  S.^  Pierce  {John'^,  Ebenezer^,  Ebenezer^,  Ehenezer^, 
John^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  6,  1810;  m.  Mary  McGee,  d. 
Mar.  23,  1869.    Res.  Kansas  City,  Kansas. 


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215 


Child  :— 
3519.    i.  Maud,  b. 


;  ch 


2219.  Lewis^  Pierce  {Johri^,  Ehenezer^^  JEhenezer^^  Ehenezer^^ 
Johrt^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  July  14,  1817;  ra.  Mary  Aiken,  b. 
1S16,  d.  Apr.  13,  1852.    Res.  Lyndon,  Ills.    Children  :— 

3520.  i.      Sarah,  b.  Nov.  29,  1845. 

3521.  ii.     Mart,  b.  Dec.  8,  1848. 

3522.  iii.    Martha,  b.  Mar.  2,  1850;  m.   Gould. 

2220.  Lucius^  Pierce  {John'^,  JEbenezer^.  Ehenezer^,  Ehenezer^^ 
John'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  July  14,  1817;  ra.  Apr.  25,  1847, 
Matilda  Spencer,  b.  Sept.  3,  1827.    Res.  Emporia,  Kansas. 


Children : — 

3523.  i.      Clara,  b.  Jan.  31,  1849;  ra.  Dr.  John  Schultz. 

3524.  ii.     Sally  S.,  b.  June  15,  1858. 

3525.  iii.    Harry  M.,  b.  Mar.  11,  1862. 

3526.  iv.    Jesse  E.,  b.  Apr.  20,  1868. 

2223.  Warren^  Pierce  {Asa?.  Ebenezer^,  Ehenezer^,  Ehenezer^^ 
John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Kov.  25,  1811;  m.  May  14,  1837, 
Clemence  Morgan,  b.  Oct.  21,  1813,  d.  Feb.  6,  1838  ;  m.  2nd,  June  20, 
1838.  Abigail  Wright,  b.  Mar.  1,  1815.    Res.  Vero-ennes,  Yt. 

Child  :— 

3527.  i.      Wyatt  W.,  b.  Apr.  11,  1840;  m.  Addie  L.  Ross. 

2226.  Dr.  Elbrtdge  G.^  Pierce  {Asa'^  Ehenezer^^  Ehenezer^^ 
Ebenezer%  John^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  26,  1816;  m.  Jan. 
1,  1841,  Electa  Rockwell,  b.  July  7,  1823,  d.  Dec.  29,  1848.  He  d. 
Aug.  7,  1862,  at  Fortress  Monroe.  He  was  Surgeon  to  the  8th  New 
York  Battery  in  the  late  Rebellion.    Res.  New  York.    Children  : — 

3528.  1.      Trances  F.,  b.  Oct.  8,  1843;  d.  June  19,  1856. 

3529.  ii.     Alice  R.,  b.  Mar.  18,  1845. 

3530.  iii.    Electra,  b.  Dec.  29,  1848;  d.  Aug.  7,  1849. 

2227.  Rev.  Asa  C.^  Pierce  {Asa?,  Ebenezer^,  Ebenezer^,  Eben 
ezerS  Johix^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  July  17,  1819;  m.  Oct.  24, 
1855,  Mary  Wilson,  b.' Feb.  25,  1834.    Res.  Brookfield  Centre,  Conn. 

He  was  the  son  of  Asa  and  Caroline  (Worthington)  Pierce,  and 
was  born  in  Hinsdale,  Berkshire  county,  Mass.,  July  17,  1819.  By 
the  death  of  his  father  he  became  an  orphan  when  but  six  weeks  old. 
In  consequence  of  the  largeness  of  his  mother's  family  (the  four 
youngest  born  were  two  pairs  of  twins,  with  but  fourteen  months 
difference  in  age),  he  was  taken  when  yet  an  infant  into  the  family  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lemuel  Frissell  of  Peru,  Mass.,  with  whom  he  spent 
most  of  his  time  until  he  was  sixteen  years  of  age,  though  his  mother 
did  not  resign  her  claim  to  him,  and  he  remained  with  them  by  mutual 
consent.    These  earlier  years  were  devoted  to  ordinary  farmer-boy 


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pursuits,  varied  only  by  the  privilege  of  going  to  the  district  school 
three  months  each  winter  and  three  in  the  summer  until  he  had 
reached  the  age  of  ten  years,  after  which  his  schooling  was  confined  to 
the  winter  months. 

In  the  year  1831  his  mind  became  subject  to  religious  influences, 
and  cherishing  a  hope  that  he  had  entered  upon  a  Christian  life,  with 
many  others,  subjects  of  a  general  revival  which  visited  the  place  that 
year,  he  made  public  profession  of  religion,  his  mother  and  his  foster- 
parents  giving  their  approval.  In  connection  with  this  change  of 
feeling  he  received  his  first  impression  that  he  ought  to  devote  his  life 
to  preaching  the  Gospel,  but  as  he  saw  no  way  in  which  a  suitable 
education  could  be  acquired  as  preparative  to  the  work,  the  notion  was 
dismissed  and  other  life-plans  began  to  take  shape  and  importance 
before  his  mind  for  the  present. 

He  studied  at  "  Green  Mountain  Seminary "  and  at  Monson 
Academy,  and  closed  at  Amherst  College.  He  was  entered  in  that 
institution  in  the  autumn  of  1839  and  graduated  in  the  class  of  1843 — 
each  winter  term  being  spent  in  teaching.  After  graduation  about 
two  years  were  spent  in  the  efibrt  to  liquidate  some  obligations 
incurred  in  the  College  course  and  also  in  securing  funds  with  which 
to  prosecute  the  theological  course,  the  first  year  in  charge  of  a 
"  Select  School "  at  Granby,  Mass.,  and  the  second  as  principal  of  the 
Academy  at  Madison,  Morris  county,  New  Jersey. 

In  the  spring  of  1845  he  connected  himself  with  the  "  Theological 
Institute  of  Connecticut,"  then  located  at  East  Windsor,  Conn.,  and 
since  removed  to  Hartford — his  Theological  Professor  being  Rev.  Dr. 
Tyler.  During  the  course  here  he  was  obliged  to  resort  to  teaching, 
in  which  occupation  he  engaged  two  terms  at  Ware  Village,  Mass. 

The  theological  course  was  completed  in  the  summer  of  1847,  and 
he  had  already  received  licensure "  from  the  "  Berkshire  County 
Ministerial  Association."  Before  leaving  the  Seminary,  and  for  a  few 
months  after,  he  engaged  in  pulpit  labors  as  a  temporary  supply  at 
Westminster,  Conn.,  where  a  blessing  attended  the  "  Word,"  and  the 
feeble  church  was  strengthened  by  an  addition  of  about  twenty  to  its 
membership. 

In  January,  1848,  he  commenced  religious  services  at  Holyoke, 
Mass.,  then  in  Ihe  infancy  of  its  days,  where  a  church  was  at  length 
gathered  and  was  duly  recognized  in  the  May  of  1849.  He  received  a 
"  call "  to  the  pastorate  of  this  church  and  was  ordained  by  Council 
which  was  convened  September  20,  1849.  The  sermon  was  preached 
by  Rev.  Walter  Clark,  D.D.,  then  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  but  since 
deceased.  In  consequence  of  the  financial  reverses  which  came  upon 
the  place  and  the  removal  of  a  large  part  of  his  people,  in  June,  of 
1851,  he  sought  and  obtained  a  dismission  from  this  society. 

In  January,  1853,  he  began  pulpit  labors  in  Hartford,  Conn.  He 
remained  here  until  July  1,  1866,  when  on  account  of  financial  troubles 
he  obtained  a  dismission.  He  entered  immediately  into  an  engagement 
with  the  church  of  Durham,  Conn.,  where  he  was  engaged  from  year 
to  year,  until  Sept.  Ist,  1870,  when  preferring  a  regular  settlement  in 


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217 


the  pastoral  office,  he  accepted  a  call  to  his  present  parish,  Brookfield, 
Conn.,  where  his  installation  took  place  October  19,  Rev.  Nahum 
Gale,  D.D.,  of  Lee,  Mass.,  preaching  the  sermon. 


Children  : — 

3531.  i.      Wilson  H.,  b.  Oct.  11,  1857. 

3532.  ii.     Elbridge  W.,  b.  June  18,  1862. 

2231.  Aaron^  Pierce  {BJbenezer^^  Ehenezer^^  JEbenezer^,  Ebenezer^, 
John^,  Thomas'^ ^  Thomas^),  b.  Jane  6,  1819  ;  m.  Martha  Thompson, 
b.  1820.  He  d.  Nov.  7,  1851.  Res.  Peru  and  Worthington,  Mass. 
Child  :— 

3533.  i.      Carlton  A.,  b.  March  7,  1851. 

2234.  Ma^rtin^  Pierce  {Ebenezer',  Ehenezer^^  Ebenezer^,  Ebenezer^, 
John'^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  March  21,  1833  ;  m.  March  4,  1853, 
Malvina  M.  Thompson,  b.  Dec.  4,  1833.    Res.  Peru  and  Holyoke,  Mass. 


Children  : — 

3534.  1.      Myrletta  M.,  b.  Aug.  U,  1858. 

3535.  ii.     Wilbur  M.,  b.  Jan.  4,  1864. 

3536.  ill.    Wallace  A.,  b.  Oct.  24,  1868. 

2235.  Arthur  G.^  Pierce  {Enoch? ^  Ehenezer^^  Ebenezer^^  Ebene- 
zer^,  John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  19,  1822 ;  m.  March  17,  1853, 
Dolly  Thompson.  He  d.  March  3,  1879.  Res,  Greenwich,  N.  Y. 
Children  :— 

3537.  i.     Arthur  K.,  b.  Oct.  21,  1857.    Res.  Greenwich,  N.  Y. 

3538.  ii.     Jennie  E.,  b.  Dec.  26,  1859. 

2236.  David  S.^  Pierce  {Enoch?,  Ebenezer^,  Ebenezer^,  Ebenezer% 
John^,  Thomas%  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  22,  1825  ;  m.  August  9,  1853, 
Charlotte  Todd,  b.  June  6,  1824.  Res.  Saratoga  Springs,  K  Y. 
Child  :— 

3539.  i.      E]VIMA  M.,  b.  Nov.  29,  1858. 

2239.  LutherS  Pierce  {Luther'^,  JohnP,  Ebenezer^,  Ebenezer^^ 
John'^,  Tho7nas^,  Thomas^),  b.  June  23,  1804  ;  m.  Aug.  11,  1826, 
Mary  A.  Ashley,  b.  Nov.  27,  1802,  d.  Oct.  10,  1873.  Res.  South 
Hadley  Falls,  Mass. 


Children  : — 


3540.  i.      Luther  A.,  b.  July  8,  1827;  d.  Aug.  16,  1848. 

3541.  ii.     Mary  Ann,  b.  Nov.  5,  1828;  d.  Jan.  10,  1866. 

3542.  iii.    John  H.,  b.  Jan.  21,  1831 ;  m.  Ellen  E.  Cheney. 


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PIEUCE  PEDIGREE. 


3543.  iv.    Clarissa  E.,  b.  Feb.  10,  1833;  m.  Amos  Wood. 

3544.  V.     Almon  D.,  b.  Sept,  17,  1835;  d.  Nov.  15,  1848. 

3545.  vi.    Joseph  A.,  b.  July  23,  1837;  m.  Mary  E.  Moore. 

3546.  vii.   Martha  M.,  b.  Feb.  26,  1840;  m.  Henry  Converse. 

3547.  viii.  Edv^^in  G.,  b.  April  20,  1842;  m.  Susan  Nelson. 

3548.  ix.    Lewis  P.,  b.  Nov.  22,  1845;  m.  Eva  Bowers. 

2246.  Rev.  Nehemiah  P.^  Pierce,  D.D.  {Z/iither'^,  Jolin^^  Ehenezer^^ 
Ehenezer\  John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  28,  1817  ;  m.  Apr.  8, 
1846,  Frances  Ann  Ely,  b.  Oct.  22,  1817.  He  d.  Apr.  11,  1880.  Res. 
Warren,  Mass. 

The  Doctor  entered  Amherst  College  in  his  twenty -first  year  and  was 
graduated  in  the  class  of  1842.  After  teaching  a  year  he  became 
a  'member  of  Union  Theological  Seminary,  New  York.  Receiving 
his  license  to  preach  1846,  he  became  pastor  of*  a  small  church  in 
Whippany,  near  Morristown,  New  Jersey.  So  successful  were  his  min- 
istrations and  so  strong  a  hold  did  he  gain  upon  the  affections  of  his 
people  that  they  refused  to  hear  of  his  leaving  them.  At  the  expiration 
of  his  fifth  year,  however,  his  health,  never  strong,  made  a  temporary 
rest  necessary.  He  determined  to  allow  a  year  for  recuperation,  but 
chancing  to  supply  the  pulpit  of  the  12th  St.  Reformed  Church  of 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  they  extended  to  him  a  hearty  call  and  he  became 
their  pastor,  preaching  his  first  sermon  as  their  settled  minister  the  first 
Sabbath  of  April,  1851.  Here  was  his  field  for  the  greater  j^art  of  his 
life  w^ork.  For  nearly  twenty-five  years  he  went  in  and  out  among  this 
people  breaking  unto  them  the  bread  of  life.  No  gi-eater  testimony  of 
his  success  is  needed  than  this  long  pastorate.  He  that  can  hold  a  city 
congregation  for  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century,  in  spite  of  "itching 
ears  "  and  desire  foi-  a  change,  must  be  one  of  rare  ability  and  able  to 
gain  the  love  of  his  people.  One  by  one  the  senior  ministers  of  his 
denomination  in  Long  Island  dropped  away  till  Dr.  Pierce  became  the 
patriarch  of  the  classis.  The  church  increased  from  a  membership  of 
forty  to  nearly  four  hundred,  and  the  Sabbath  school  numbering  less 
than  one  hundred  at  first  grew  to  more  than  one  thousand  two  hundred, 
becoming  the  largest  school  in  that  city  of  churches.  In  1871  the 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  was  conferred  upon  him  by  Rutgers 
College  and  for  several  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  examining  com- 
mittee of  the  Theological  Seminary  in  New  Brunswick.  At  last  the 
intense  activity  of  his  mind  wore  out  the  body.  Despite  the  protesta- 
tions of  his  people  he  resigned  his  charge,  hoping  that  a  sea  voyage 
and  rest  in  Europe  would  improve  his  health.  In  May,  1875,  his  fare- 
well sermon  was  j^reached  and  in  June  he  went  abroad  for  four  months. 
Though  somewhat  benefited  in  health  it  was  too  late  for  perfect 
recovery,  and  to  his  intense  disappointment  he  was  obliged  to  give  up 
all  hopes  of  another  pastorate.  It  was  a  heavy  trial.  He  would  have 
preferred  to  die  with  the  harness  on,  but  God  willed  it  otherwise. 
Coming  to  Warren,  he  took  up  his  abode  in  our  midst.  What  his  life 
has  been  we  all  know.  Earnest  and  active  in  every  good  work  he 
could  not  remain  idle  and  often  his  zeal  outran  his  bodily  strength. 
His  sermons  preached  at  the  Congregational  Church  and  especially  his 
address  at  the  Dedication  of  the  Town  Hall,  will  linger  long  in  our 


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219 


memories.  A  year  ago  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  School  Com- 
mittee and  was  appointed  its  chairman.  Accepting  the  trust  he  carried 
it  with  him  night  and  day,  endeavoring  to  benefit  the  schools.  As  a 
member  of  the  library  committee  he  assisted  them  by  advice  and  coun- 
sel. His  interest  led  him  to  contribute  many  valuable  books  from  his 
private  library.  At  several  different  times  it  was  supposed  his  end  was 
near  but  his  determination  to  live  triumphed  over  his  body  till  last 
Sabbath  evening  when  murmuring  "  Come  quickly,  Lord  Jesus,  come 
quickly,  "  he  fell  asleep. 

Funeral  services  were  held  in  the  Congregational  Church,  Tuesday 
afternoon,  with  a  sermon  by  Rev.  Jesse  F.  Forbes,  who  paid  an  eloquent 
and  glowing  tribute  to  the  memory  of  the  deceased.  The  schools  in 
town  were  all  closed  during  the  afternoon.  Yesterday  forenoon  the 
remains  were  interred  in  the  cemetery  at  West  Springfield. 


Children  : — 

3549.  i.      Homer  E.,  b.  May  5,  1847;  m.  Catherine  S.  Chamberlain. 

3550.  ii.     George  A.,  b.  March  11,  1849;  m.  Anna  C.  Morford. 

3551.  iii.    Anna  K.,  b.  Nov.  24,  1851;  m.  George  McKenzie. 

3552.  Iv.    William  H.,  b.  Jan.  4,  1854;  d.  Sept.  5,  1854. 

2247.  Francis  R.^  Pierce  {Luther'^  John^,  Ebenezer^,  Ebenezer^^ 
John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas%  b.  Oct.  22,  1821;  m.  April  22,  1846, 
Cynthia  E.  Hitchcock,  b.  May  17,  1821,  d.  Sept.  8,  1848  ;  m.  2nd,  Nov. 
27,  1849,  Marietta  E.  Tuttle,  b.  July  20,  1817.  Res.  Thompsonville, 
Conn. 


Children  : — 

3553.  1.      Elvira  H.,  b.  Aug.  12,  1848;  d.  Sept.  9,  1849. 

3554.  ii.     Ida  T.,  b.  May  2,  1851. 

3555.  iii.    Emma  L.,  b.  Jan.  2,  1853;  d.  Jan.  30,  1866. 

3556.  iv.    Edward  L.,  b.  April  2,  1856;  d.  June  10,  1876. 

3557.  V.     Francis  A.,  b.  Aug.  3,  1860. 

2248.  EbenezerS  Pierce  {Luther'',  JohnP,  Ebenezer^,  Ebenezer^, 
JoTin^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^\  b.  March  24,  1826  ;  ra.  Dec.  25,  1841, 
Charlotte  Kimball,  b.  March  13,  1818.  He  d.   .  Res.  Thomp- 
sonville, Conn.    No  children.    She  ra.  2nd,  Rev.  Rei  Hills. 

2250.  Calvin  W.^  Pierce  {Calvin'',  John^,  Ebenezer^,  Ebeoiezer\ 
John^,   Thomas^   Thomas^),  b.  May  5,  1811  ;  m.  April  6,  1833, 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


Catherine  Lathrop,  b.  May  21,  1808.  He  d.  April  8,  1876.  Res 
Worcester,  Mass. 


Children  :— 

3558.    i.      Samuel,  b.  May  30,  1834;  umn.    Res.  Worcester,  clerk  in  the 


3559.  ii.     Edwin,  b.  Feb.  13,  1836;  m.  Nov.  22,  1859,  Ellen  M.  Morse. 

3560.  iii.    Catherine,  b.  May  10,  1838;  m.  Oct.  19,  1864,  Henry  Bigelow. 

2251.  Andreas  W.^  Pierce  {Hervey'^,  John^^  JEbenezer^,  Ehene- 
zerS  Johii?,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  29,  1820;  m.  April  28, 1846, 
Mary  Putnam,  b.  Nov.  17,  1821.    Res.  West  Millbury,  Mass. 


Children  : — 

3561.  i.     John  W.,  b.  March  20,  1847;  m.  H.  Catherine  Hayden. 

3562.  ii.     Julia  E.,  b.  Sept.  6,  1853;  m.  John  T.  Brierly. 

2260.  Jason  B.^  Pierce  {David? ^  David^,  Ebenezer^^  Ehenezer^, 
tTohn^^  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  13,  1821  ;  m.  Harriet  Lemmix  ; 
m.  2nd,  .    Res.  Anaheim,  Cal. 

2269.  Henry  H.^  Pierce  (AaroTi^,  David^,  Ehenezer^^  Ehenezer^^ 
John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  6,  1 836  ;  m.  Sept.  5,  1 865,  Sarah 
E.  Kirkland,  b.  Aug.  22,  1842.    Res.  Newark,  N.  J. 


Children  : — 

3563.  i.      Louisa  K.,  b.  Sept.  5,  1866;  d.  April  26,  1874. 

3564.  ii.     Abby  H.,  b.  Aug  10,  1870. 

2271.  Nelson  M.^  Pierce  {DanaP,  David^,  Ehenezer^^  Ehenezer^, 
John^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  18,  1820;  m.  July,  27,  1848, 
Cynthia  A.  Brown,  b.  June  23,  1827,  d.  Feb.  7, 1879.  Res.  Ludlow,  Vt 


Children  : — 

3565.  i.      Maria  L,  b.  July  21,  1850. 

3566.  ii.     Grace  M.,  b.  Dec.  4,  1868. 

2273.  William  D.^  Pierce  {Dana?,  David^^  Ehenezer^,  Ebenezer^, 
John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  June  9,  1824  ;  m.  May  26,  1851, 


Ccc^^^^^  ^^^^^^ 


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221 


Sophronia  E.  Speny,  b.  Oct.  17,  1827.  He  d.  Feb.  19,  1874.  Res. 
Claremont,  N.  H.    Children  : — 

3567.  i.      Albert  E.,  b.  Sept.  28,  1852;  d.  Sept  2,  1859. 

3568.  ii.     Arthur  W.,  b.  Aug.  31,  1859;  d.  June  11,  1865. 

3569.  iii.    Anson  M.,  b.  June  24,  1864. 

3570.  iv.    Bertha  A.,  b.  Feb.  18,  1870. 

2274.  Prof.  Edwin^  Pierce,  A.  M.  {Dana?,  David^,  Ehenezer^, 
Ehenezer^,  John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  June  25,  1826  ;  m.  April 
10,  1855,  Sarah  L.  De  Forrest,  d.  March  23,  1865  ;  m.  2nd,  Dec,  29, 
1868,  Harriet  M.  Goddard,  d.  Oct.  30,  1871  ;  m.  3rd,  Dec.  23,  1873, 
Phebe  T.  Marsh.    Res.  Ashburnham,  Mass. 

Edwin  Pierce,  A.  M.,  grad.  at  Dartmouth  College  in  the  class  of 
1852.  Taught  the  classics  at  Seneca  Collegiate  Institute  at  Ovid,  N. 
Y.,  from  Sept.,  1852,  to  Apr.,  1856.  Was  then  Professor  of  Languages 
at  Yellow  Springs  College,  Des  Moines,  Iowa.  Removed  to  Jersey 
City,  N.  J.,  in  May,  1863,  as  Principal  of  Pavonia  Grammar  School. 
Was  in  1879,  Principal  of  the  Academy  at  Ashburnham,  Mass. 


Children  : — 

3571.  i.      Alice  G.,  b.  Oct.  12,  1869. 

3572.  ii.     Edwin  D.,  b.  April  11,  1871. 

2275.  Rodney  C.^  Pierce  {Dana'^,  David^,  Ehenezer^,  Ebenezer% 
John^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  24,  1828;  m.  Sept.  16,  1849, 
Mary  R.  Severance,  b.  Oct,  24,  1826.  Res.  Nos.  19  and  21  Leonard 
Street,  New  York,  N.  Y. 


Children  : — 

3573.  i.      Ada  A.,  b.  April  6,  1851;  m.  April  23,  1870,  Hugh  H.  Weber. 

Res.  New  York  City. 

3574.  ii.     Anna  B.,  b.  June  16,  1855;  m.  Oct.  3,  1876,  Frank  E.  Doling. 

Res.  New  York  City. 

3575.  iii.    Edwin  De  F.,  b.  Dec.  29,  1859;  d.  Oct.  26,  1873. 

3576.  iv.    Clarence  P.,  b.  June  26,  1869. 

2278.  Dr.  Samuel  N.^  Pierce  {Dana'',  David^,  Ebenezer^,  Ebene- 
2;er4,  John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  6,  1832  ;  m.  Dec.  28,  1856, 
Margaret  N.  Peirce,  b.  June  27,  1833.  [See  Peirce  Gen.,  p.  202.] 
Res.  Cedar  Falls,  Iowa. 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


Dr.  Samuei.  N.  Pierce  was  born  in  Windsor  County,  Vt.,  May  6tb, 
1832.  He  received  an  academic  education  at  Merideu,  N.  H.,  and  at 
West  Randolph,  Vt.,  completing  the  Sophomore  course  of  studies  at 
West  Randolph  under  the  tutorage  of  Austin  Adams,  now  of  Iowa,  and 
at  present  one  of  the  Supreme  Judges  of  the  State.  He  began  the  study 
of  medicine  at  Woodstock  in  1853  as  a  pupil  of  Prof.  Benjamin  Palmer. 
After  Prof  Palmer  removed  to  Louisville,  Ky.,  he  studied  with  Dr. 
W.  C.  Pierce,  then  of  Woodstock,  but  now  of  Alton,  111.  Attended 
medical  lectures  at  Dartmouth  and  at  Woodstock.  Graduated  in 
medicine  at  Yt.  Med.  Coll.  at  Woodstock  in  June,  1856.  He  went 
west  in  Sept.,  1856,  located  in  Cedar  Falls,  Iowa,  in  Oct.,  1856,  and 
that  has  been  his  residence  ever  since.  Served  as  Surgeon  of  the  Idth 
Iowa  Vols,  from  Oct.,  1861,  to  June,  1863,  at  which  time  he  was 
obliged  to  resign  his  commission,  owing  to  ill  health.  Excepting 
the  time  he  was  in  the  Army,  has  been  in  the  practice  of  medicine  in 
Cedar  Falls  since  1856.  He  has  been  Pension  Examining  Surgeon 
since  1864  ;  was  Clerk  of  that  city  four  years,  and  connected  with 
the  School  Board  as  clerk  for  five  years.  Held  the  position  of  attend- 
ing Physician  and  Surgeon  to  the  Soldier's  Orphan  Home  for  five 
years.  Was  Coroner  for  Black  Hawk  County  two  years.  Is  a  member 
of  the  Iowa  State  Medical  Society  and  of  the  American  Medical  Asso- 
ciation. 


Children  : — > 

3577.  i.      Charles  D.,  b.  Oct.  5,  1862;  d.  Feb.  5,  1867. 

3578.  ii.     Nellie  B.,  b.  Aug.  5,  1865. 

3579.  lii.    Frank,  b.  Nov.  2,  1867. 

3580.  iv.    Harry,  b.  Feb.  10,  1872. 

2279.  LuciAN  F.8  Pierce  {Dana?,  DamdP^  Ebenezer^,  Ehenezer^^ 
John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  April  7,  1834;  m.  July  28,  1860,  Susan 
Heizer,  b.  July  13,  1839.    Res.  Kossuth,  Iowa.    Children  : — 

3581.  i.  Albert  W.,  b.  Aug.  1,  1861. 

3582.  ii.  George  W.,  b.  Oct.  20,  1863;  d.  Oct.  30,  1868. 

3583.  iii.  Mary  L.,  b.  May  26,  1869. 

3584.  iv.  Ellen  R.,  b.  March  14,  1872;  d.  Nov.  2,  1876. 

3585.  V.  Edwin  P.,  b.  July  28,  1875. 

3586.  vi.  Elizabeth  B.,  b.  Oct.  29,  1878. 

2281.  Payson  A.s  Pierce  {Dana',  David^,  JEhenezer^,  Ehenezer^^ 
Johrv^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  26,  1836  ;  m.  Sept.  17,  1861, 
Frances  M.  Swain,  b.  Oct.  26,  1840.  Res.  Woodstock,  Vt.  Chil- 
dren : — 

3587.  i.      Hattie  J.,  b.  Nov.  9,  1862. 

3588.  ii.     Gardner  S.,  b.  March  16,  1868. 

2284.  WoRTHiNGTON  W.^  PiERCE  {Dano? ,  Z>avid^,  Ehenezer^, 
Ehenezer^,  John^^  Thomas^^  Thomas^),  b.  June  1,  1843 ;  m.  July  21, 


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1870,  Mary  J.  Bennett,  b.  Dec.  25,  1845.  Res.  Des  Moines,  Iowa. 
Children  : — 

3589.  i.      Eliza  D.,  b.  May  20,  1871. 

3590.  ii.     Charles  N.,  b.  Dec.  25,  1872. 

3591.  lii.    Emma  J.,  b.  Oct.  28,  1874. 

2287.  Henry  B.^  Pierce  {Edmund?^  David^,  Ehenezer^^  Ehene- 
John'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  April  14,  1827  ;  ra.  May  1,  1854, 

Laura  A.  Hoyt.    Res.  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

2288.  Claudius  B.^  Pierce  {Edmund'^ ^  Damd^^  Ebenezer^^  Ebene- 
ser4,  John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  April  10,  1829  ;  m.  Dec.  1,  1864, 
Mary  E.  Faircbild,  b.  Oct.  19,  1839.    Res.  Leavenworth,  Kansas. 

Claudius  B.  Pierce  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College  in  the  class  of 
1854.  Taught  in  Texas  one  year.  Read  law  at  Albany,  N.  Y.,  Law 
School  and  is  now  in  practice  at  Leavenworth,  Kansas. 


2291.  Lyman  B.^  Pierce  {Edmund'^,  David^,  Ebenezer^,  Ehene- 
zer%  J'o/in'^,  Tho7nas^,  Thomas'^),  b.  Jan.  14,  1835  ;  m.  June  25,  1865, 
Lea  A.  Bandy,  b.  Jan.  7,  1838.    Res.  Kossuth,  Iowa.    Children  : — 

3596.  i.  Claude  H.,  b.  Juue  23,  1866. 

3597.  li.  Grace  M.,  b.  Feb.  7,  1868. 

3598.  iii.  John  E.,  b.  July  31,  1870. 

3599.  Iv.  Mary  L.,  b.  Feb.  6,  1872. 

3600.  V.  Katie  H.,  b.  Oct.  1,  1873. 

3601.  vi.  Nellie,  b.  June  27,  1876 ;  d.  March  27,  1877. 

2299.  Augustus^  Pierce  {Thomas  SJ,  Joshua^ ^  J'oshua^,  Ehene- 
zer\  John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  29,  1795 ;  m.  Mar.  28,  1824, 
Eliza  Whitney,  b.  June  19,  1805,  d.  Jan.  20,  1857,  He  d.  April  27, 
1830.    Res.  Leonainster,  Mass.    Children  : — 

3602.  i.     Theodore  W.,  b.  Nov.  6,  1824;  m.  Laura  A.  Peasley. 

3603.  ii.     Fidelia,  b.  Aug.  19,  1826 ;  m.  John  H.  Hawes. 

2303.  Houghton^  Pierce  {Thomas  8.'^  Joshua^,  Joshua^^  Ehene- 
zer^,  John?,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  20,  1802  ;  m.  Apr.  10,  1825, 
Mira  Snow.  He  d.  Apr.  23,  1842.  Res.  Leominster,  Mass.  Chil- 
dren : — 

3604.  i.      Thomas  E.,  b.  Jan.  29,  1826;  m.  Sarah  Brown. 

3605.  ii.     George  A.,  b.  Apr.  21,  1830;  m.  Mary  E.  Brown. 

3606.  iii.    Caroline  A.,  b.  May  21,  1832;  m.  Wm.  H.  Joliusou. 

3607.  iv.    Ellen  A.,  b.  March  19,  1834;  m.  Charles  B.  Benedict. 


Children . : — 

3592.  i.      Catherine  L.,  b.  Jan.  14,  1867. 

3593.  ii.     William  E.,  b.  June  2,  1869. 


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8608.    V.     Charles  P.,  b.  Sept.  8,  1836;  m.  Adelaide  Carter. 

3609.  vi.    Austin  S.,  b.  Nov.  1,  1838;  d.  Sept.,  1849. 

3610.  vii.   MiRA  E.,  b.  April  1,  1841;  d.  March  30,  1842. 

2309.  Sylvester^  Pierce  (Asa',  J'oshua^,  Joshua^ ^  Ebenezer^, 
John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas\  b.  Jan.  24,  1802  ;  m.  Abigail  Taylor,  b. 
June  20,  1815.  He  d.  April  17,  1849.  Res.  Leominster,  Mass.  Chil- 
dren : — 

3611.  i.      George  F.,  b.  March  6,  1836;  d.  April  16,  1836. 

3612.  ii.     Albert  F.,  b.  June  3,  1838;  m.  Annie  E.  Wilder. 

3613.  iii.    George  S.,  b.  Sept.  15,  1840;  m.  Ellen  A.  Balch. 

3614.  iv.    Mary  J.,  b.  May  31,  1843 ;  m.  Charles  Wilder. 

3615.  V.     Martha,  b.  July  18,  1845 ;  m.  Adin  Rice. 

2311.  Joseph^  Pierce  {Asa^,  Joshua^,  Joshua^^  Ehenezer^^  John^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  10,  1804;  m.  1829,  Roxanna  B.  March, 
d.  July  2,  1836;  m.  2nd,  1839,  Susan  A.  W.  Goodrich,  b.  Aug.  14, 
1818.    Res.  North  Leominster,  Mass.  Children:— 

3616.  1.  Joseph  B.,  b.  Feb.  22,  1830;  m.  Estelle  M.  Holden. 

3617.  ii.  Adelia  F.,  b.  June  11,  1833;  d.  Feb.,  1851. 

3618.  iii.  Henry  E.,  b.  Apr.  4,  1834;  d.  in  army,  1863. 

3619.  iv.  Catherine  W.,  b.  July  11,  1842;  m.  Wm.  W.  Adams. 

3620.  V.  Charles  D.,  b.  Sept.  11,  1844;  m.  Hattie  A.  Phelps. 

3621.  vi.  Charlotte  L.,  b.  Jan.  29,  1847. 

3622.  vii.  Caroline  F.,  b.  Mar.  16,  1849;  d.  May,  1863. 

3623.  viii.  Clara,  b.  Oct.  20,  1850. 

3624.  ix.  Ellen  B.,  b.  May  2,  1854;  d.  May  2,  1863. 

3625.  X.  Frank,  b.  Apr.  3,  1856. 

2318.  William  D.^  Pierce  {Asa?,  Joshua^,  Joshua^,  Ebenezer^, 
John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  31,  1825  ;  m.  Nov.  29,  1849, 
Maria  Whitney,  b.  April  13,  1824.  Res.  Shrewsbury,  Mass.  No 
children. 

2326.  Jonathan^  Pierce  {Jonathan^,  Jonathan^,  Joshua^,  Ehene- 
zerS  John^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^  b.  Aug.  26,  1836  ;  m.  Oct.  23,  1858, 
Hannah  Warren.    Res.  Boston,  Mass.    Child : — 

3626.  i.      Lucy  E.,  b.  June  15,  1859. 

2328.  William  H.^  Pierce  {Jonathan',  Jonathan^,  Joshua^, 
Ebenezer^,  John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^\  b.  April  28,  1841  ;  m.  July 
11,  1866,  Sarah  A.  Moore.  He  d.  Dec.  28,  1870.  She  m.  2nd,  Hiram 
W.  Wheeler.    Res.  Chelsea,  Mass.    Children  : — 

3627.  i.      Henry  A.,  b.  Sept.  5,  1868. 

3628.  ii.     Charles  W.,  b.  Dec.  12,  1870;  d.  July  16,  1872. 

2331.  JosiAH^  Pierce  {Josiah?-,  tTosiah^,  Josiah^,  Josiah^,  John^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  June  14,  1827  ;  m.  April  23,  1858,  Martha  D. 
Lander,  d.  Dec.  13, 1873 ;  m.  2nd,  Oct.  29,  1877,  Isabel  Millett,  b.  June 
10,  1842.    Res.  No.  12  Beaufort  Gardens,  London,  E.  C,  England. 

JosiAii  Pierce,  son  of  Hon.  Josiah  and  Evelina  Pierce,  was  born  at 
Gorhara,  Maine,  June  14th,  1827. 

Was  prepared  for  College  at  the  Academies  in  Gorham  and  Limer- 
ick, Me.  Was  matriculated  as  Freshman  at  Bowdoin  College,  July, 
1842.    Graduated  with  the  degree  of  B.  A.  at  Bowdoin  College,  July, 


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225 


1846.  Member  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society,  and  received  the 
degree  of  A.  M.  in  1849.  Read  law  with  his  father  at  Gorhara,  and 
with  Augustine  Haines,  U.  S.  Att'y,  at  Portland  ;  was  admitted  to  the 
Bar  in  Cumberland  County,  Maine,  in  1849.  Passed  nine  months 
traveling  in  Europe,  in  the  Biitish  Islands,  Holland,  Germany,  Switzer- 
land, Italy  and  France.  Commenced  practice  as  Counsellor  and 
Attorney  at  Law  in  Portland,  Maine,  in  1850,  and  continued  this  till 
1855,  when  in  September,  being  appointed  U.  S.  Secretary  of  Legation 
to  Russia,  he  went  to  St.  Petersburg,  and  remained  in  that  office  till  the 
spring  of  1858,  when  he  resigned  the  office,  came  to  America,  was 
married  to  Martha  Lander  (youngest  child  of  Edward  and  Eliza  [West] 
Lander,  born  June  24th,  1833),  and  returned  to  St.  Petersburg,  and 
was  engaged  professionally  by  the  firm  of  Winans,  Harrison  &  Winans, 
railway  contractors,  in  their  business  in  Russia,  till  its  termination  in 
1863.  Returned  to  Portland  in  May,  1863,  and  resided  there  till 
August,  1865,  when  he  went  again  to  Russia,  employed  professionally 
by  Wm.  L.  Winans  in  the  business  of  a  new  contract.  Received  in 
October,  1865,  from  the  Emperor  of  Russia,  Knighthood  of  the  3rd 
Class  of  the  Order  of  St.  Anne.  Went  to  London  in  1870,  at  the  ter- 
mination of  the  Winans  contract  and  lias  since  been  engaged  there  in 
business  of  Wm.  L.  Winans.  Is  a  Fellow  of  the  Royal  Geographical 
Society,  and  of  the  Zoological  Society,  and  member  of  the  Royal  Insti- 
tution, in  London  ;  a  member  of  the  Cincinnati  Society  of  Massa- 
chusetts (as  representing  his  grandfather  Archelaus  Lewis,  an  officer  in 
the  Revolutionary  War)  and  member  of  the  Maine  Historical  Society  ; 
and  of  the  American  Episcopal  Church.  His  first  wife  died  at  Portland, 
Dec,  1873.  By  her  he  has  one  surviving  child,  Josiah,  born  Jan.  30, 
1861  ;  and  he  was  married  to  his  second  wife,  Isabella  Lucia  Millett, 
(b.  June  10,  1842),  at  Petersham,  Eng.,  Oct.  29,  1877. 


Children  : — 

3629.  i.      Eliza,  b.  April  13,  1859 ;  d.  May  20,  1877. 

3630.  ii.     JosiAH,  b.  Jan.  30,  1861. 

3631.  iii.    Alexander,  b,  July  16,  1867;  d.  June  7,  1874. 

2334.  Lewis^  Pierce  {Josiah?^  Josiah^,  Josiah^,  Josiah^,  John^, 
Thoinas^,  Thomas^),  b.  April  15,  1832;  m.  June  13,  1860,  Emily  Hall 
Willis,  b.  June  13,  1837,  d.  Oct.  16,  1864;  ra.  2nd,  Dec.  10,  1874, 
Mary  Bellows  Hill,  b.  Sept.  19,  1846.    Res.  Portland,  Me. 

Lewis  Pierce,  L.L.B.,  the  son  of  Hon.  Josiah  and  Evaline  (Lewis) 
Pierce,  was  born  in  Gorham,  was  graduated  at  Bowdoin  College  in  the 
class  of  1852.  After  graduation  he  taught  schools  for  a  year  or  two  in 
Hollis  and  Dennysville.  He  then  read  law  in  Portland,  took  a  course 
at  the  Dane  Law  School,  Harvard  University,  graduating  L.L.B.  1855, 


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226 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


and  settled  in  the  profession  in  Portland,  where  he  now  resides.  He 
has  i-epresented  the  city  in  the  Legislature,  has  been  Public  Adminis- 
trator for  the  County  of  Cumberland,  and  has  served  on  the  School 
Committee  of  Portland.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Historical  Society-of 
Maine. 


Children  : — 

3632.  i.  Emily  W.,  b.  Dec.  11,  1861. 

3633.  ii.  Lewis,  b.  July  12,  1863;  d.  Dec.  2,  1868. 

3634.  iii.  Charlotte  H.,  b.  July  20,  1864. 

3635.  iv.  Henry  H.,  b.  Nov.  7,  1875. 

3636.  V.  Thomas  L.,  b.  July  6,  1877. 

3637.  vi.  John  A.,  b.  Sept.  14,  1878. 

2342.  Daniel  T.^  Pierce  {^Daniel  T?^  Josiah^,  Josiah^,  Josiah\ 
John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  15,  1835;  m.  May  31,  1871, 
Annie  M.  Pitcher,  b.  June  24,  1849.  Res.  Washington,  D.  C.  Chil- 
dren : — 

3638.  i.      Annie  L.,  b.  Aug.  27,  1872. 

3639.  ii.     Daniel  M.,  b.  March  22,  1875. 

3640.  iii.    Isabella  K.,  b.  Oct.  27,  1877. 
'3641.    iv.    Lewis  W.,  b.  March  2,  1880. 

2352.  John^  Pierce  {John'',  Joh'nP,  Josiah^,  Josiah'^,  John^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  July  30,  1827;  m.  Jan.  27,  1852,  Harriet  M. 
Craig,  b.  Jan.,  1830,  d.  March  27, 1877.    Res.  Hiram,  Me.    Children  :— 

3642.  i.      Francellis,  b.  Sept.  9,  1857;  m.  Geo.  W.  Copp. 

3643.  ii.     Ruth  L.,  b.  1862. 

2361.  William  B.^  Pierce  {WilUanf,  John^,  Josiah^,  Josiah^, 
John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  July  17,  1826;  m.  Dec.  15,  3  850, 
Augusta  Berry,  b.  1831.  He  d.  Oct.  6,  1864.  Res.  Biddeford,  Me. 
Children  ; — 

3644.  i.      Clarence  M.,  b.  June  26,  1852;  d.  Jau.  1,  1866. 

3645.  ii.     George  E.,  b.  June  17,  1855;  m.  Clara  G.  Whiten. 

3646.  iii.    Orville  C,  b.  Feb.,  1857. 

3647.  iv.    Lillian  A.,  b.  Mar.,  1860. 

3648.  V.     Frances  E.,  b.  April,  1863. 

2363.  Charles  W.^  Pierce  {William?,  John^,  Josiah^,  Josiah^, 
John^,  Thomas^,  Tho7nas%  b.  July  21,  1831  ;  m.  Oct.  6,  1858,  Ann 
E.  Scammon,  b.  Oct.  29,  1833.    Res.  Biddeford,  Me.    Child  :— 

3649.  i.      Ingilla,  b.  Feb.  10,  1860;  m.  Henry  Hawkins. 

2365.  Arthur^  Pierce  (  Willia?n'^,  John^,  J osiah^,  J osiah^,  J ohn^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  April  15, 1835  ;  m.  Nov.  30,  1856,  Lizzie  Gile. 
He  d.  Jan.  27,  1864.    Res.  Lynn,  Mass.    Children  :— 

3650.  i.      Effie,  b.  Feb.  10,  1861. 

3651.  ii.     Angie,  b.  Feb.,  1863. 


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2372.  Daniel  W.^  Pierce  {Daniel?.  John^.  Josiah^,  Josiah^^ 
Johrfi,  Thomas'^,  Thomas'^),  b.  June  26,  1834:  m.  Sept.  28,  1856, 
Lois  G.  Lane.  Member  of  the  firm  of  Libbey,  McXeil  &  Libbey,  the 
great  pork  packers.    Res.  Chicago,  111.    Children  : — 

3652.  i.      LoRix  E.,  b.  Aug.  13,  1857;  d.  Aug.  17,  1859. 

3653.  ii.     Allen  M.,  b.  Jan.  18,  1869. 

2373.  John  H.^  Pierce  {DanieV^  John^,  Josiah^,  Josiah^.  John^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  31,  1837  ;  m.  1855,  Fidelia  Temple  ;  m. 
2nd,  May  1,  1864,  Sarah  Spikins.    Res.  Chicago,  111.    Children  : — 

3654.  i.  Frank. 

3655.  ii.  Charles. 

3656.  iii.  John  L. 

3657.  iv.  Perley. 

2376.  Hubbard  L.^  Pierce  {Joseph^,  Joseph^,  John^,  Josiah\ 
John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  March  1,  1795;  m.  June  6,  1822.  Amy 
Spalding,  d.  Dec.  15,  1841  ;  m.  2nd,  Feb.  23,  1842,  Matilda  H. 
Brock  way.  He  d.  April,  1867.  She  m.  2nd,  Hon.  Titus  Hutchinson. 
Res.  Cavendish  and  St.  Johnsbury,  Yt. 

Children  :— 

3658.  i.  Charles  0.,  b.  Apr.  21.  1824;  m.  Lovina  Sargent. 

3659.  ii.  Mary  A.,  b.  Jan.  22,  1826;  cl.  May  14,  1828. 

3660.  iii.  Frankles-  O.,  b.  Apr.  8,  1829;  m.  Eliza  Webster. 

3661.  iv.  Elmore  A.,  b.  Aug.  11,  1843;  m.  Mary  . 

3662.  V.  Marion  A.,  b.  Oct.  11,  1845;  m.  Charles  West. 

3663.  Ti.  Eugene  F.,  b.  Feb.  5,  1849;  m.  Nellie  Walters. 

3664.  vii.  Matilda  J.,  b.  April  1,  1853;  m.  George  Grisvrold. 

2377.  Lettis^  Pierce  {Joseph'^,  Joseph^.  John^,  Josiah^,  Johii\ 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  21,  1796  ;  m.  Xov.  27,  1826,  Abigail 
Stowell.  b.  1787,  d.  March,  1871.  He  d.  Dec.  25,  1876.  Res.  St. 
Johnsbury,  Yt.    Child  : — 

3665.  i.      Freeman,  b.  July  12,  1827  ;  d.  Aug.  19,  1846. 

2383.  Willard  M^.  Pierce  {Joseph?,  Joseph^,  John^,  Josiah^, 
John^.  Thomas^  Thomas^\  b.  Aug.  12,  1813;  m.  April  9,  1840, 
Lucinda  C.  Witherell,  b.  Dec.  24,  1815.  Res.  Sandusky,  Ohio.  Chil- 
dren : — 

3666.  i.      Marion  C,  b.  Dec.  27,  1844. 

3667.  ii.     John  W.,  b.  Sept.  13,  1846. 

3668.  iii.    Frank  W.,  b.  May  9,  1849. 

2393.  Charles  K.^  Pierce  {Jotham'',  Jose/ph^,  Johiv",  JosiahS 
John^,  21iomas%  Thomas^),  b.  June  11.  1818  ;  m.  Sept.  28,  1840, 
Sarah  Barker,  b.  Dec.  23,  1820,  d.  June  23,  1853  ;  m.  2n(3,  Mary  A. 
Barker,  b.  Dec.  18,  1826.    Res.  Chicago,  111.    Children  :— 

3669.  i.      JoTHAM  B.,  b.  Jan.  7,  1842;  d.  Dec.  22,  1868.    Jotham  Pierce 

died  at  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  in  1868.    During  the  rebellion  of 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


1861,  he  was  telegraph  operator  in  the  Secretary  of  War's  office 
at  Washington  and  at  the  Headquarters  of  the  Army  of  the 
Potomac  throughout  the  campaign  in  Virginia.  At  the  close  of 
the  war,  he  with  others,  went  to  Karaschatka  and  Siberia  in  the 
interest  of  the  American  and  Russian  Governments  to  survey 
and  complete  a  Telegraph  Line  to  St.  Petersburg  and  London. 
While  the  party  were  in  Siberia,  the  Atlantic  Cable  was  laid 
between  England  and  America,  in  consequence  of  which  the 
project  was  abandoned  and  they  were  recalled  to  San  Fran- 
cisco, where  he  died. 

3670.    ii.     Sarah  M.,  b.  Dec.  26,  1844;  m.  Geo.  R.  Underwood. 

8671.    iii.    Ellen  M.,  b.  Oct.  21,  1846;  m.  C.  E.  Plimpton. 

3672.  iv.    Ransom  T.,  b.  Sept.  17,  1848;  m.  Hattie  Rice. 

3673.  V.     Frank  H.,  b.  May  8,  1851. 

3674.  vi.    Leslie  E.,  b.  May  1,  1853;  d.  Aug.  15,  1874. 

3675.  vii.   Josie  A.,  b.  Dec.  7,  1854. 

3676.  viii.  George  B.,  b.  MAy  19,  1858. 

2400.  Fkedekick^  Pierce  {JSIartin'^^  Joseph^,  John^^  Joslah^, 
Johh^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  1,  1804;  m.  March  26,  1832, 
Mary  Briggs,  b.  Jan.  22,  1812.    Res.  Stanbridge,  P.  Q.  Children 

3677.  i.  Lucina  B.,  b.  March  29,  1835;  m.  Rev.  Samuel  Jackson. 

3678.  ii.  Nelson;  d.  infancy. 

3679.  iii.  Infant;  d.  infancy. 

3680.  iv.  Infant;  d.  infancy. 

2401.  Varnum^  Pierce  {Martiii'^  Joseph^ ^  John^,  Josiah^,  Johrv^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^,)  b.  Nov.  26,  1805;  ra.  Philome  Claflin,  d.  Dec.  23, 
1839;  m.  2nd,  Feb.  23,  1840,  Evaline  Goss.  He  d.  Apr.  4,  1873. 
Res.  8t.  Albans,  Vt.    Children  : — 

3681.  i.  LuciNDA,  b.  Feb.  2,  1832;  m.  Joshua  Gray. 

3682.  ii.  WiLLARD,  b.  Sept.  3,  1834;  m.  Sarah  Gray. 

3683.  iii.  Emily,  b.  July  22,  1836;  d.  Aug.  11,  1863. 

3684.  iv.  Hubbard,  b.  Apr.  20,  1838 ;  d.  May  22,  1839. 

3685.  V.  Mary,  b.  Dec.  6,  1840. 

3686.  vi.  Martin,  b.  Nov.  12,  1844;  m.  Delia  Streeter. 

2404.  Curtis^  Pierce  {JSIartiii?^  Joseph^,  John^^  Josiah^,  John'^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  16,  1811  ;  m.  Feb.,  1S37,  Mary  Dunham, 
b.  July,  1816,  d.  Oct.  17,  1844;  m.  2nd,  Feb.  3,  1845,  Sarah  Dunham, 
b.  July  16,  1820.    Res.  St.  Albans,  Vt.    Children  :— 

3687.  i.  Alonzo,  b.  June,  1838;  d.  Oct.,  1857. 

3688.  ii.  Caroline,  b.  Feb.  23,  1841;  m.  Hiram  Perkins. 

3689.  iii.  Luther,  b.  1843 ;  d.  1844. 

3690.  iv.  Edna,  b.  Oct.  12,  1844 ;  m.  Henry  Green. 

2405.  Henry^  Pierce  {Ilartin''^  Joseph^ ^  Jo/in^,  Josiah^,  John^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  16,  1812;  m.  Aug.  16,  1848,  Lucinda 
Stock  well,  b.  Oct.  4,  1824.    Res.  Otsego,  Mich.    Children  :— 

3691.  i.  WiLLARD,  b.  Nov.  7,  1849 ;  d.  Apr.  9,  1850. 

3692.  ii.  Alonzo,  b.  June  8,  1850;  m.  Sarah  Minkler. 

3693.  iii.  Luther,  b.  Apr.  2,  1852. 

3694.  iv.  Marshall,  b.  Feb.  16,  1857. 

3695.  V.     Amanda,  b.  Dec.  25,  1859. 

2407.  HiRAM^  Pierce  {Marthi^,  Joseph^,  John^^  Josiah^^  John^, 
Tho7nas^,   Thomas%  b.  June  7,  1818;   m.  Aug.  9,  1843,  Anna 


EIGHTH  GENERATION-. 


229 


Bealtie.  b.  Jan.  19.  1822.    He  d.  Sept.  3.  1875.    Re3.  St.  Albans,  Vt. 
Children  : — 

3696.  i.      A.  Jen^-ie.  b.  Jnne  7,  1844:  m.  James  Holwav. 

3697.  ii.     George  M.,  b.  Sept.  29.  1845:  m.  Maritt  Pieids. 

3698.  iii.    ^vl.  Abbie,  b.  Feb.  8,  1847;  d.  Eeb.  9,  1869. 

3699.  iy.    Hieaai  M..  b.  Julv  .31.  1849:  m.  Carrie  L.  Baldwin. 

3700.  V.     M.  EM3IA,  b.  Oct.  21,  1S51 :  m.  Cassius  W.  Pierce. 

3701.  Ti.    James  W.,  b.  Sept.  IS,  1857. 

2408.  MiLO^  Pierce  {Jlarthi^,  Joseph^.  John^.  Josiah^.  John^, 
Thomas'^.  Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  23.  1820:  m.  Amanda  Baker,  d.  Dec. 
29,  1866.    Res.  Otsego.  Mich.    Children  :— 

3702.  i.  Clara. 

3703.  ii.  :vIart. 

2418.  AxDREvr  M.^  Pierce  {Leonard' .  Joseph^.  John^.  Josiali^. 
John^.  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  8.  1829;  m.  Mar.  3.  1852, 
Rodaska  Paddleford.  b.  Xov.  7,  1832.^  Res.  Brownington,  Vt. 

Children  : — 

3704.  i.  C-iRLOS  TV.,  b.  Dec.  25,  1853. 

3705.  ii.  Mary  A.,  b.  Sept.  16.  1855:  d.  Oct.  20,  1868. 

3706.  iii.  Hattie  L..  b.  Mar.  1,  1860. 

3707.  iv.  Em^ei  X..  b.  Dec.  29.  1862. 

3708.  Y.  Katie  W.,  b.  Mar.  13,  1866. 

3709.  Ti.  Myra  a.,  b.  Aus.  5,  1870. 

3710.  vii.  George  T.,  b.  Jan.  10,  1873. 

2419.  Charles  W.«  Pierce  ( TT/Af^/''.  Joseph^.  John'^.  Josiah^, 
John^,  Thoma.^,  Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  23.  Isl8;  m.  Jan.  22,  1845, 
Mary  F.  Horton.    Res.  Boston. 


Children  : — 

3711.  i.  Charles  F.,  b.  Jan.  10.  1846:  m.  Jennie  Morse. 

3712.  ii.  Mary  W.,  b.  June  1,  1847;  m.  Kev.  A.  Lee  Holmes. 

3713.  iii.  Emily  F..  b.  June  29,  1851. 

3714.  iv.  Elizabeth  F.,  b.  Xov.  17,  1853. 

3715.  V.  George  A.,  b.  Dec.  2,  1855:  m.  Jennie  E.  Thornton. 

3716.  Yi,  William  A.,  b.  June  1,  1857. 

2422.  George^  Pierce  {Wilder''.  Josep>h^.  Johiv",,  Josiah'^,  Johrfi, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Mav  31.  1825:  m.  Sept.  15,  1864.  Mary 
Motley  Clapp,  b.  Mar.  12.  1834.  He  d.  Dec.  12,  1864.  Res.  Boston. 
ISo  children. 

2423.  Hexrx  G.^  Pierce  {Wilder'.  Joseph^,  John'^,  Josiah^, 
Johrfi.  Thomas^.  Thomas^),  b.  Jane  9,  1827 ;  m.  June  9,  1857.  Mary 
C.  Benton,  b.  Jan.  27.  1836.  He  d.  Oct.  9,  1870.  Res.  Stanstead, 
P.  Q.    Children  :— 

3717.  i.      Naxcy  a.,  b.  Apr.  23,  1858:  m.  0.  W.  ElHs. 

3718.  ii.     Henry  F.,  b.  Jan.  27,  1862. 

3719.  iii.    EosE  M.,  b.  Apr.  23,  1865. 


230 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


2425.  Caklos^  Pierce  {'Wilder'^,  JosephP^  John^^  Josiah^^  Johr)?^ 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  20,  1831 ;  ra.  June  24,  1858,  Mary  A. 
Mills.  He  d.  Aug.  20,  1870.  She  m.  again  and  res.  Bangor.  Res. 
Boston,  Mass.,  and  Stanstead,  P.  Q. 

Carlos  Pierce  was  a  man  of  remarkable  energy  and  perseverance  in 
mercantile  pursuits.  He  retired  from  it  at  an  early  age  on  account 
of  ill  health,  and  thereafter  devoted  most  of  his  time  to  agricultural 
pursuits.  He  will  be  remembered  as  having  raised  and  presented  for 
exhibition  the  famous  white  ox  "  Gen.  Grant,"  which  was  on  exhibi- 
tion for  some  years.  His  liberality  to  the  church  and  to  the  village  of 
Stanstead,  where  he  was  born  and  died,  will  not  soon  be  forgotten  by 
its  citizens.    No  children. 

2437.  James  M.^  Pierce  {Thomas'',  Joseph^,  John^,  Josiah^, 
John^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  1,  1826;  m.  Feb.  5,  1862,  Emily 
Barras,  b.  Nov.  7,  1836.    Res.  Martinsville,  P.  Q.  Child:— 

3720.  i.      Ida  F.,  b.  Dec.  25,  1866;  cl.  Oct.  6,  1875. 

2439.  William  A.^  Pierce  {Thomas^,  Joseph^,  John^,  Josiah^, 
Johii^,  Thomas^,  Thomas'^),  b.  Aug.  31,  1834;  m.  Jan.  11,  1861, 
Maria  Merrill,  b.  Jan.  2,  1845.    Res.  Martinsville,  P.  Q. 

Children  : — 

3721.  i.      Wilder  A.,  b.  Aug.  21,  1868. 

3722.  ii.     WiLBER,  b.  Feb.  17,  1873. 

2442.  Albert  C.^  Pierce  {Thomas^,  Joseph^,  John^,  Josiah^, 
Johii?,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  29,  1842;  m.  Oct.  17,  1871, 
Minnie  A.  Ayer,  b.  Nov.  4,  1851.    Res.  Boston.    Children: — 

3723.  1.      George  H.,  b.  Jan.  28,  1873. 

3724.  ii.     Mary  O.,  b.  Oct.  17,  1876. 

2443.  Henry  T.^  Pierce  {Thomas',  Joseph^,  John^,  Josiah\ 
John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  17,  1846;  m.  May  20,  1874, 
Annie  P.  L.  Manning,  b.  Mar.  26,  1856,  d.  May  14,  1877;  m.  2nd, 
Oct.  8,  1879,  Sarah  M.  Hogan,  b.  Sept.  29,  1858.  Res.  Martinsville, 
P.  Q.    Child  :— 

3725.  i.      Jennie  O.,  b.  June  2,  1876. 

2445.  Warren^  Pierce  {DanieV,  Daniel^,  John^,  Josiah^,  John^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  1789;  m.  July  1,  1810,  Sally  McManus,  b. 
June  28,  1788,  d.  Jan.  6,  1839.  She  was  a  dau.  of  Patrick  and  Grace 
McManus.  He  was  an  Irish  soldier  and  was  a  member  of  the  army 
that  was  surrendered  by  Gen.  Burgoyne.  He  d.  Sept.  12,  1847.  Res. 
St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 


Children  :• 
3726.    i.  J 


Daniel  W.,  b.  Apr.  3,  1811 ;  m.  Lucy  Edson. 


EIGHTH  GEN'EKATI0:N'. 


231 


3727.  ii.     WiLLAED  A.,  b.  Oct.  15,  1812;  m.  Powers  and  Mary  Jane 

Xorthrop. 

3728.  iii.    Sabrina  A.,  b.  Oct.  13,  ISU:  m.  Samuel  Averill  and   

Cooper. 

3729.  iv.     LuciXDA,  b.  Jan.  8,  1817:  d.  June  17,  1846. 

8730.  y.     George  W.,  b.  May  4,  1819 :  m.  Harriet  Severns. 

8731.  vi.    Warrex,  b.  June  20,  1621 ;  m.  Lucy  M.  Streeter. 

8732.  vii.   Abel.  b.  Apr.  18.  1823 ;  m.  three  times, 
viii.  Tru^ianL.,  b.  Feb.  14.  1826;  d.  Apr.  18.  18?S- 


OD. 


3734.    ix.    Hexry  E.,  b.  Jan.  2,  1828;  m,  A.  Frances  Tillinghast. 

2446.  Aretas^  Pieece  {Aretas'^,  Daniel^,  Johyt^,  Josiah^^  Johji^, 
Thomas^.  Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  27.  1799;  m.  May  8.  1823,  Matilda 
Stedman,  b.  Jan.  29,  1801.    He  d.  Apr.  19,  1872.  '  Res.  Rome,  X.  Y. 

Children  : — 

2735.    i.      SopHROXTA,  b.  Feb.  25,  1824  ;  m.  David  "Webster. 

3736.  ii.     George  W.,  b.  May  1,  1826:  m.  Ellen  A.  Soutli worth. 

3737.  iii.    John  Q.,  b.  Jan.  4,  1828;  m.  Julia  M.  Bennett  and  Sarah  L. 

Keyes. 

3738.  iv.    Mary,  b.  Apr.  27,  1832:  m.  Alonzo  F.  Stedman. 

3739.  V.     Joseph  B.,  b.  May  23,  1836:  m.  Emma  A.  Brown. 

3740.  Ti.    A3IA2V-DA  C,  b.  Sept.  1,  1843;  m.  Sterns  Albert. 

2465.  Abel  A.^  Pierce  {AbeP,  J)aniel^,  J'ohn^,  Josiah^,  John^, 
Thomas^,  Thomrxs^).  b.  Apr.  28.  1825;  m.  Mar.  9,  1848,  Rosetta 
Ayer.  b.  Nov.  24,  1829.  d.  June  29,  1876;  m.  2nd.  Oct.  11.  1878, 
Sarah  McGrath,  b.  Oct.  11,  1841.    Res.  St.  Johusbury  Centre,  Yt. 


Children  : — 

3741.  i.      Freeman  A.,  b.  May  6,  1849:  m.  Olive  Eaney. 

8742.  ii.     Treman  L.,  b.  June  24,  1851 ;  d.  June  24,  1851. 

8743.  iii.    Josiah  W.,  b.  Nov.  20,  1852. 

8744.  iv.    Edward  C,  b.  Aug.  9,  1857;  m.  Mary  Williams. 

8745.  V.      Charles  S.,  b.  Nov  6,  1859. 

8746.  vi.    EttaB.,  b.  Oct.  14,  1867. 

3747.  vii.   Hiram  L.,  b.  Oct.  9,  1873. 

3748.  viii.  Lettie  Y.,  b.  May  29,  1879, 

2466.  JoHX  S.^  Pieece  {ReiLbeti^,  Daniel^^  John^,  Josiah^,  John^, 
Thomas^,  ITiomas^).  b.  Jan.  8,  1809:  m.  Sarah  Gould.  He  d.  Sept. 
10,  1862.    Res.  St.  Johnsbnry,  Yt.    Children  :— 

3749.  i.      Solon;  d=  . 

3750.  ii.     Horace  ;  d.  . 

2468.  Horatio  A.^  Pierce  {ReiibeTm?,  Daniel^,  John^.  Josiah'^, 
Joh7i\   Thomas'^,   Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  7,  1812:  m.  Feb.  21,  1837, 


232 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


Clarissa  Stearns.  He  d.  Sept.  16,  1840.  She  ra.  2nd,  John  Proctor. 
Res.  St.  Johnsbury,  Yt.    Children  : — 

3751.  i.      Candace  C,  b.  June  8,  1839;  m.  Irving  Frost. 

3752.  ii.     Stella,  b.  1841 ;  d.  1857. 

2470.  Prentice  L.^  Pierce  {Reuhem?^  Daniel^,  John^,  Josiah^^ 
Johnny  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  5,  1829;  m.  June  20,  1854, 
Martha  J.  Powers,  b.  Mar.  28,  1834.    Res.  St.  Johnsbury  Centre,  Vt. 


No  children. 

2472.  HiRAM^  Pierce  {Thomas^,  Thomas^,  John^,  Josiah^, 
John^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  June  3,  1803;  m.  Oct.  16,  1825,  Lois 
Stiles,  b.  May  29,  1807,  d.  Sept.  15,  1832;  m.  2nd,  Jan.  19,  1833, 
Diantha  Fuller,  b.  May  18,  1803,  d.  Jan.  19,  1877.  He  d.  Feb.  28, 
1875.    Res.  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.    Children  : — 

3753.    1.     Lucia  M.,  b.  June  1,  1827;  m.  Archibald  Stark  and  William 


3754.  ii.  HoLLis  S.,  b.  Mar.  19,  1829;  m.  Aurora  Hill. 

3755.  iii.  Emeline  L.,  b.  Oct.  8,  1834;  m.  Stephen  W.  Hunter. 

3756.  iv.  Ann  S.,  b.  Apr.  21,  1835;  d.  Aug.  15,  1850. 

3757.  V.  Hiram  D.,  b.  Mar.  1,  1838;  m.  Marian  Hopkins. 

2475.  MilqS.  Pierce  (^Thomas',  Thomas^,  Johii^,  Josiah^,  Johri^^ 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  June  6,  1808;  ra.  Dec.  9,  1840,  Eliza 
Bennett.    Res.  E.  Albany,  Vt.    Children  : — 

3758.  1.      Angonia,  b.  Dec.  8.  1841 ;  ra.  David  Hunter. 

3759.  ii.     Adelaide  ;  m.  Francis  Hunter. 

3760.  iii.    Matilda;  m.  Wm.  Brockway. 

2482.  Jabez^  Pierce  {Thomas^ ^  JohnP^  Thomas^^  Thomas\ 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  9,  1794;  m.  June  22,  1828, 
Ann  Mary  King,  b.  Apr.  17,  1799.    Res.  Chatham  Village,  N.  Y. 

Children  :— 

3761.  i.      Rebecca,  b.  July  22,  1830. 

3762.  ii.     John  R.,  b.  Aug.  10,  1834. 

2488.  William  L.^  Pierce  {Spaldmg'^,  JoJm^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  16,  1810;  m.  Nov.  16,  1853, 
Susan  Barringer,  b.  Feb.  16,  1822.    Res.  Suequoit,  N.  Y.    No  children. 

2490.  Sylvester  P.^  Pierce  {Spalding^^  John^,  Thomas^, 
ThomasS  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  19,  1814;  m.  Nov. 
18,  1841,  Cornelia  Marsh,  b.  Mar.  25,  1819.    Res.  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 


Aldrich. 


EIGHTH  GENERATION. 


233 


Children  : — 

3763.    i.      Marsh  C,  b.  Feb.  19,  1847;  m.  Jeunie  Cook. 
376-t.    ii.     Charles  H.,  b.  Aug.  8,  1849. 

3765.  lii.    William  K.,  b.  May  11,  1851. 

3766.  iv.    Eunice  C,  b.  Dec.  11,  1852;  m.  W.  A.  Butler. 

2492.  John  S.^  Pierce  {Spalding^^  John^^  Thomas^,  Tho7nas\ 
Thomas'^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  8,  1819;  ra.  May  28,  1843, 
Fidelia  Griffith,  b.  Aug.  15,  1825.    Res.  Phoenix,  N.  Y. 

Children : — 

3767.  1.      Granville  G.,  b.  Jan.  14,  1845. 

3768.  ii.     J.  Eiveviett,  b.  Feb.  18,  1847. 

2500.  Charles^  Pierce  {Fhineas^ ^  Lemuel^,  Ehenezer^,  Thoonas^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  1798;  m.  1818,  Emily  Edson,  d. 
1833;  m.  2nd,  1834,  Maria  White.  He  d.  1847.  Res.  Killiugly  and 
Pomfret,  Conn.    Children  : — 

3769.  i.  Mary,  b.  1819;  m.  Henry  Bradford  and  . 

3770.  ii.  WILLIA.AI,  b.  1821 ;  m.  Mary  Barstow. 

3771.  iii.  Nathaniel,  b.  1825;  m.  Amy  Adams. 

3772.  iv.  George  A.,  b.  Dec.  25,  1835;  m.  Ellen  Rich. 

3773.  V.  Jane,  b.  1837;  d.  1854. 

3774.  vi.  Almyra,  b.  1839. 

3775.  vii.  Charles,  b.  1846;  d.  in  army  hospital. 

2501.  Martin^  Pierce  {Fhineas^^  Lemuel^ ^  Ebenezer^,  Thomas^^ 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.,  1803  ;  m.  Sept.  19,  1826, 
Julia  Hall,  b.  June  16,  1806.    Res.  Wauregan,  Conn.    Children  : — 

3776.  i.  Albert  W.,  b.  Mar.  3,  1827. 

3777.  ii.  Julia  A.,  b.  Aug.  31,  1828. 

3778.  iii.  Edwin  M.,  b.  Dec.  8,  1831;  m.  Martha  Kenyon. 

3779.  iv.  Mary  L.,  b.  Oct.  18,  1833;  d.  Oct.  18,  1833. 

3780.  V.  Jeremiah  H., 'I  ,    .  -.qq^  C 

3781.  vi.  JohnW.,  r™^'^-^P^'21,1836;|^^^l^^.^,^pj^^3^ 

3783:    vili.  E^SS:^'^;'}^™^'       0^^-        1838;{,.  j,,^2,1839. 

3784.  ix.    Alonzo  S.,  b.  May  31,  1841,  d.  Dec.  13,  1861. 

2504.  Darius^  Pierce  {Phineas^^  Lemuel^,  Ebenezer^,  Thomas'^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  1809;  m.  1840,  Cornelia  Ci-andall, 
b.  1817.    He  d.  1844.    Children  :— 

3785.  i.      Norman  S.,  b.  Nov.  14,  1842;  m.  Mary  L.  J.  McMaine. 

3786.  ii.     Anna  E.,  b.  Mar.  20,  1844;  m.  Edwin  Finney. 

2512.  Alvares^  Pierce  {jSarmieP,  Thomas^,  Amos^^  Thomas^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^  Thomas^  b.  Dec.  3,  1791  ;  m.  June  21,  1818, 
Polly  Booth,  b.  1802,  d.  July  11,  1835  ;  m.  2nd,  July  22,  1838,  Sarah  M. 
Ryan,  b.  Nov.  17,  1806.  He  d.  Sept.  19,  1871.  Res.  Groton,  Mass., 
Penn.,  and  Eldora,  Iowa.  Alvares  Pierce  with  three  motherless  child 
ren  moved  into  the  wilds  of  Northern  Penn.  some  time  about  the  year 
1837-8.  He  was  then  about  46  years  old,  and  for  several  years  with 
his  children  experienced  the  hardships  incident  to  a  new  country.  He 
penetrated  farther  than  any  who  had  preceded  him,  and  for  some  time 
his  home  was  at  the  "  end  of  the  road."  A  large  territory  around  was 
then  an  almost  unbroken  forest,  and  the  few  scattered  settlers  had  little 
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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


food  for  themselves  and  none  for  those  that  followed  them  :  so  the  only 
alternative  was  to  go  to  Egypt,  and  that  Egypt  was  some  70  miles  off, 
part  of  the  way  over  barren  mountains  with  scarce  any  inhabitants  save 
wild  animals  and  rattlesnakes.  Great  hardships  were  endured  by  those 
who  went  to  buy  food,  and  equally  great  perhaps  were  the  trials  of 
those  who  tarried  at  home.  On  one  occasion  while  Mr.  P.  was  gone 
for  supplies  the  meal  barrel  was  exhausted  and  he  did  not  return, — and 
their  poor  neighbors  had  none  to  spare.  The  children  had  a  step- 
mother then,  and  she  contrived  to  drive  the  wolf  of  hunger  from  the 
door.  Taking  a  little  girl,  the  youngest,  she  went  to  the  field  near  the 
house  and  dug  up  the  newly-planted  potatoes,  although  somewhat 
sprouted,  washed  and  boiled  them,  and  with  the  addition  of  cooked 
leeks,  milk  and  a  few  trout,  subsisted  until  he  came  home.  The  town 
in  which  he  lived  had  two  settlements,  one  on  the  north  and  the  other 
on  the  south  side  of  a  large  forest.  To  go  from  one  to  the  other  a  foot 
path  was  used.  One  day  Mr.  P.  went  from  home  to  the  other  settle- 
ment three  or  four  miles  to  procure  a  pig,  which  having  got  he  swung 
in  a  bag  over  his  shoulder  and  started  for  home.  After  going  some 
distance  he  lost  the  path, -and  towards  night  found  it  quite  certain  he 
could  not  get  home  before  dark.  A  thunder  storm  came  on  and  dark- 
ness set  in  and  he  could  proceed  no  further,  and  laying  his  bundle  at 
the  foot  of  a  tree  he  passed  the  rainy  night,  standing  up  most  of  the 
time  to  prevent  being  wet  through.  In  the  morning  he  found  himself 
on  the  banks  of  the  same  brook  that  ran  past  his  log  house,  but  some 
distance  off.  He  took  up  his  bundle  and  went  to  the  hut  of  a  neighbor, 
got  some  breakfast  and  then  started  home,  which  he  reached  all  right 
with  his  burden. 


Children  : — 

3787.  i.  Geoege,  b.  Feb.  20,  1820;  d.  April  29,  1825. 

3788.  ii.  Julia,  b.  Oct.  22,  1821 ;  m.  Trumann  Kebbel. 

3789.  iii.  James,  b.  Aug.  5,  1823;  ra.  Sarah  R.  Preston. 

3790.  iv.  Theodotia,  b.  Aug.  3,  1831 ;  m.  Albert  A.  Presho. 

3791.  v.  Mary  S.,  b.  Aug.  27,  1842;  m.  Stephen  Small. 

3792.  vi.  Ann  H.,  b.  Nov.  16,  1844;  m.  J.  B.  Wilson. 

2514.  Rodney^  Pierce  {SamueP^  Thomas^,  Amos^,  Thomas'^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  April  1,  1796  ;  m.  Oct.  7,  1830, 
Eliza  Severance,  b.  Aug.  24,  1805,  d.  July  5,  1877.  He  d.  Aug.  16, 
1871.    Res.  Brandon,  Yt.  Children:— 

3793.  i.      Frederick  F.,  b.  Sept.  2,  1832;  m.  Margaretta  E.  Coe. 

3794.  ii.     Henry  M.,  b.  March  29,  1834;  m.  Mary  SpaiildiDg. 

3795.  iii.    Harriet  E.,  b.  May  10,  1836;  ra.  Wm.  P.  Corvel. 

3796.  iv.    Maretta  M.,  b.  Dec.  1,  1837. 

3797.  v.     Emma  A.,  b.  July  10,  1839;  m.  G.  H.  Plumly. 


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235 


2516.  S.  WiLLiAii^  Pierce  {SamueP,  Thomas^,  Amos^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Dec,  26,  1801  ;  m.  June  2,  1827, 
Eliza  Bigelow,  d.  Aug.  27,  1853.  He  d.  Deo.  10,  1878.  Res.  Salis- 
bury, Yt.    Chiildren  : — 

3798.  i.  Alfred  L,  b.  May  7,  1828;  m. 

3789.  ii.   ,  b.  Oct.  7,  1829;  d.  Oct.  10,  1829. 

3800.  iii.  Sa^iuel  A.,  b.  Julv,  1,  1831;  m.  Harriet  E.  Wilson. 

3801.  iv.  WiLLL^Ai  B.,  b.  Jan.  21,  1833. 

3802.  V.  Louise  A.,  b.  Feb.  2,  1836;  m.  Willard  Allen. 

3803.  vi.  Anx  E.,  b.  Oct.  24,  1839  ;  m.  Henry  Perry. 
380-1.  vii.  AkrabellaI.,  b.  Marcli  6,  1811;  d.  Sept.,  1867. 
8805.  viii.  Harriet  L.,  b.  May  21,  1845. 

2519.  Rodney^  Pierce  {Johrt^,  Thomas^,  Amos^^  Thomas^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  July  12,  1807  ;  m.  Jan.  1,  1831, 
Harriet  Kelsey,  b.  Apr.  20,  1813,  d.  June  12,  1841  ;  m.  2nd,  Aug.  30, 
1841,  Jane  Dalton,  b.  Sept.  13,  1812,  d.  Jan.  21,  1864  ;  m.  3rd,  July 
30,  1865,  Emeline  Mulholland,  b.  Oct.  15,  1826.  Res.  Garrettsville, 
Ohio.    Children  :— 

3806.  i.      Louise  M.,  b.  June  10,  1832;  m.  July  30,  1853,  Omar  C.  Stocking, 

b.  Oct.  14,  1828. 

3807.  ii.     Eliza,  b.  Oct.  30,  1834;  d.  Jan.  23,  1856. 

3808.  iii.    Charles  K.,  b.  Apr.  18,  1837;  m.  Ellen  S.  Goodall. 

3809.  iv.    George,  b.  June  2,  1839 ;  m.  Caroline  \Yestlake. 

3810.  V.     Henry  W.,  b.  June  12,  1841;  d.  Sept.  7,  1842. 

3811.  vi.    Henry  D.,  b.  July  12,  1842;  m.  Charlotte  Stocking. 

3812.  vii.   John,  b.  July  14,  1844;  d.  Feb.  ],  1857. 

3813.  viii.  H^uiriet,  b.  Oct.  27,  1846;  d.  March  3,  1857. 

3814.  ix.    Jane,  b,  Feb.  1,  1849;  m.  Nov.  25,  1868,  Frank  A.  Clark.  Res. 

Courtland,  Ohio. 

3815.  X.     Rodney,  b.  June  15, 1851;  m.  Mary  E.  Askin. 

2520.  Andrew^  Pierce  {Johii^,  Thomas^,  Amos^,  Thomas'^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  July  21,  1814;  m.  March  10,  1836, 
Mary  A.  Cleveland.    He  d.  Oct.  2,  1851.    Res.  Conn.     Children  :— 

3816.  i.      John  L,  b.  Dec.  19,  1837;  m.  Harriet  Cobb. 

3817.  ii.     Henry  S.,  b.  Nov.  23,  1840. 

3818.  iii.    Sarah  J.,  b.  July  25,  1850;  d.  Sept.  29,  1866. 

2521.  John  D.^  Pierce  {Johii^,  Thomas^,  Amos^,  Thomas'^, 
Thomas^,  T/i07nas%  Thomas^),  b.  May  5,  18 17;  ra.  Jan.  1,  1838, 
Mary  West,  b.  Aug.  2,  1817.    Res.  Garrettsville,  Ohio. 

Child  :— 

3819.  i.      Edward  R.,  b.  Nov.  18,  1840;  m.  Mary  E.  McGahan. 

2523.  Henry  M.*^  Pierce  {Sainaer,  Amos^,  Amos^,  Thomas\ 
TJiomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  11,  1810  ;  m.  Oct.  28,  1844, 
Cornelia  C.  Campbell.    Res.  Elbridge,  N.  Y. 

2527.  William^  Pierce  {SamiieP,  Amos^,  Amos^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  19,  1818  ;  m.  July  28,  1842, 
Aurelia  Bowker.    He.  d.  June  30,  1858. 


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2529.  Amos^  Pierce  ( William'^,  Amos^,  Arnos^,  Thomas^,  Thom- 
as^, Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  12,  1814  ;  m.  May  13,  1841, 
Marianna  Butler,  d.  Dec.  9,  1861  ;  ra.  2nd,  Oct.  5,  1864,  Mrs.  Saloma 
E.  Lewis,  b.  March  5,  1820,  d.  April  29,  1876.  Res.  Elrawood,  111. 
Children  : — 

3820.  i.      William  N.,  b.  April  18,  1843;  m.  Eliza  Richards. 

3821.  ii.     Amos  A.,  b.  June  28,  1856;  m.  Fredonia  T.  Jarmain. 

2530.  Rev.  William  G.^  Pierce  ( William?,  Amos^,  Amos^, 
Thomas%  Thomas^,  Thomas^  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  27,  1816  ;  m.  May 
1,  1843,  JaneE.  Adams,  b.  Nov.  16,  1815.  Res.  Champaign,  111.  He 
lived  with  his  father  and  worked  upon  his  farm  until  he  was  21  years  of 
age.  Then  went  to  the  Weslyan  University,  Middletown,  Conn.,  where 
he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1842.  Read  law  in  Poughkeepsie, 
N.  Y.,  in  1843-1844  and  1845,  in  the  last  named  year  admitted  to  the 
bar.  In  1843  was  married  to  Jane  Elizabeth  Adams  of  Canaan,  Conn. 
While  in  Poughkeepsie  was  Deputy  Clerk  of  the  Court  of  Chancery  of 
the  2nd  Circuit.  In  1846  moved  to  Canaan,  Ct.,  and  was  there  engaged 
in  the  iron  and  mercantile  business  for  several  years.  Held  the  office  of 
Judge  of  Probate  for  Canaan  Distinct,  of  Litchfield  Co.  Sold  out  his  inter- 
est in  the  iron  business  in  1858,  and  commenced  preparing  for  the  minis- 
try. Opened  an  Academy  in  Canaan,  and  taught  during  a  portion  of  the 
time  from  1859  to  1861.  Licensed  to  preach  by  the  North  Litchfield 
Association  of  Congregational  ministers  in  March,  1861.  In  April,  1861, 
by  previous  invitation  went  to  Elmwood,  Peoria  Co.,  Illinois  ;  received  a 
call  to  pi  each,  and  settled  there.  Remained  as  pastor  of  the  Congrega- 
tional Church  at  Elmwood  ten  or  eleven  years.  In  August,  1862,  en- 
listed as  private  in  Co.  E.  77th  Regt.  111.  vols.  He  was  elected  Chaplain 
of  the  same  regiment  soon  after.  Connected  with  the  army  for  about  a 
year  and  a  half,  was  with  his  regiment  during  the  siege  of  Vicksburg,  and 
in  many  of  the  battles  during  that  campaign.  His  health  failing  entire 
ly,  he  was  obliged  to  leave  the  service,  and  sent  in  his  resignation, 
which  was  accepted  in  the  winter  of  '63 — '64.  He  then  returned  to 
his  pastorate.  He  resigned  his  charge  at  Elmwood  in  the  fall  of  1871. 
Took  several  months  rest,  and  afterwards  for  a  short  time  preached  in 
Springfield,  Mo.  Declined  a  call  there  to  the  pastoi-ate  of  the  Congre- 
gational Church.  Accepted  a  call  to  Champaign,  111.,  in  the  fall  of 
1872,  where  he  is  now  the  settled  pastor  of  the  Congregational  Church. 
Children : — 

3822.  i.      Lucy,  A.,  b.  Sept,  16,  1844;  d.  Dec.  20,  1847. 

3823.  ii.     Jeannie,  b.  July  4,  1846 ;  m.  Mar.  10,  1868,  Theo.  H.  Tracy,  b. 

May  16,  1846.  Children:  Fanny  M.,  b.  Dec.  16,  1868;  Wm.  A., 
b.  Dec.  3,  1871;  Jeanie  E.,  b.  Jan.  14,  1875;  Theo.  P.,  b.  Nov. 
19,  1876.    Res.  Elrawood,  111. 

3824.  iii.    Frank,  b.  June  25,  1848;  d.  July  19,  1856. 

3825.  iv.    Fanny,  b.  June  5,  1851. 

3826.  V.     John  L.,  b.  Aug.  24,  1853;  m.  Margaret  H.  Harris. 

2533.  Daniel  L.^  Pierce  ( William'',  Amos^,  Amos^,  Thomas\ 
77iomas^,  2'homas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  1,  1824  ;  m.  June  5,  1850, 
Ann  E.  Rood.    Res.  Canaan,  Conn.    Children  : — 

3827.  i.      Mary  E,,  b.  March  15,  1853;  d.  Aug.  29,  1854. 


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237 


3828.  ii.  Elsie  D.,  b.  Sept.  19,  1855. 

3829.  iii.  Minnie  E.,  b.  Aug.  23,  1858. 

3830.  iv.  Maey  E.,  b.  Ang.  21,  1860. 

3831.  V.  Alice  L.,  b.  Dec.  16,  1863. 

3832.  vi.  Burton  A.,  b.  April  21,  1867. 

3833.  vii.  Robert  D.,  b.  Oct.  9,  1868. 

2535.  Samuel  R.^  Pierce  (Phitieas'',  PMneas^,  Amos^,  Thomas'^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^  Thoynas^\  b.  Jan.  28,  1813  ;  m.  April  24,  1834, 
Sylvia  J.  Comstock,  b.  Sept.  15,  1815,  d.  Aug.,  1871  ;  m.  2nd,  Oct.  6, 
1872,  Fanny  Holman,  b.  May  10,  1851.     Res.  Bedford,  Ind. 

Children  : — 

3834.  i.      William  O.,  b.  Oct.  28,  1835;  m.  Zerelda  Fall. 

3835.  ii.     Chloe  A.,  b.  Eeb.  3,  1841;  m.  Francis  M.  Miles. 

3836.  iii.    James  W.,  b.  Jan.  5,  1845;  d.  Aug.  10,  1870. 

3837.  iv.    DORSEY  C,  b.  July  24,  1848;  ra.  Mary  J.  Martin. 

3838.  V.     Mary  E.,  b.  Dec.  19,  1851;  d.  Feb.  2,  1853. 

3839.  vi.    Eda  B.,  b.  Jan.  14,  1859;  m.   Houser. 

3840.  vii.   C.  Walter,  b.  March  3,  1874. 

3841.  viii.  Stanley  R.,  b.  Dec.  4,  1878. 

2536.  Clement  Pierce  i^Amos^^  Phineas^^  Amos^^  Thomas^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  24,  1813  ;  m.  Mar.  6,  1834, 
Nancy  Farr,  b.  Jan.  13,  1814.    Res.  Roseville,  111.    Children  : — 

3842.  i.  Marietta,  b.  Aug.  2,  1835. 

3843.  ii.  Laura  A.,  b.  Jan.  26,  1837;  m.  Alex.  H.  Bramhall. 

3844.  iii.  Amos,  b.  Dec.  10,  1843 ;  m.  Mary  J.  Barr. 

3845.  iv.  Phebe  J.,  b.  Oct.  10,  1845;  m.  Thomas  J.  Newburn. 

3846.  V.  Zacharah  T.,  b.  Apr.  23,  1848;  d.  Sept.  23,  1860. 

2537.  William  H.^  Pierce  {Amos'',  Fhineas^,  Amos^,  Thomas'^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas%  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  23,  1816  ;  m.  Sept.  10,  1837, 
Angeline  Waldron,  b.  Apr.  17,  1819,  d.  July  9,  1842  ;  m.  2nd,  March 
22,  1846,  Harriet  Woods,  b.  Feb.  27,  1826.  He  d.  Feb.  25,  1880.  Res. 
Galesburg,  111. 

Children  : — 

•3847.    i.      Almiran  G.,  b.  July  4,  1838;  m.  Caroline  C.  Sauford. 

3848.  ii.     Charles  H.,  b.  Feb.  1,  1840;  m.  Elizabeth  Long. 

3849.  iii.    Marietta  L.,  b.  March  28,  1847;  m.  Benj.  A.  Griffiths. 

3850.  iv.    Julia  P.,  b.  May  10,  1849;  m.  Wm.  E.  Day. 

3851.  V.     Emma  J.,  b.  May  11,  1851. 

3852.  vi-.    Frank  A.,  b.  Aug.  3,  1853;  d.  Aug.  1,  1854. 

3853.  vii.   Harrlet  L.,  b.  June  22,  1856;  m.  John  F.  Perry. 
38o3i.  viii.  Flora  A.,  b.  Apr.  9,  1858;  d.  Oct.  13,  1862. 

3854.  ix.    Effie,  b.  Oct.  7,  1860;  d.  Sept.  11,  1862. 

3855.  X.     Perlie,  b.  Sept,  21,  1863 ;  d.  Aug.  16,  1864. 


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2539.  Stephen^  Pierce  (Amos'',  Phineas^^  Amos^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept  24,  1820  ;  m.  Dec.  23,  1847, 
Elizabeth  Hanan,  b.  Sept.  19,  1829,  d.  Apr.  30,  1855  ;  m.  2nd,  Dec. 
24,  1857,  Lottie  Johnson,  b.  June  28,  1834.  Res.  Roseville,  111. 
Children  : — 

3856.  i.      Sarah  E.,  b.  Dec.  25,  1851;  m.  J.  H.  Sayler. 

3857.  ii.     Ida  A.,  b.  Oct.  26,  1858;  cl.  June  4,  1863. 

3858.  iii.    Cassius  E.,  b.  Apr.  1,  1860;  d.  March  21,  1865. 

3859.  iv.     Brownlow,  b.  Feb.  10,  1862;  d.  Feb.  4,  1863. 

3860.  V.     Herbert  O.,  b.  June  6,  1864. 

3861.  vi.    Jane  I.,  b.  Dec.  11,  1865. 

3862.  vii.   Stephen  B.,  b.  July  11,  1867;  d.  Jan.  1,  1872. 

3863.  viii.  Clara  R.,1,    .      u  o       o  lonr.  ( 

3864.  ix.    Mary  A.,  T^^^^'      ^^pt.  2,  1870;  ^     j^^^  ^^^^ 

3865.  X.     Jesse  K.,  b.  March  29,  1875. 

3866.  xi.    Daisy  L.,  b.  April  12,  1877. 

2542.  Christopher  E.^  Pierce  {Abiram'^,  JPhineas^,  Amos^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  24,  1809  ;  m.  May 
7,  1838,  Emeline  Pierce,  b.  Aug.  11,  1814.    Res.  Smithfield,  Pa. 


Children  : — 

3867.  i.      Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  10,  1845;  in.  Dec.  18,  1873,  F.  C.  Proctor. 

Res.  Smithfield. 

3868.  11.     Frank  L.,  b.  Apr.  10,  1853;  ra.  Mattie  Cooley. 

2543.  William  S.^  Pierce  (Abiram'',  Phineas^,  Amos^,  Thomas% 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  July  9,  1811  ;  m.  Jan.  12,  1847, 
Sarah  Hermon,  b.  Aug.  19,  1820.  He  d.  Apr.  22,  1878.  Res.  E. 
Smithfield,  Pa. 


Children  : — 

3869.  i.      Georgianna,  b.  Mar.  26,  1848 ;  d.  Apr.  20,  1857. 

3870.  ii.     Belle  K.,  b.  Dec.  17,  1856. 

3871.  iii.    William,  b.  Mar.  31,  1858. 

2544.  Stephen^  Pierce  {Abiram?,  Phineas^,  Amos^,  Thomas% 
Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  29,  1813;  m.  Aug.  23, 
1838,  Mary  Ransom,  b.  Oct.  2,  1813.  He  d.  Feb.  12,  1868.  Res. 
Troy,  Pa. 


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Children  : — 

3872.  i.      Emma  J.,  b.  July  3,  1839;  m.  Oct.  30,  1865,  G.  F.  Reddington. 

3873.  ii.     RoLLiN  A.,  b.  May  27,  1842. 

3874.  iii.    Clarence  W.,  b.  Dec.  19,  1848;  d.  May  19,  1870. 

3875.  iv.    John  R.,  b.  Oct.  7,  1851;  d.  June  20,  1873. 

2546.  Amos^  Pierce  {Ahirmii^,  Phineas^,  A^nos^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  12,  1820;  m.  June  1,  1843, 
Laura  Pomeroy,  b.  1824,  d.  Nov.  22,  1861.  He  d.  July  12,  1871. 
Res.  Troy,  Pa.    Children  :— 

3876.  i.      Mary  J.,  b.  June  2,  1844;  m.  Oct.  21,  1873,  R.  E.  Reddington. 

She  d.  Sept.  24,  1876.  Ch.  :  Laura  M.,  b.  Aug.  14,  1864;' infant 
d.  Sept.  15,  1866;  Fanny,  b.  Jan.  16,  1870,  d.  Jan.  14,  1873; 
Jenny  L.,  b.  Oct.  11,  1873;  Frank  S.,  b.  Feb.  14,  1875. 

3877.  iii.    Edward  S.,  b.  Sept.  5,  1845 ;  d.  Aug.  5,  1866. 

2551.  Stephen^  Pierce  {StepherO^  Phineas^,  Amos^,  Thomas'^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  8,  1828;  m.  1855,  Elizabeth 
Miller,  d  .    He  d.   .    Kes.  Henrietta,  Clay  Co.,  Texas. 

2554.  Walter^  Pierce  {Horace^,  Phineas^,  Amos^,  Thomas'^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  3,  1834;  m.  Apr.  17,  1859, 
Lorancy  Carpenter,  d.  Dec.  18,  1878.    Res.  E.  Smithfield,  Pa. 

Children  : — 

3878.  i.  George  W.,  b.  Jan.  8,  1860. 

3879.  ii.  Stanley  E.,  b.  Feb.  7,  1867. 

3880.  iii.  Jesse,  b.  Jan.  28,  1870. 

3881.  iv.  Ida  M.,  b.  Feb.  26,  1876. 

2555.  Harry^  Pierce  {Horace^ ^  Phineas^,  Amos^,  Thomas^^ 
Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  22,  1842;  m.  Dec.  30,  1866, 
Harriet  Campbell.    Res.  E.  Smithfield,  Pa.    Children  : — 

3882.  i.      Mary  E.,  b.  Jan.  16,  1870. 

3883.  ii.     ANN^E  M.,  b.  Dec.  9,  1872. 

3884.  iii.    Edie  S.,  b.  Feb.  25,  1876. 

2557.  Clarence  H.^  Pierce  {Harry'^^  Phineas^,  Amos^,  77io}n- 
as^  Thomas^,  Thomas%  Thomas^),  b.  July  29,  1838  ;  m.  Aug.  15, 
1861,  Marion  Morley,  b.  July  24,  1837.    Res.  Burlington,  Pa. 

Children  : — 

3885.  i.  J.  Maria,  b.  Jan.  3,  1863. 

3886.  ii.  Harriet  A.,  b.  Aug.  16,  1866;  d.  Apr.  2,  1871. 

3887.  iii.  Perley  C,  b.  July  14,  1870. 

3888.  iv.  Clarence  L.,  b.  Apr.  29,  1872. 

3889.  V.  Thomas  M.,  b.  Apr.  19,  1874. 

3890.  vi.  Hugh  E.,  b.  Feb.  11,  1876. 

3891.  vii.  Harolet  W.,  b.  Mar.  11,  1878. 

2562.  Charles^  Pierce  {Harrip^  Phineas^^  Aiiws^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  7,  1855;  m.  Nov.  24,  1877, 
Nellie  K.  Wood,  b.  Apr.  13,  1857.    Res.  E.  Smithfield,  Pa. 

2573.  Earl^  Pierce  {Palmer'^,  Timothy^^  Timothy^,  Timothy^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  5,  1785;  m.  Oct.  22,  1806, 
Orry  Woodward,  d.  Nov.  24,  1860.    He  d.  Oct.  30,  1836.    Res.  Jack- 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


son,  Chesterfield  and  Peru,  N.  Y.  Earl  Pierce,  after  his  marriage, 
in  1806,  resided  in  Washington  County  for  fifteen  years,  dividing 
the  time  about  equal  between  the  two  towns.  During  all  of  this  time 
he  was  engaged  in  farming  and  lumbering.  In  1820,  he  formed  a 
business  connection  with  Thomas  McLean  and  Isaac  Huestis  and  pur- 
chased a  tract  of  pine  timber  land,  embracing  a  valuable  water-power 
and  privilege,  in  Peru,  Clinton  County,  N.  Y.  It  was  then  an  almost 
unbroken  wilderness.  As  Mr.  Pierce  was  to  be  the  pioneer  in  the 
erection  of  dams,  mills,  &c.,  in  this  wilderness  section,  he  moved  his 
family  from  Greenwich,  Washington  County,  to  Peru,  Clinton  County, 
in  May,  1821.  The  distance,  120  miles,  was  made  in  a  covered  wagon 
in  just  six  days  time.  There  were  eight  persons  in  the  family  besides 
two  servants.  Having  got  his  family  comfortably  settled  he  went 
immediately  at  the  work  in  hand,  which  consisted  in  clearing  the  lands, 
erecting  dams,  flumes,  saw-mills,  forge,  blacksmith  shops,  store,  dwel- 
ling houses,  barns,  fences,  &c.,  &c.,  which  consumed  about  three  years 
time  to  put  things  in  good  working  order.  A  school-house  of  suitable 
size  to  answer  also  for  a  place  of  worship  was  early  provided  for.  So 
in  truth  it  might  be  said  that  the  desert  was  made  to  blossom  like  the 
rose.  Mr.  Pierce  being  well  settled  in  a  comfortable  home,  after  the 
great  strain  upon  him  during  the  first  few  years  of  his  pioneer  life, 
finds  himself  at  the  head  of  a  large  manufacturing  business,  of  both 
lumber  and  iron,  and  also  has  a  large  farming  interest,  and  other  indus- 
tries to  look  after,  has  but  a  sparse  time  to  devote  to  objects  outside  of  his 
business.  His  office  was  in  his  store  for  the  convenience  of  his  business. 

But  amid  all  his  hurry  and  press  of  business  he  always  took  time  to 
attend  to  his  religious  duties.  He  was  an  active  and  devoted  christian, 
an  ardent  temperance  man,  and  strict  observer  of  the  Sabbath.  His 
standing  in  the  community  was  high,  and  he  was  regarded  as  a  shrewd, 
energetic,  industrious  and  persevering  business  man.  In  the  midst  of  his 
active  busy  life  the  Lord  called  for  him.  A  ladder  on  which  he  was 
descending,  slipped  on  the  barn  prostrating  him  to  the  floor,  a  distance 
of  20  feet,  and  fatally  injuring  him  so  that  after  four  days  of  suffering  he 
died.  When  his  family  physician  told  him  that  he  could  live  but  a 
short  time  he  looked  around  wishfully  and  said,  "  if  it  is  the  Lord's 
time  it  is  my  time,"  and  continued  to  talk  while  his  strength  lasted.  He 
was  perfectly  conscious  to  the  last,  and  bade  his  wife  and  each  of  his 
children  an  affectionate  farewell — dying  in  the  triumphs  of  faith,  at  the 
age  of  51  years  and  over. 

Children  : — 

3892.  i.      Jane,  b.  May  30,  1807;  d.  July  6,  1816. 

3893.  ii.     Eliza  Ann,  b.  Mar.  22,  1809;  m.  Jan.  1,  1828,  Joshua  C.  Finch. 

Ch.  :  Earl  P.,  b.  1830;  Eliza  A.,  b.  1832,  cl.  Aug.  27,  1848; 
Mary  J.,  b.  1834;  Frances,  b.  1836,  d.  1836.  They  res.  in 
Jay,  N.  Y. 


EIGHTH  GENERATION. 


24:1 


3894.  iii.    Lewis  W.,  b.  Nov.  20,  1810;  m.  Perley  H.  Sanford. 

3895.  iv.    Benjamin  C,  b.  Sept.  12,  1812;  m.  Catherine  R.  Finch. 

3896.  V.     Maky  K.,  b.  June  26,  1815;  m.  Sept.  12,  1834,  Daniel  W.  Dewel, 

d.  Oct.  5,  1863.  She  d.  May  24,  1858.  They  res.  in  Ausable, 
N.  Y.  Ch.  :  Carter,  b.  June  25,  1835,  d.  June  25,  1835 ;  Mary 
E.,  b.  June  5,  1836;  Rollin,  b.  Jan.  8,  1839;  Orry  I.,  b.  Aug.  16, 
1841;  William  C,  b.  Sept.  24,  1843,  d.  July  20,  1844;  Maria  L., 
b.  Nov.  4,  1845;  Emma  I.,  b.  Sept.  17,  1848. 

3897.  vi.    Henry  P.,  b.  Dec.  13,  1817;  ra.  Maria  O.  Wright. 

3898.  vii.   Eunice  O.,  b.  Jan.  17,  1820;  ra.  Dec.  20,  1842,  Daniel  W. 

Wright,  d.  Aug.  27,  1848.  They  res.  in  Argyle,  N.  Y.  Ch.  : 
Josephine  B.,  b.  May,  1844;  James,  b.  May,  1846,  d.  1848; 
Daniel,  b.  May  8,  1848. 

3899.  viii.  William  C,   b.  Sept.  19,  1822;   m.  Catherine  Boynton  and 

Margaret  M.  Myers. 

3900.  ix.    Lyman  P.,  b.  Mar.  22,  1825;  d.  Oct.  26,  1825. 

3901.  X.     James  H.,  b.  Aug.  26,  1826;  m.  Carrie  O.  Lennon. 

3902.  xi.    Daniel  W.,  b.  Oct.  20,  1828;  m.  Adelaide  R.  Finch. 

3903.  xii.   Edwin  R.,  b.  Nov.  27,  1831 ;  m.  Maria  Bentley. 

2574.  Palmer^  Pierce  {Palmer^ ^  Timothy^^  Timothy^,  Timo- 
thy\  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  July  27,  1787  ;  m.  Sept.  20, 
1810,  Anna  A.  Brewster,  b.  July  15,  1781,  d.  July  15,  1868.  He  d. 
Oct.  25, 1859.    Res.  Lebanon,  Conn.^  and  North  East,  Pa.    Children  : — 

3904.  i.  Eliza  P.,  b.  July  29,  1811;  d.  1813. 

3905.  ii.  JohnL.,  b.  Feb.  7,  1813;  m.  Cynthia  Whitcomb. 

3906.  iii.  Arnold  Y.,  b.  Feb.  25,  1815;  m.  Wealthy  Austin. 

3907.  iv.  Jane,  b.  Dec.  9,  1818;  m.  A.  Jones. 

3908.  V.  Earl,  b.  Dec.  19,  1820;  m.  Louisa  L.  Rested. 

3909.  vi.  Caroline,  b.  Mar.  17,  1823 ;  m.  F.  C.  Keeler. 

2577.  JoHN^  Pierce  {Palmer^ ^  Timothy^ ^  Timothy^ ^  Timothy^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  29,  1793;  m.  Oct.  20,  1822, 
Clarissa  Pratt,  b.  Sept.  19,  1802,  d.  Aug.  11,  1876.  He  d.  Nov.  16, 
1865.    Res.   .    Children  :— 

3910.  i.      MoRDAUNT  M.,  b.  Mar.  21,  1827;  m.  Tarrissa  C.  Willers. 

3911.  ii.     Brenda  F.,  b.  Oct.  27,  1828;  m.  Marshall  Stewart. 

3912.  iii.    John  E.,  b.  Oct.  22,  1830;  d.  Sept.,  1832. 

3913.  iv.    Mary  J.,  b.  Mar.  14,  1834;  d.  Aug.  26,  1847. 

3914.  V.     Eunice  A.,  b.  Feb.  22,  1836. 

3915.  vi.    Lydia  C,  b.  Apr.  5,  1839;  d.  Apr.  15,  1842. 

3916.  vii.   Martha  M.,  b.  Mar.  22,  1842;  d.  Aug.  20,  1849. 

3917.  viii.  Lucy  M.,  b.  Dec.  15,  1844. 

2586.  Dr.  John  G.^  Pierce  {John  LJ,  TimotMf,  Timothy^, 
Timothy^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  14,  1802;  m.  June 
1,1840,  Sarah  A.  Babcock.  He  d.  Feb.  11,1861.  Res.  Westerly, 
R.  I. 


Children  :  — 

3918.  1.      Sarah  A.,  b.  Mar.  24,  1841 ;  d.  Jan.  28,  1861. 

3919.  ii.     Leverett,  b.  Mar.  2,  1845. 

3920.  iii.    William  B.,  b.  Dec.  11,  1847;  d.  June  6,  1849. 

31 


242 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


2588.  Shepard^  Pierce  {JoW^  Josiah^,  Timothy^,  Timothy^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^) ;  m.  Apr.  27,  1826,  Mary  E.  Pitkin. 
Res.  New  York.    Children  : — 

3921.  i.      Charles;  banker  on  Wall  street,  N.  Y.  city. 

3922.  ii.     Frances  ;  m.  Dr.  Durrell  and  Prof.  Burton. 

2590.  Joseph  S.^  Pierce  {JoW^  Josiah^,  Timothy^^  Timothy^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  22,  1802  ;  m.  Apr.  29,  1828, 
Celina  Strong,  b.  May  6,  1806,  d.  Apr.  25,  1834;  m.  2nd,  Jan.  1,  1840, 
Elizabeth  Branch,  b.  Mar.  23,  1814.  He  d.  May  9,  1877.  Res.  Belle- 
vue,  Ohio.    Children  : — 

3923.  i.      Sarah  C,  b.  Oct.  24,  1829;  m.  Welcome  S.  Browning. 

3924.  ii.     SoPHRONiA,  b.  Nov.  25,  1840;  m.  Jacob  Johnson, 

3925.  iii.    John  S.,  b.  Nov.  28,  1842;  m.  Jane  A.  Auckland. 

3926.  iv.    Samuel  B.,  b.  Oct.  18,  1845.    Ees.  Bellevue. 

3927.  V.     William,  b.  Jan.  25,  1849 ;  m.  Lucy  A.  Banta. 

3928.  vi.    Charles  S.,  b.  Sept.  8,  1855.    Kes.  Bellevue. 

2598.  Alfred  B.^  Pierce  (AzeP,  JosiahP^  Timothy^^  Timothy^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas\  b.  Jan.  22,  1803;  m.  May  25,  1831, 
Harriet  Worthington,  b.  Dec.  9,  1807.    Res.  Colchester,  Conn. 

Child 

3929.  i.      Infant,  b.  Apr.,  1834;  d.  Apr.,  1834. 

2605.  Chester^  Pierce  (/iS/?epar(^'^,  ^/<95^«^^,  Timothy^,  Timothy^^ 
Thomas'\  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  22,  1815;  m.  Sept.  27,  1843, 
Harriet  S.  Lilley,  b.  June  23,  1821,  d.  Oct.  9,  1854  ;  m.  2nd,  Oct.  29, 
1855,  Charlotte  I.  Brown,  b.  Sept.  14,  1824.    Res.  North  Aurora,  Ills. 

Children  : — 

3930.  i.      Mahlon  H.,  b.  Sept.  9,  1844;  m.  Mira  Kennedy. 

3931.  ii.     Eugenia  A.,  b.  Dec.  2,  1845;  m.  Oct.  10,  1866,  W.  H.  Carpenter. 

Res.  Centerpoint,  lud. 

3932.  iii.    M.  Estelle,  b.  June  28,  1847. 

3933.  iv.    Alfred  L.,  b.  Sept.  28,  1849;  m.  Mary  Bowman. 

3934.  V.     Chester  L.,  b.  Aug.  11,  1853;  m.  Alice  Eisor. 

2609.  William  A.^  Pierce  {SheparcH,  Josiah^,  Timothy^,  Timo 
thy"^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  9,  1822;  m.  Apr.  10, 
1844,  Anna  M.  Nagle,  b.  Aug.  8,  1824,  d.  Nov.  26,  1861  ;  m.  2nd,  May 
25,  1863,  Anna  A.  Newell,  b.  Aug.  20,  1840.    Res.  Myersburg,  Pa. 


Children  : — 

3935.  i.      Samuel  N.,  b.  June  28,  1846;  m.  Hattie  Wood. 

3936.  ii.     Henry  N.,  b.  Feb.  18,  1848;  m.  Fannie  Hunter. 

3937.  iii.    William  A.,  b.  Oct.  8,  1850;  m.  Rutb  A.  Inscko. 

3938.  iv.    Mary  A.,  b.  July  21,  1864. 

3939.  V.     George  C,  b.  Feb.  3,  1866. 

3940.  vi.     Reuben  B.,  b.  Nov.  23,  1869. ' 

3941.  vii.   Sarah  E.,  b.  Feb.  28,  1872. 

3942.  viii.  William  A.,  b.  Aug.  28,  1875. 

3943.  ix.     Warren  L. 


EIGHTH 


243. 


2612.  Sheppard  S.^  Pierce  {Shepard',  Josiah^,  Timothy'''.  Tim- 
othy^. TJiomas^,  Thomas^.  Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  2.  1828:  m.  June  16, 
1852.  Sarah  A.  Lilley.  b.  Mar.  3,  1827.    Res.  Towanda,  Perm. 

Children : — 

39-1:4.    i.      E.vPvXEST  B.,  b.  Jan.  22,  1854;  m.  Qara  Wright. 
3915.    ii.     Hattie  E.,  b.  Jan.  13,  1856;  m.  Sept.  13,  1872,  Earnest  Frost ; 
res.  Ithaca,  Xew  York. 

3946.  iii.    Joirx  S.,  b.  Oct.      1862;  d.  Sept.  22,  1SG4. 

2617.  PhixeasS  Pierce  {jnilarfV,  2sathwiiel^.  XathardeP,  Tim- 
othy^. Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Julv  13.  1787;  m.  Sept.  30, 
1813,  Charlotte  S.  Parkhurst,  b.  3Iay  2,  1792,  d.  May  29,  1869.  He 
d.  Xov.  15,  1875.    They  res.  in  So.  Royalton,  Yt. 

.^^^  >^ 

Children  :— 

3947.  i.      Charlotte  S.,  b.  Oct.  7,  1814;  m.  Jan.  11,  1848,  George  W. 

Bradstreet.  d.  Eeb.  16,  1873,  in  Royalton.  Ch.  :  George  P..  b. 
Dec.  23,  1848;  Erank  W.,  b.  July  26,  1852. 

3948.  ii.     SusAX  W.,  b.  Oct.  9,  1816;  m.  June  7,  1842,  Horace  P.  Allen, 

Ch.  :  Parkhurst  P.,  b.  Apr.  22,  1848,  m.  E.  Maria  Geldert. 

3949.  iii.    PmxEAS  D.,  b.  Aug.  3,  1818;  m.  Noy.  29,  1842,  Eleanor  D. 

Kibbee. 

3950.  iv.    IVIap.tha  P.,  b.  Jan.  22,  1S20;  m.  Apr.  12,  1842,  D.  Bryan  Cox,  d. 

Sept.  23,  1872.  She  d.  Oct.  1,  1847,  and  left  Fred.  B.,  b.  June 
3,  1846. 

3951.  V.     Pklscilla  W.,  b.  Apr,  19,  1826;  m.  Oct.  31,  1855,  Silas  H.  Clark. 

Ch.  :  Henry  P.,  b.  July  18,  1859,  d.  Aug.  13,  1875 ;  res.  Eoyalton. 

3952.  vi.    JoHX  H.,  b.  Aug.  8,  1829  ;  d.  Aug.  20,  1842. 

3953.  yii.   Fraxces  C,  b.  Xoy.  10,  1831. 

3954.  viii.  Ellex  A.,  b.  Dec.  8,  1833. 

2618.  Dr.  AlbigexceS  Pierce  {WillarcV,  N'athanieP,  N'athun- 
iel^,  Timothy'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  23,  1789 ;  m. 
June  12,  1813,  Lucy  Bryant,  d.  Feb.  26,  1846:  m.  2nd.  Xoy.  15,  1848, 
Mrs.  Louis'e  Bryant,  b.  1810,  d.  Sept.  14,  1850;  m.  3rd.  Jan.  11,  1855, 
Mrs.  Ruth  Hochstrasser,  b.  1310,  d.  Feb.  28,  1857.  He  d.  ISov.  10, 
1873,  in  So.  Royalton,  Yt. 


— ^^^^^^ 
Children : — 

3955.  i.      Xathax  W.,  b.  Aug.  30,  1813;  m.  1846,  Sophia  Spaulding. 

3956.  ii.     George  B.,   b.  Aug.  26,  1815;   m.  May  1,  1850,  Adaline  E. 

Duncklee. 

3957.  iii.    Elizabeth  M.,  b.  Oct.  19,  1819;  m.  Francis  Johnson  and  a 

Bennett.  Ch.  :  Lucy,  m.  Henry  Van  Hooser;  Gertrude  and 
Charles ;  res.  So.  Xorwalk,  Ct. 


244 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


3958.  iv.    Albigence  M.,  b.  Apr.  27,  1823. 

3959.  V.     John  S.,  b.  Feb.  2,  1828. 

3960.  vi.    Lucy  E.,  b.  June  27,  1831;  m.  Jan.,  1855,  James  Moore;  res. 

Scituate. 

3961.  viii.  Makia  L.,  b.  July  31,  1850. 

2619.  John  D.^  Pierce  {WillarcV,  Nathaniel^,  NathanieP,  Tim- 
othy'^, Thomas'^,  Tho7nas^,  Thom.as^\  b.  July  14,  1791  ;  m.  Nancy 
Fogg,  d.  June  22,  1875.    He  d.  Sept.  8,  1872,  in  Stafford,  Yt. 

Children  : — 

3962.  i.      George,  b.  May  4,  1827;  m.  1856,  Sarah  Phillips. 

3963.  ii.     Lucy  A.,  b.  Jan.  1,  1829;  ra.  Ira  Morrill,  d.  1877.    Ch. :  David; 

Nathan  ;  Fred. ;  res.  Stafford. 

3964.  iii.    Susan,  b.  Feb.  6,  1831 ;  d.  Mar.  22,  1832. 

3965.  iv.    Arthur  W.,  b.  Jan.  6,  1833;  unm. 

3966.  V.     Susan  W.,  b.  Mar.  26,  1836;  unm. 

3967.  vi.    Arabellas.,  b.  Aug.  20,  1838;  unm. 

3968.  vii.   Martha  M.,  b.  June  15,  1841;  unm. 

2623.  Daniel  W.^  Piekce  {Willard^,  Nathaniel^,  N'athanieP, 
Timothy'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  20,  1803  ;  ra.  Dec. 
25,  1826.  Olive  Hutchinson,  b.  Dec.  25,  1806,  d.  Feb.  8,  1876.  He  d. 
Feb.  28,  1876,  in  Sharon,  Vt. 


Children  : — 

3969.  i.      Jeannette,  b.  Nov.  18,  1827;  m.  George  Ames  of  Warren,  Pa. 

3970.  ii.     Edgar,  b.  Apr.  22,  1830;  ra.  Emma  Chapman. 

3971.  iii.    Helen,  b.  Nov.  22,  1833 ;  d.  Feb.  13,  1855. 

3972.  iv.    Charles,  b.  Apr.  12,  1845;  d.  May  28,  1861. 

2625.  Dr.  Caleb^  Pierce  {JBester'^,  Nathaniel^,  Nathaniel^,  Timo- 
thy'^, Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  6,  1799 ;  m.  Feb.  13, 
1827,  Sarah  E.  Farnsworth,  b.  Apr.  23,  1807,  d.  Jan.  1,  1865.  Res. 
Madrid,  N.  Y. 

He  was  born  in  the  State  of  Vermont  in  the  year  1799.  Is  a  physi- 
cian practicing  his  profession  at  Madrid,  New  York.  Was  graduated 
at  Dartmouth  College,  New  Hampshire. 

Children : — 

3973.  i.      William  C,  b.  Feb.  22,  1828;  m.  Harriet  C.  Reddington. 

3974.  ii.     James  F.,  b.  Apr.  8,  1830;  m.  Anna  Reddington. 

3975.  iii.    Henry  C,  b.  Mar.  6,  1833;  d.  Sept.  16,  1854. 

3976.  iv.    John  H.,  b.  Aug.  6,  1835;  d.  Sept.  6,  1850. 

3977.  V.     Harriet,  b.  Sept.  6,  1838 ;  d.  Jan.  4,  1841. 

3978.  vi.    George  T.,  b.  Apr.  3,  1843;  d.  May  18,  1843. 

2626.  Collins^  Pierce  {Bester^^  Nathaniel^^  Nathaniel^,  T'hn- 
othy^^   Thomas^,   Thomas^,   Thomas^),  b.  1801;  ra.  Mrs.  Sabrina 


[2625.  The  following  sketch  of  the  life  of  Dr.  Caleb  Pierce  of 
3Iadrid.  New  York,  was  received  too  late  for  publication  in  its  proper 
place,  and  is  therefore  inserted  here]. 

_In  the  front  rank  of  the  honorable  profession  of  medicine  in  St.  Lawi'cnce  County, 
Xevr  York,  he  of  wlinrn  wt-  write  has  for  many  years  occupied  a  prominent  aiid 
honorable  position,  and  de-ervf-dly  and  justly  so'.  'TTinning  this  place  by  skill  and 
erudition,  he  has  maintained  it  well  in  the  general  estimatioii  of  his  fellow-citizens. 

Dr.  Caleb  Pierce  is  the  lirst  son  of  Bestef  Pierce  and  grandson  of  Zsathaniel  Pierce, 
of  Plaimield.  Conn.,  the  family  being  of  English  descentTand  claiming  ancestry  among 
the  Percys  oi  >  ca-thinnbL-rland.  The  iirsf  wife  of  Bester  Pierce  was  a  daughter  of 
Eden  Burroughs  and  wa-  the  mother  of  Caleb.  Collins  B..3Iinerva,  and  Laura  Pierce. 
She  died  April  4th.  1^13.  About  the  year  1^16  Bester  Pierce  'married  ^largaret 
XcChesney.  a  native  of  the  State  of  2s  ew  lork.  who  IjCire  to  him  two  sons.  John  and 
Eobert.  The  only  surviAdug  children  of  both  uni^^n-  are  Caleb,  John,  and  Eobert. 
Dr.  Caleb  Pierce  was  born  ni  Eoyalton.  A  t..  Auiu~t  Gth.  ISOO,  and  at  the  age  of  six 
years  came  with  his  father  and  family  to  St.  Lawrence  Coimty.  and  settled  in 
Potsdam.  He  was  reared  a-  a  farmer,  and  attended  the  common  district  schools  until 
the  opening  of  St.  Lawrence  A^-aA  ;-rny.  when  he  entered  that  institution,  and  purstied 
its  course  of  sttidies  fur  three  yca.r-. 

At  the  age  of  nineteen  he  e^tinced  a  sir  -     repare  himself  for  the  practice 

of  the  medical  profession,  bttt  owing  t  :-  nmstances  in  which  his  father 

was  placed,  no  asdstanee  beyond  a  iiiere  i_  iiiaia:  -  ceiLd  be  awarded  from  that  sotu'ce. 
The  yottug  man.  h-jw^j-ver.  was  undaunted,  and  had  the  cotirage  and  will  suficient  to 
face  even  poverty  in  the  strtiggle  to  accomplish  his  cherished  desire.  He  therefore 
Went  to  Leljan<ju.  ^  .  H..  and  began  the  study  of  medicine  withDr.  Phineas  Parkhurst 
and  Prof.  E.  D.  I'liizzy.  members  of  the  Eaculty  of  Dartmouth  College.  Dttring  Ms 
stay  with  these  gentlemen  he  attended  three  full  courses  of  medical  lectures,  and 
received  a  diploma  as  a  doctor  of  medicine  in  the  fall  of  1822.  and  also  a  diploma 
from  the  Ternient  State  3Iedical  Society.  Ln  the  year  1823  Dr.  Pierce  settled  in 
Ma'lri'l  i-:'r  tla-  ::ractice  of  his  profession.'  Here  for  a' few  years  tlie  shades,  as  w^l  as 
a  f^•^^"  '  'f  tIl-  i!a  :::>.  of  the  practice  of  medicine  in  a  new  country  fell  on  his  pathway. 
Tie        :  -  ruggiiug  with  poverty,  and  m  iv  v  was  hard  to  get  to  replenish,  the 

j>o-  -k  01  medicines,  yet  he  uev  .  attend  the  calls  of  his  chosen 

IJL'  ^  a  they  r-am*'- from  thus-  uii:  even  for  the  necessaries  that 

ma'.L ;  ila.iii  wli.j,;-.  E"i-:  '  ■  w-r.-  a;:!,  -  .rvcd  well,  and  his  ministrations  to 
tho-e  engaged  in  the  si-  -a  <n  '  ■!  vli-  (  t --pel  have  ever  been  gratuitously  sup- 

plied, whatever  their  ■  .  -  er  creed-,  ^jon  after  his  arrival  in  iTadfid  he 
connected  himself  with  lii.-  .^r,  La.wrence  Medical  Society,  of  which  lie  is  still  a  mem- 
ber, receiving  from  that  -uci-ety  in  1821  its  certincate  of  authority  to  practice  his  pro- 
fession. He^has  been  the  President  and  Vice-President,  and  repeatedly  one  of  the 
censors  of  the  society:  and  has  also  a  diploma  of  honorary  membership  from  the 
Castleton  3Iedical  College  of  "S'ermont.  granted  in  ISlrS.  He'received  also  in  1871  the 
honorary  degree  of  31.  D.  from  Dartmouth  College.  He  has  represented  the  County 
society  many  time-  in  the  State  medical  society  as  a  delegate  to  its  annual  meetings. 
Thu-  'was  he  thrown  into  the  cii'cle  of  cultivated  and  enfarged  minds  at  a  period'iu 
hi-  life  when  his  enthusiasm  was  enlisted  in  an  honorable  pursuit :  and  the  influences 
then  surrounding  him  so  moulded  and  directed  the  student  that  the  practitioner  of 
later  years  felt  aiid  aclmowledged  their  power  and  benetit. 

At  the  age  of  twenty-flve  year-  he  married  an  estimable  lady.  3Iiss  Sarah,  daughter 
of  GenerafJame-  1'  .t-  -a  ^I'-y  Fairfax.  Franklin  Cotmty.  Tt.  She  was  a  woman 
of  no  ordinary  a!  «  -sed  of  a  finely  cultivated  mind,  and  ever-willing 

heart  to  lend  a'heli  .  .  .  ^  •  .--e  in  distress.  'As  a  wife  and  mother  she  performed 
her  diui'-s  and  obligativju-  with  a  scrtipulous  regard  for  right,  but  always  fidl  of 
symiiatliy  f<jr  the  poor  and  afliicted.  a  well-chosen  mate  for  her  htisband.  who 
reciprocated  her  generosity  and  charities.  Her  religious  belief  was  in  consonance 
with  her  early  training.  c':iui:'led  vritli  her  own  logical'dedttctions.  She  was  an  active 
member  of  the  Congregatiunal  Church  of  Madrid  for  many  years.  To  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Pierce  six  chiidren'have  been  given :  TTilliam  Cornelius,  James  Farnsworth.  Henry 
Clark.  John  Horton,  Harriet  Melinda,  and  Granville  S.',  of  whom  James  F.  alone 
sttrvives. 

In  politics  Dr.  Pierce  has  been  a  life-long  Democrat  of  the  Jacksonian  school; 
always  active  in  puljlic  affairs,  but  never  solfciting  office  nor  neglecting  professional 
biisine-s  for  political  preferment. 

A<  a  physician  of  over  half  a  century's  practice  in  tlie  Comity  of  St.  Lawrence,  he 
has  met  with  grea'  -n  •  and  froni  bare-htinded  circiunstaiices  has  by  prudence 
and  economy,  ga^'  "I'ai-  lf  a  sufficiency  of  this  world's  goods  to  give  him 

comfort  ancf  ease  .  davs. 


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245 


Tiffany,  b.  1803.  d.  June  28,  1857.    He  d.  .  Res.  Madrid,  X.  Y. 

Children  : — 

3979.    i.      Darwix  C,  b.  June  16,  1838 ;  m.  Anua  M.  Robinson. 
8980.    li.     Lizzie  E.,  b.  Sept.  18,  1843:  d.  Sept.  18,  1860. 

2629.  JoH>;8  PiEECE  {Bester'^^  Nathaniel^ ^  JsfathanieP.  Timothy'^, 
Thomas'^.  Thomas^.  Thomas'^),  b.  Sept.  30.  1820;  ra.  July  8,  1852, 
Marcia  C.  Hoyt.  b.  Mar.  17,  1827.    Res.  Potsdam,  N.  Y. 

Children  : — 

3981.  i.      John,  b.  Dec.  20.  1853;  d.  Aug.  15,  1854. 

3982.  li.     Herbert  I.,  b.  Dec.  27,  1^55. 

3983.  iii.    Hexry  C,  b.  Julv  9.  1859. 

3984.  iv.    Helen  J.,  b.  June  8,  1864. 

2630.  RoBEET^  Pierce  {Bester'^.  Nathaniel^ ^  Nathaniel^,  Tiii%- 
otliy^^  Tho/'jias^,  Thomas^.  Thoraas^)^  b.  June  18,  1821  :  m.  June  4, 
1843,  Mary  Rugg,  b.  June  10,  1822.    Res.  Potsdam,  N.  Y. 


Children  :— 

3985.  i.      Minerva,  b.  Mar.  8,  1844;  m.  John  Gage. 

3986.  ii.     Lucy  A.,  b.  Dec.  15,  1845;  d.  ^lay  18,  1875. 

3987.  iii.    Laura,  b.  Feb.  1,  1848 ;  m.  John  Robinson. 

3988.  iv.    Franklin  B.,  b.  May  8.  1852;  d.  Apr.  1,  1868. 

3989.  Y.     Henry  R.,  b.  Apr.  24,  1859 ;  d.  July  29,  1879. 

2634.  Horace^  Pierce  {Isaac~^  N'athaniel^,  Nathaniel^,  Tmi^ 
othy^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thwnas^),  b.  June  8,  1805:  m.  Feb.  17, 
1836.  Maria  Cooley,  b.  Xov.  30,  1805.  He  d.  May  20,  1877.  She  res. 
in  Barton,  Vt. 


Children  :— 

3990.  i.      Charles  H.,  b.  Apr.  27,  1838;  d.  June  13,  1841. 

3991.  ii.     JuuA,  b.  June  15,1840;  in.  Dec.  9,  1862,  Rinaldo  A.  Barker. 

Ch.  :  Julia  M.,  b.  May  15,  1865;  Ellen  M.,  b.  Sept.  30,  1867;  res. 
Chicago,  111. 

3992.  iii.    Mary  A.,  b.  June  6,  1842;  d.  Mar.  18,  1844. 

3993.  iv.    Frances  M.,  b.  Julv  21,  1844;  d.  July  24,  1846. 

3994.  V.     Susan  H.,  b.  Nov. "21,  1846;  m.  Oct.  27,  1867,  Solon  C.  Currier. 

Ch.  :  Marion  M.,  b.  Apr.  7,  1869;  Florence  L.,  b.  Aug.  21, 
1875 ;  res.  Barton,  Yt. 

3995.  vi.    Horace  C,    b.  Oct.  14,  1850;    m.  Sept.  9,  1874,  Althea  L. 

Dalton  ;  no  issue  ;  res.  Barton. 


246 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


2635.  John  S.^  Pierce  {Isaac^,  Nathaniel^,  Natlianid^^  Tim- 
othy^, Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  6,  1807  ;  m.  Feb.  10, 
1836,  Julia  Huntington,  b.  Oct.  4,  1809.  He  d.  Apr.,  1879.  They 
resided  at  28  Somerset  street,  Boston.    Children  : — 

3996.    i.      Henry  H.,  b.  Nov.  17,  1836;  d.  May  5,  1864. 

8997.    ii.     Sidney  C,  b.  Sept.  21,  1843 ;  m.  Nov.  6,  1866,  Sarah  V.  White. 

2644.  Seth^  Pierce  {Joseph^,  JedediahP^  NathanieP^  Timothy*, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Tho7nas^\  b.  Oct.  19,  1796;  m.  Dec.  25,  1826, 
Sarah  Shepard,  b.  Jan.  23,  1806,  d.  May  26,  1852;  m.  2nd,  Apr.  19, 
1853,  Ellen  M.  Eaton;  m.  3rd,  Nov.  11,  1858,  Mrs.  Catherine  Doyle. 
Res.  Lockport,  N.  Y.    Children  : — 

3998.  i.      Sarah  C,  b.  July  15,  1828;   m.  Sept.  29,  1847,  Marvin  H. 

Webber.  Ch :  Martha  C,  b.  June  28,  1848,  d.  July  7,  1848; 
Frederick  W.,  b.  Sept.  5,  1849;  Emma  Kate,  b.  Nov.  9,  1851,  d. 
March  12,  1852;  Carrie  Emiliue,  b.  Feb.  12,  1854;  Sarah  Eliza- 
beth, b.  Feb.  18,  1856,  d.  March  12,  1860;  Horteuse  Valean,  b. 
Feb.  20,  1862;  Charles  Wadsworth,  b.  Aug.  11,  1864. 

3999.  ii.     Harriet  S.,  b.  Jan.  4,  1831 ;  m.  Oct.  6,  1852,  Alfred  M.  Leonard, 

b.  Nov.  11,  1821.  Ch.  :  Frank  P.,  b.  July  10,  1853;  Willie  C, 
b.  March  12,  1855;  Ada  F.,  b.  June  9,  1858;  Fred.,  b.  Jan.  22, 
1862,  d.  Apr.  9,  1866;  Mark,  b.  Nov.  27,  1866. 

4000.  ill.    Joseph  S.,  b.  July  10,  1838;  m.  Matilda  Weaver. 

4001.  iv.    Frederic  C,  b.  Oct.  15,  1842.    Went  to  the  war  and  never  re- 

turned. 

4002.  V.     Frank,  b.  Sept.  5,  1859. 

4003.  vi.    Albert,  b,  Nov.  7,  1861. 

2649.  John^  Pierce  {Joseph?,  Jedediah^,  Nathaniel^,  Timothy*, 
Thomas^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  10,  1806 ;  m.  May  18,  1841, 
Margaret  Watson,  b.  July  3,  1825.  He  d.  Jan.  10,  1874.  Res.  Lock- 
port,  K  Y.    Children  :— 

4004.  i.  Jane  F.,  b.  July  20,  1843;  m.  Sept.  6,  1866,  James  Cobb. 

4005.  ii.  Susan,  b.  Dec.  25,  1846;  d.  June  29,  1848. 

4006.  iii.  Harriet  R.,  b.  Jan.  25,  1849;  d.  June  11,  1851. 

4007.  iv.  Eliza  A.,  b.  Aug.  29,  1851;  m.  Dec.  24,  1867,  Albert  V.  Gould. 

4008.  V.  Margaret,  b.  Mav  22,  1854;  d.  July  18,  1854. 

4009.  vi.  John  E.,  b.  Dec.  14,  1855;  d.  Nov.  10,  1861. 

4010.  vii.  Sally  A.,  b.  July  7,  1858;  m.  Sept.  27,  1873,  George  Allen. 

4011.  viii.  George  W.,  b.  Apr.  28,  1861;  d.  May  14,  1863. 

4012.  ix.  Charles  E.,  b.  Feb.  8,  1863. 

2653.  William^  Pierce,  Jr.  ( William'^,  Jedediah^,  NathanieP, 
Timothy*,  Thomas^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  15,  1801 ;  m.  Nov. 
7,  1833,  Orpha  B.  Pierce  [2668],  d.  May  8,  1839  ;  m.  2nd,  May  22, 
1840,  Hannah  Brock  way,  b.  Nov.  7,  1819.    They  res.  in  Royalton,  Vt. 


Children  : — 

4013-4.  i.     Louis  A.,  b.  Aug.  1,  1834;  m.  May  18,  1861,  Mary  A.  Bronson. 

4015.  ii.     Charles,  b.  June  14,  1837;  ra.  Nancy  A.  Winslow. 

4016.  iii.    Perry  F.,  b.  Apr.  17,  1841;  d.  May  1,  1863. 

4017.  iv.    Harriet  B.,  »d.  Aug.  22,  1842;  m.  Aug.  6,  1863,  Nelson  M.  Grant, 

b.  May  7,  1840.  Ch.  :  Minnie  J.,  b.  Oct.  25,  1865;  Fred.  P.,  b. 
Nov.  8,  1872.    Res.  Stockbridge,  Vt. 


EIGHTH  GENERATION.  247 

4018.  V.     William  L.,  b.  Juue  14,  1846;  m.  Ella  L.  Winslow. 

4019.  vi.    Okpha  B.,  b.  Jan.  14,  1849;  m.  Dec.  31,  1873,  Edwin  Bent,  b. 

Sept.  13,  1846;  no  issue.    Res.  Stockbridge,  Vt. 

4020.  vii.   Esther  E.,  b.  Dec.  5,  1852;  m.  Ezra  S.  Burnham. 

4021.  viii.  Jennie  L.,  b.  May  18,  1854. 

4022.  ix.    Elnora,  b.  Feb.  14,  1856;  ra.  May  15,  1876,  Alva  Learned,  b. 

Sept.  14,  1850;  no.  issue.    Res.  Stockbridge,  Vt. 

2654.  BesterS  Pierce  {William'^,  J'edediah^,  Nathaniel^,  Tim- 
otMj^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  20,  1803  ;  m.  June  13, 
1839,  Sarah  A.  Shepard,  b.  Mar.  5,  1811,  d.  Mar.  21,  1879.  They  res. 
De  Kalb,  111. 

Bester  Pierce  was  born  in  Royalton,  Vt.,  where  he  spent  the  first 
fifty-two  years  of  his  life  and  never  was  away  from  home  for  the  length 
of  a  year.  In  1855  he  sold  his  property  and  removed  with  his  family, 
consisting  of  his  wife  and  four  children,  to  what  was  then  the  small 
village  of  De  Kalb,  De  Kalb  Co.,  111.  The  country  was  then  very 
sparsely  settled,  not  a  building  to  be  seen,  but  a  few  in  the  village,  for 
miles. 


Children  : — 

4023.  i.      Josephine  I.,  b.  Aug.  12,  1840;  m.  Mar.  30,  1858,  Fred'k  C. 

Skeales,  b.  Feb.  3,  1836.  She  d.  Jan.  12,  1874.  Ch.  :  Kendrick, 
b.  July  29,  1866,  d.  Apr.  14,  1867;  Charles,  b.  Mar.  10,  1868,  d. 
Aug.  10,  1868. 

4024.  ii.     Washington  F.,  b.  Feb.  23,  1843;  m.  Dec.  23,  1866,  Louisa  A. 

Shu  m  way. 

4025.  iii.    Andrew  J.,  b.  Mar.  23,  1845;  d.  Feb.  4,  1863. 

4026.  iv.    Mary  E.,  b.  Feb.  13.  1848;  m.  Jan.  7,  1874,  Zachary  T.  Wheeler, 

b.  Oct.  6,  1848.    She  d.  childless,  Sept.  25,  1877. 

2655.  Ira^  Pierce  (  William'^^  Jedediah^,  NathanieP^  Timothy^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  20,  1805  ;  m.  Oct.  25,  1832, 
Emily  Sheppard,  b.  Feb.  19,  1809,  d.  March,  1874  ;  ra.  2nd,  April  27, 
1874,  Hannah  J.  Ashley,  b.  Feb.  25,  1820.  He  d.  June  22,  1879.  Res. 
So.  Royalton,  Vt. 

Children  : — 

4027.  i.      Henry,  b.  Jan.  16,  1834;  m.  Mary  Remick. 

4028.  ii.     Desire  E.,  b.  May  1,  1838;  m.  Charles  A.  Slack.    Res.  Norwich, 

Vt. 

2657.  Levi  W.^  Pierce  {William'^,  J'edediah^,  NathanieP^  Tim- 
othy\  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  June  14,  1808  ;  in.  Mar.  10, 


24:8  PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 

1835,  Maria  Berndock,  b.  1813,  d.  March,  1845  ;  m.  2ud,  Mar.  1,  1854, 
Celia  Munson,  b.  Aug.  12,  1820.    Res.  New  York.    Children  :— 

4029.  i.  Harriet  B.,  b.  Jan.  18,  1837;  m.  Joseph  Patterson. 

4030.  ii.  Sarah;  d.  young. 

4031.  iii.  George  W.  ;  d.  young. 

4032.  iv.   ;  d.  young. 

4033.  V.   ;  d.  young. 

4034.  vi.  Charles  M.,  b.  Nov.  2,  1854. 

2660.  Charles^  Pierce  ( William'^,  JedediahP,  Nathaniel^,  Tim- 
othy^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas%  b.  April  20,  1814 ;  m.  July, 
1873,  Mary  A.  Griffith.  He.  d.  Feb.  28,  1874.  No  children.  She  m. 
2nd,  —  Griinley. 

2661.  Henry  B.^  Pierce  {William'',  Jedediah^,  NathanieP,  Tim- 
othy"^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  6,  1816  ;  m.  March  22, 
1838,  Abigail  M.  Parish,  b.  Sept.  6,  1817.  They  res.  in  So.  Barre,  Vt. 
Children  : — 

4035.  i.      Harry  B.,  b.  Oct.  8,  1839;  d.  Nov.  1,  1839. 

4036.  ii.     Parish,  b.  May  29,  1841 ;  d.  Aug.  12,  1847. 

4037.  iii.    Arthur  L.,  b.  Oct.  2,  1843;  m.  Dec.  6.  1871,  Sarah  J.  Peyton. 

4038.  Iv.    Harry,  b.  Sept.  16,  1845 ;  d.  Aug.  10,  1847. 

4039.  V.     Harry  P.,  b,  Jan.  29,  1848 ;  m.  May  19,  1872,  Abbie  M.  Hitchcock. 

4040.  vi.    Walter  W.,  b.  Jan.  21,  1850. 

4041.  vii.   Abbie  P.,  b.  Feb.  12,  1852;  ra.  Feb.  22,  1876,  Herbert  O.  Camp, 

b.  June  16,  1851 ;  no  issue.    Res.  Barre,  Vt. 

4042.  viii.  Agnes  A.,  b.  Apr.  4,  1855;  m.  Apr.  24,  1876,  Edwin  A.  Waldron, 

b.  Apr.  9,  1851;  no  issue.  Res.  642  Union-St.,  Manchester,  N. 
H. 

4043.  ix.    George  F.,  b.  Apr.  20,  1858. 

2663.  Chester^  Pierce  {William'',  Jedediah^,  NathanieP,  Tim- 
othyS  Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  2,  1819  ;  m.  Oct.  26, 
1842,  Caroline  R.  Briggs,  b.  June  24,  1822,  d.  Mar.  1,  1869.  They 
res.  in  Rochester,  Yt. 


Child  :— 

4044.  i.      Edward  L.,  b.  July  26,  1843;  m.  Oct.  24,  1871,  Julia  A.  Ashley. 

2664.  Edwin^  Pierce  {Elisha'',  Jedediah^,  Nathaniel^,  Timothy^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  h.  Oct.  27,  1800;  m.  Jan.  25,  1827, 
Susan  H.  Kimball,  b.  Aug.  1,  1805.  He  d.  Mar.  28,  1873,  in  Royal- 
ton,  Vt.    Children  : — 

4045.  i.      Stephen  H.,  b.  Oct.  26,  1827;  ra.  Jan.  1,  1854,  Nancy  M.  Holmes. 

4046.  ii.     Mary  M.,  b.  Aug.  14,  1830;  m.  Oct.  16,  1853,  Joseph  W.  Bailey, 

b.  July  19,  1829.  Ch.  :  Lulu  E.,  b.  May  24,  1866.  Res.  Royal- 
ton,  Vt. 

4047.  iii.    George  W.,  b.  Aug.  21,  1836;  d.  Sept.  27,  1866. 


EIGHTH  GEXERATIOX. 


24:9 


2669.  Archibald  T.^  Piekce  {EJAsha?.  Jedediali^,  XathanieP, 
Timothy^.  Thomas'^.  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  6.  ISll  ;  m.  Feb. 
9,  1837,  Harriet  M.  Baker,  d.  April  26,  1859  :  ra.  2ncl.  June  2,  1862, 
Sarah  D.  White.    Res.  White  River  Junction.  Vt.    Children  : — 

4048.  i.  SidxetE..  b.  May  9,  1838;  m.  :\rarv  B.  Kimball. 

4049.  ii.  Ella  A.,  b.  June  7,  1840;  m.  Geo.  W.  Holmes. 

4050.  ill.  Ada  ^I..  b.  June  16,  1842. 

4051.  iv.  TTright  G.,  b.  Jiilv  22,  1844. 

4052.  T.  Alma  H.,  b.  May  26,  1847. 

4053.  yi.  Arthur  L.,  b.  Sept.  7,  1850. 

4054.  yii.  Hattie  A.,  b.  Aug.  27,'  1557. 

2671.  Ebexezer  F.^  Pierce  {Ebenezer'^,  JedediaM,  JSTathmnel^, 
Timothy^.  Thomas'^,  Thomas^.  Thomas'^),  b.  Oct.  16,  1805  :  m.  Xov." 
1,  1841,  Betsey  J.  Luce,  b.  1823,  d.  July  4,  1859.    Res.  Royalton,  Vt. 


Children  :- — 

4055.  i.      Mart  J.,  b.  Sept.  24,  1844:  m.  June  25,  1877,  Lyman  A.  Peck. 

Ees.  Eoyaltou,  Yt. 

4056.  ii.     Le^-iL.,  b.  March  7,  1847:  ra.  Sarah  Doyle. 

4057.  iii.    Eraxklix  E..  b.  June  20.  1852;  m.  Acldie  J.  TToodward. 

4058.  iy.    Elbridge  I.,  b.  May  9.  1854:  m.  Josephine  Waldo. 

4059.  y.     LuCT  Ax-x,  b.  Aprif  13,  1855.' 

2672.  HosEA^  Pierce  {Ehenezer'^.  Jedediah^,  NathanieP,  TiTi%- 
othy^,  Thomas^.  Tliomcts'^ .  Thomas^),  b.  April  26.  1808  ;  m.  Mar.  18, 
1834.  Charity  Russell.  Went  T\  est — nothing  heard  of  him  for  some 
years. 


2673.  HiRA3i8  Pierce  {JEPoenezer'^,  'lededioM,  NathanieP,  Tim- 
othy^, Thoma^.  Thomas^.  Thomas^),  b.  April  12,  1816  :  m.  May  4, 
1848.  Martha  A.  Mason,  b.  April  22,  1826.  Res.  Greenville.  Ala. 
Children  :— 


4060. 

4061. 

ii. 

4062. 

iii. 

4063. 

iy. 

4064. 

Y. 

4065. 

vi. 

Fraxces  M.,  b.  July  14,  1849. 

Thomas  A.,  b.  March  21,  1852;  d.  Jan.  29,  1853. 

William,  b.  March  28,  1854. 

Mary  L..  b.  Feb.  1,  1856;  m.   Windham.    Ees.  Hope  Hull, 

Ala. 

Ellex'  A.,  b.  Jan.  25,  1859. 

Hexry  C,  b.  May  13,  1862.    Ees.  Hope  Hull,  Ala. 
32 


250 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


2679.  David^  Pierce  {JBenjamin?,  JSFehemiah^,  Benjamin^ ^  Tim- 
othy'^, Thomas^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^\  b.  Nov.  5,  1787  ;  m.  May  15, 
1832,  Elizabeth  Allin,  daughter  of  Capt.  Daniel  Allin,  of  Pomfiet,  Conn., 
formerly  of  Providence,  R.  I.,  b.  March  6,  1802.  He  d.  June  6,  1874. 
Res.  Castile,  N.  Y.    Children  :— 

4066.    i.      George  G.,  b.  Nov.  2,  1834;  d.  June  30,  1864.    Hon.  George  G. 


Pierce  at  21  years  of  age  emigrated  to  Kansas  to  practice  sur- 
veying. It  was  at  the  time  of  the  Border  Ruffian  War  there,  and 
he  being  a  strong  anti-slavery  man  was  obliged  to  leave  Leaven- 
worth and  go  to  Nebraska  for  a  time  until  the  excitement  was 
allayed  a  little ;  he  then  returned  and  helped  to  make  Kansas  a 
free  State,  and  was  twice  chosen  to  the  Territorial  Legislature. 
He  enlisted  in  the  union  army  against  the  rebellion,  and  died 
June  30,  1864,  of  wounds  received  before  Petersburg.  He  is 
buried  at  Arlington,  D.  C.  In  an  article  written  by  Senator 
Lane  at  the  time,  he  says  : 

"I  learn  that  the  Hon.  George  G.  Pierce  who  represented 
this  district  in  the  Territorial  Legislature  for  two  years  is  dead. 
He  died  in  a  hospital  at  "Washington,  D.  C,  of  wounds  received 
before  Petersburg.  George  G.Pierce  was  a  good  man:  his 
friends  loved  him,  his  enemies  respected  him.  Of  an  indomita- 
ble and  persevering  spirit,  sanguine  temperament,  and  a  fervent 
enthusiast  in  the  cause  of  liberty,  no  obstacle  was  too  great  for 
him  to  overcome,  no  path  too  rugged  for  him  to  climb,  no  night 
too  cold,  too  dark  or  too  stormy  for  him  to  labor;  and  recog- 
nizing these  qualities  while  he  was  among  us,  the  friends  of 
freedom  in  North-Western  Kansas  proudly  acknowledge  him 
their  first  successful  champion.  Sacred  is  his  memory.  He 
sleeps  the  sleep  of  the  brave;  he  rests  like  an  American  upon 
the  bosom  of  his  country  for  which  he  gave  his  life  that  she 
might  live." 


4067.  ii.     Abby  A.,  b.  May  1,  1839;  d.  Oct.  7,  1839. 

4068.  iii.    Edward  A.,  b.  Jan.  12,  1841;  m.  Jane  Lynch. 

2681.  Henry^  Pierce  {Benjamin'',  NehemiahP,  Benjamin^,  Tim- 
othy^, Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Tho^nas^),  b.  Apr.  14,  1791  ;  m.  Sept.  2, 
1817,  Lucia  Cleveland,  b.  Mar.  8,  1797,  d.  Jan.  9,  1832;  m.  2nd,  May 

2,  1833,  Mrs.  J.  Stowe,  b.  Jan.  29,  1801,  d.  Jan.  3,  1874.    He  d.  Sept. 

3,  1847.    Res.  Livonia,  N.  Y. 


Children  : — 

4069.  i.  Lucia  A.,  b.  Mar.  24,  1834. 

4070.  ii.  Henry  S.,  b.  Apr.  25,  1836. 

4071.  iii.  Edward  L.,  b.  June  17,  1838. 

4072.  iv.  Fanny  W.,  b.  July  31,  1840. 

2684.  George  F.^  Pierce  {Benjamin'^,  JSFehemiah^,  Benjamin^^ 
Timothy"^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  14,  1802;  m.  Oct. 
10,  1844,  Mary  A.  Ashley,  b.  Aug.  25,  1812.  He  d.  Sept.  5,  1872. 
Res.  Castile,  N.  Y.    Children  :— 

4073.  1.      Marietta  E.,  b.  Dec.  22,  1845. 

4074.  ii.     Henry  A.,  b.  Oct.  1,  1847. 


EIGHTH  GENEEATIQN. 


251 


2685.  Charles  P.^  Pierce  {Benjamin',  NeheraiahP,  Benjamin^, 
Timothy'^.  Thomas'^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  14,  1802  ;  m.  Feb. 
29.  1882.  Elizabeth  Fo^ylel^  b.  1813.  d.  Apr.  24,  lb37.  He  d.  Sept.  2, 
1851.    Res.  Castile,  X.  T.    Children  :— 

4075.  i.      Charles  E.,  b.  Jan.,  1833;  d.  Sept.  14,  1814. 

4076.  ii.     Marietta,  b.  1837;  d.  Jau.  9,  1840. 

2687.  Jacob  G.^  Pierce  {Benjamin'^.  N'ehemiah^,  Benjamin^, 
Timothy'^.  Thomas^.  Thomas'^.  Thomas^\  b.  Dec.  8,  1806;  m.  Sept. 
20,  1836,  Fanny  ^Y.  Bliss,  b.  Auo-.,  1817,  d.  July  5,  1842;  m.  2nd, 
May  6.  1845.  Emily  S.  Hall.    Res.  Grinnell.  Iowa.    Children  :— 

4077.  i.  Jacob,  b.  Apr.  6,  1837;  d.  Apr.  7,  1838. 

4078.  ii.  Eliz,abeth  E..  b.  Sept.  20,  1840;  d.  Aug.  19.  1841. 

4079.  iii.  Charles  F.^  b.  July  12,  1850. 

4080.  iv.  Alice  L.,  b.  Sept.  17,  1855. 

2694.  X  ehemiah  is^.®  Pierce  {Fi'sclc'/'ick'' ^  IS ehemicih^ ,  Bcnjo-'/yiin^^ 
Timothy'^.  Thomas'^,  ThMmas^.  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  25.  1818;  m.  Jan. 
8.  1861.  Emily  W.  Pullman,  b.  Sept.  8.  1834.  Res.  Bridgewater, 
X.  Y. 


Child  :— 

4081.    i.      Erederick  P.,  b.  Sept.  11,  1864. 

2695.  Oliver  W.^  Pierce  {jSFehemiah? ,  N'ehemiah^,  Benjayniyi^, 
Timothy^,  Thomas'^.  Thomas^,  Tho7nas^\  b.  Apr.  2,  1795;  m.  Jan. 
20.  1826.  Rebecca  Carlton,  b.  Sept.  26,  1801,  d.  Mar.  27,  1854;  m. 
2nd,  Xov.  10,  1855,  Mrs.  Delia  Morris,  b.  Mar.  25,  1805.  He  d.  Jan. 
19,  1871.    Res.  Monmouth,  Me. 


Children  : —  ' 

4081i.  i.  Ltjct  a.  n.,  b.  Aug.  25,  1827;  d.  June  2,  1851. 

4082.  ii.  HE^^RY  O.,  b.  Eeb.  7,  1830;  m.  Martha  C.  Storr. 

4083.  iii.  Rebecca  C,  b.  July  7,  1831;  d.  Feb.  17,  1833. 

4084.  iY.  Harriet  M.,  b.  Sept.  30,  1832;  d.  Feb.  11,  1853. 

4085.  V.  Rebecca  C,  b.  May  11,  1834;  d.  June  17,  1860. 

4086.  vi.  Joseph  A.,  b.  Sept.  1,  1837;  d.  July  14,  1840. 

4087.  vii.  Joseph  A.,  b.  Sept.  11,  1840;  d.  Apr.  26,  1865. 


252 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


4089. 

ii. 

4090. 

iii. 

4091. 

iv. 

4092. 

V. 

4093. 

vi. 

4094. 

vii. 

2696.  Bkla^  Pierce  {Neliemiah? ^  Nehemiah^^  Benjamin^^  Tim- 
othy'^, Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  2,  1797  ;  m.  Mar.  27, 
1822,  Elizabeth  Wilcox,  b.  May  8,  1799.    Ttiey  res.  in  Wales,  Me. 

Children  : — 

4088.  i.  Clarissa  W.,  b.  Feb.  7,  1823;  m.  June  8,  1847,  William  L.  Small, 
b.  Oct.  29,  1819.  Ch.  :  Charles  W.,  b.  Apr.  15,  1848;  Chester 
W.,  b.  Dec.  17,  1851;  Frecl.  W.,  b.  Apr.  27,  1854;  Edward  P., 
b.  Dec.  6,  1870;  res.  Fayette,  Me. 
Charles  H.,  b.  July  8,  1824;  m.  Nov.  12,  1863,  Sarah  M.  Sprague. 
Elizabeth  M.,  b.  Feb.  18,  1827;  d.  Sept.  15,  1831. 
William,  b.  Apr.  1,  1830;  m.  Aug.  1, 1865,  Jane  Barron  and  Lena 
C.  Allen. 

Elizabeth,  b.  Aug.  20,  1832;  d.  May  21,  1864. 
Edward  P.,  b.  Oct.  7,  1834;  m.  June  5,  1873,  Nellie  F.  Kenney. 
Ann  M.,  b.  Mar.  17,  1836;  m.  Nov.  30,  1871,  Thos.  H.  Sprao'ue, 
b.  Jan.  29,  1838.    Ch.  :  Edward  B.,  b.  Dec.  20,  1872;  Alice  P., 
b.  Jan.  11,  1874;  res.  Topshara,  Me. 

4095.  viii.  Meribah  T.,  b.  Feb.  8,  1840. 

2697.  Jesse^  Pierce  {N ehemiaJi^ ,  Nehemiah^^  BenjamhiP^  Tim- 
othy^^  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thovnas^)^  b.  Dec.  4,  1798  ;  m.  Oct.  22, 
1822,  Catherine  Johnson,  b.  Oct.  81,  1803.  He  d.  Apr.  13,  1842. 
Res.  No.  Andover.    Children  : — 

4096.  i.      Jesse  A.,  b.  Aug.  31,  1824;  d.  at'Andover,  1844. 

4097.  ii.     Catherine  J.,  b.  Sept.  23,  1825;  d.  Mar.  19,  1849. 

4098.  iii.    John  M.,  b.  Apr.  10,  1826;  res.  Albany,  N.  Y. 

4099.  iv.    Samuel,  b.  June  12,  1832;  d.  Mar.  13,  1833. 

4100.  V.     Martha  A.,  b.  Mar.  2,  1830;  m.  L.  P.  Merriara ;  res.  London, 

Eng. 

4101.  vi.    Harriet  F.,  b.  Dec.  29,  1833;  m.  C.  A.  Brown;  res.  Portland, 

Me. 

4102.  vii.   Massy  E.,  b.  July  21,  1836;  m.  G.H.Clarke;  res.  Brooklyn, 

N.  Y. 

4103.  viii.  George  W.,  b.  Jan.  14,  1840;  m.  June  7,  1866,  Isabell  Scovel. 

2700.  Dr.  JoHN^  Pierce  {Nehemiali^ ^  Nehemiah^^  Benjamiyi^^ 
Timothy^ ^  Thomas^,  Thomas^ ^  lliomas^)^  b.  Nov.  25,  1805 ;  m.  Nov. 
2,  1840,  Chloe  McLellan,  b.  Aug.  31,  1816.    Res.  Edgartown,  Mass. 


Children  : — 

4104.  i.      Clarissa,  b.  1844  ;  d.  . 

4105.  ii.     John  N.,  b.  Apr.  7,  1851. 

John  Nehemiah  Pierce  is  a  graduate  of  Wesleyan  University, 
Middletown,  Conn.,  degree  A.  M.,  and  studying  law. 

4106.  iii.    Franklin  W.,  b.  Sept.  11,  1852. 

Franklin  W.  Pierce,  B.  A.,  is  a  graduate  of  Yale,  New 
Haven,  Conn. 


EIGHTH  GENERATION. 


253 


2701.  Daniel^  Pierce  {N'ehemiah'^  ^  N'ehemiah^,  Benjamin^, 
Timothy"^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  5,  1808;  in.  Apr. 
18,  1833,  Caroline  Sborey,  b.  Apr.  3,  1811.  They  res.  in  Monmouth, 
Me.    Children  :— 

4107.  i.      George  B.,  b.  Feb.  27,  1834;  m.  Apr.  26,  1860,  Mary  A.  Kings- 

bury. 

4108.  ii.     Frances  C,  b.  June  6,  1836;  m.  Aug.  19,  1863,  H.  M.  Blake,  A. 

M.,  M.  D.,  b.  Nov.  29,  1836.  •  Ch.  :  Fredk.,  b.  Oct.  17,  1868; 
res.  Monmouth,  Me. 

4109.  iii.    John  E.,  b.  Sept.  22,  1838;  m.  July  8,  1868,  Lizzie  A.  Grey. 

4110.  iv.    Maria  A.,  b.  Jane  19,  1841. 

4111.  V.     Mary  J.,  b.  July  18,  1843;  m.  Feb.  20,  1870,  Moses  B.  Sylvester, 

b.  Sept.  16,  1842;  res.  Wayne,  Me. 

4112.  vi.    Daniel  O.,  b.  Sept.  28,  1845;  m.  Ida  N.  Williams. 

4113.  vii.   Ellen  A.,  b.  Nov.  7,  1857;  d.  Sept.  9,  1880. 

2712.  Eltas  D.^  Pierce  {JElias'',  Delano^ ^  Benjamin^,  Timothy'^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  4,  1815;  m.  Sept.  19,  1836, 
Mary  A.  Blood,  b.  Sept.  23,  1817.    He  d.  Feb.  14,  1872,  in  Lowell. 

Child  :— 

4114.  Abbie  a.,  b.  Apr.  27,  1839;  m.  May  23,  1857,  Otis  A.  Coburn,  b.  Aug. 

4,  1837.  Ch.  :  Charles  A.,  b.  Mar.  6,  1858,  d.  Sept.  14,  1858; 
Mary  A.,  b.  July  10,  1859;  Lizzie  A.,  b.  Aug,  4,  1861,  d.  Aug. 
19,  1863;  Nellie  A.,  b.  June  21,  1864;  Carrie,  b.  Jan.  10,  1873, 
d.  Mar.  12,  1873;  Henry  S.,  b.  Aug.  17,  1875;  res.  Lowell. 

2715.  S.  Putnam^  Pierce  {Payson  GJ,  Timeus^,  Benjamin^, 
Timothy^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  25,  1811;  m.  May 
17,  1832,  Cornelia  Andrews,  b.  Jan.  31,  1813,  d.  July  7,  1842;  ra.  2nd, 
Nov.  23,  1842,  Sarah  E.  Brown,  b.  July  18,  1810.  Res.  Norwich,  N. 
Y.    Children  :— 

4115.  i.  Frances  M.  ;  d.  in  infancy. 

4116.  ii.  Sarah  C,  b.  June  11,  1835;  d.  Feb.  27,  1854. 

4117.  iii.  William  W.  ;  d.  in  infancy. 

4118.  iv.  Mary  E.,  b.  Aug.  12,  1839;  ra.  S.  F.  Schell. 

4119.  V.  Henry  A.,  b.  July  2,  1842;  d.  Feb.  8,  1865. 

2719.  George  W.^  Pierce  {Bayson  G-J,  Timeus^,  Benjo.min^, 
Timothy^,  Thomas^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  8,  1825;  m.  Mar. 
7,  1856,  Melissa  A.  Sexton,  b.  Dec.  22,  1831.    Res.  Rome,  Pa. 

Children : — 

4120.  i.      Edward  P.,  b.  Nov.  7,  1858. 

4121.  ii.     Willis  H.,  b.  Sept.  16,  1862. 

4122.  iii.    Mary  J.,  b.  Nov.  16,  1871;  d.  Aug.  23,  1875. 

2720.  JoNAS^  Pierce  {Jonas'',  Jonas^,  Oliver^,  Stephen^,  Stephen^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  1807;  m.  Elizabeth  Patch.  He  d.  May  16, 
1839.    Res.  E.  Chelmsford.    Child  :— 

4123.  i.      Jonas  V.,  b.  1839;  d.  June  21,  1863. 

2722.  Richard^  Pierce  {Bichard  W.^,  Jonathan^,  Olwer^, 
Stephen^,  Stephen'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  2,  1805;  m.  June 
16,  1831,  Mary  A.  Hartwell,  b.  Oct.  1,  1811.    Res.  Pepperell,  Mass. 


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PIEECE  PEDIGEEE. 


Children  : — 

4124.  i.      Harriet  A.,  b.  Oct.  1,  1833;  m.  Nov.  30,  1854,  George  C.  Lewis, 

of  Pepperell.    Ch.  :  Charles  A.,  b.  Apr.  16,  1859. 

4125.  li.     Sarah  A.,  b.  Sept.  26,  1840 ;  m.  Dec.  13, 1860,  George  T.  Fletcher, 

of  Hollis,  N.  H.  He  d.  Oct.  29,  1879.  Cli.  :  Anna  A.,  b.  Apr. 
8,  1865,  d.  Apr.  13,  1874;  William,  b.  Jan.  12,  1877,  d.  Oct.  17, 
1877. 

2727.  Jonathan^  Pierce  {Richard  WJ,  Jonathan^,  Oliver^, 
Stephen"^,  Stephen'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  17,  1815  ;  m.  Dec. 
28,  1837,  Abigail  Turner,  b.  Jan.  5,  1817,  d.  Dec.  19,  1858;  m.  2nd, 
Apr.  22,  1859,  Sophia  Hills,  b.  March  6,  1819.  Res.  Townsend  Har- 
bor, Mass. 

He  was  born  in  Townsend,  Middlesex  Co.,  Mass.,  Oct.  17,  1815. 
His  father  was  a  farmer,  "as  was  his  grandfather  before  him,  and  he 
himself  has  followed  that  calling  all  his  life.  He  received  his  educa- 
tion at  the  common  school.  At  the  age  of  22  he  married  Abigail 
Turner,  who  died  of  consumption,  December,  1858.  He  afterwards 
married  Sophia  G.  Hills  (widow  of  Dr.  E.  P.  Hills  of  Shirley,  Mass.), 
his  present  wife.  By  his  fiist  wife  he  had  three  children,  who  still 
live — Susan,  Richard  and  Granville.  Richard  is  now  at  work  on  the 
old  farm.  He  is  married  and  lives  near  his  father's  home.  Susan  is 
now  a  widow,  and  is  living  at  her  father's.    She  has  one  child. 

Mr.  Pierce  has  been  in  town  office  several  times — has  twice  served 
as  Selectman,  Overseer  of  the  Poor,  and  Assessor.  In  1868  he  was 
representative  in  the  State  Legislature.  In  the  various  offices  he  has 
filled  he  has  been  distinguished  for  his  good  judgment  in  practical 
matters  quite  as  much  as  for  anything  else.  He  is  not  wealthy,  but 
well-to-do.  The  estate  of  his  father  was  left  him — under  certain  con- 
ditions relating  to  the  other  children  and  the  widow  to  be  fulfilled — 
and  h@  has  improved  the  estate  very  much — both  the  land  and  the 
buildings,  beside  adding  thereto  both  land  and  outbuildings.  He  has 
been  a  hard-working  man  nearly  all  of  his  life.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Unitarian  Church,  as  is  also  his  present  wife. 


Children  : — 

4126.  i.      Susan,  b.  Nov.  26,  1838 ;  m.  Oct.  17,  1867,  Israel  Wetherbee,  b. 

June  21,  1815.  Ch.  :  Arthur,  b.  Dec.  16,  1873;  res.  West- 
minster. 

4127.  ii.     EiCHARD,  b.  May  17,  1842 ;  m.  Mary  E.  Kinser. 

4128.  iii.    Granville,  b.  Dec.  17,  1847 ;  m.  Jennie  C.  Emerson  and  Georgia 

H.  Damon. 

2730.  Abel^  Pierce  {Richard  W.'^,  Jonathan^ ^  Oliver^,  Stephen^, 
Stephen?,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  20,  1822;  m.  Nov.  4,  1844, 
Catherine  E.  Kemp,  d.  Dec.  8,  1853.  He.  d.  Nov.  2,  1852.  Res. 
Groton,  Mass.    No  children. 


2731.    George^  Pierce  {Stephen?,  Stephen^,  Oliver^,  Stephen^, 


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255 


Stephen^,  Thomas^,  Thomas'^),  b.  Jan.  28,  1815;  m.  Reuhamah 
Stearns.    Res.  Philadelphia,  Pa.    Children  : — 


2733.  MiLO^  Pierce  (Stephen'^,  Stephen^^  Oliver^^  Stephen^, 
Stephen^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^  b.  May  28,  1818;  ra.  Nov.  3,  1842, 
Marv  A.  Spaulding,  b.  Sept.  1,  1823,  d.  Jan.  28,  1849;  m.  2nd,  Nov. 
18,  1849,  Maria  D.  Farrington,  b.  June  9,  1825,  d.  Dec.  13,  1864;  m. 
3rd,  Apr.  22,  1865,  Sarah  B.  Cooper,  b.  Feb.  17,  1828.  Res.  Vine- 
land,  N.  J. 


Children  : — 

4135.  i.      Mary  F.,  b.  June  19,  1843;  m.  Jarvis  C.  Cooper. 

4136.  it.     MiLO  S.,  b.  Dec.  8,  1844. 

4137.  iii.    Edward  A.,  b.  July  18,  1847. 

4138.  iv.    Arthur,  b.  Nov.  18,  1850;  d.  Feb.  16,  1851. 

4139.  V.     Stephen,  b.  Jan.  5,  1854. 

4140.  vi.   ,  b.  Mar.  2,  1855;  d.  Nov.  5,  1855. 

4141.  vii.   LiLLA  M.,  b.  Sept.  28,  1858;  d.  Oct.  23,  1870. 

4142.  viii.  Dana,  b.  Aug.  24,  1862. 

4143.  ix.    Minnie  I.,  b.  Nov.  12,  1864;  d.  May  13,  1865. 

2737.  Joel  A.^  Pierce  {Stephen'^^  Stephen^,  Oliver^,  Stephen"^, 
Stephen^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  27,  1836;  m.  Dec.  15,  1856, 
Harriet  A.  Uphara,  b.  Dec.  2,  1838.  He  d.  May  12,  1878.  Res.  St. 
Paul,  Minn.    Children  : — 

4144.  i.      Fred.  A.,  b.  Feb.  23,  1859. 

4145.  ii.     Frank  A.,  b.  Mar.  22,  1860. 

4146.  iii.    William  E.,  b.  Apr.  16,  1866;  d.  July  26,  1866. 

2739.  Charles  H.^  Pierce  {Stephen"^,  Stephen^^  Oliver^,  Stephen^^ 
Stepheii^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  13,  1840;  ra.  Apr.  13,  1864, 
Maria  T.  French,  b.  Nov.  10,  1841.    Res.  Springfield,  Ohio. 

Children : — 

4147.  i.      Bertha  F.,  b.  Oct.  7,  1865. 

4148.  ii.     Walter  C,  b.  Nov.  9,  1867. 

4149.  iii.    RoscOE,  b.  Aug.  24,  1869. 

2740.  JoHN^  Pierce  {Stepheii',  Stephen^,  Oliver^,  Stephen^, 
Stephen"^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  July  15,  1845;  m.  Ada  E.  Ripley, 
b.  Sept.  21,  1849,  d.  Nov.  7,  1878.    Res.  So.  Paris,  Me.    No  children. 

2741.  William  S.^  Pierce  {Jesse',  Stephen^,  Oliver^,  Step)hen^, 
Stephen^,  Thomas^  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  14,  1815;  m.  Apr.  2,  1840, 
Sarah  Butler,  b.  Jan.  18,  1817,  d.  Sept.  1,  1853;  m.  2nd,  Dec.  26, 
1853,  Mary  A.  Merrow,  d.  Mar.  28,  1874;  m.  3rd,  Nov.  15,  1878, 
Priscilla  Smith.    Res.  Lowell,  Mass.    Children  : — 

4150.  1.      Ira,  b.  Apr.  30,  1842;  d.  Jan.  27,  1864. 

4151.  ii.     Levi  O.,  b.  Feb.  14,  1844;  d.  Dec.  22,  1848. 


4129.  i. 
4131.  iii. 
4133.  V. 


4130.  ii. 
4132.  iv. 
4134.  vi. 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


4152.  iii.  Ida  M.,  b.  Jan.  25,  1846;  m.  John  Cooliclge. 

4153.  iv.  Mary  E.,  b.  Mar.  7,  1848;  m.  Rilev  Davis. 

4154.  V.  Henry  M.,  b.  Feb.  17,  1850;  d.  May  24,  1853. 

4155.  vi.  Charles  L.,  b.  Oct.  ]3,  1854;  m.  Lowella  Murphy. 

4156.  -vii.  Sarah  A.,  b.  April  30,  1859. 

2742.  Edwin^  Pierce  {Jesse^,  Stephen^,  Oliver^,  Stephen^^ 
Stephen^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  19,  1818  ;  m.  Sept.  30,  1845, 
Eliza  S.  Milliken,  b.  Jan.  31,  1820.    Res.  Lynn,  Mass. 


Children  : — 

4157.  Eliza,  b.  June  29,  1846. 

4158.  Edwin  W.,  b.  Dec.  16,  1849;  m.  Mary  J.  Soutbwortb. 

2745.  Wins  LOW  S.^  Pierce  {Hoses'^,  Stephen^  ^  Oliver^,  StepheiiS 
Stepheii^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas'^),  b.  May  3,  1819;  m.  July  22,  1847, 
Georgianna  C.  Moore ;  m.  2nd,  April  17,  1855,  Jane  Webb,  d.  Apr. 
27,  1865;  m.  3rd,  Ann  Hendricks.     Res.  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

tie  was  born  in  Chelmsford,  and  by  the  death  of  his  father  and 
mother  was  left  an  oi-phan  at  the  age  of  nine  years.  Since  he  was 
eleven  years  of  age  he  has  been  the  architect  of  his  own  fortunes.  He 
gi-aduated  as  M.  D.  from  Dartmouth  College.  Practiced  medicine 
several  years  in  Illinois,  where  he  had  previously  settled.  He  emi- 
grated to  California  in  1849,  and  in  1851  was  elected  Comptroller  of 
the  State,  in  which  office  he  served  one  term. 


Children  : — 

4159.  i.  Henry  D.,  b.  Apr.  9,  1848;  m.  Elizabeth  S.  Vinton. 

4160.  ii.  John  H.,  b.  Feb.  16,  1856. 

4161.  iii.  WiNSLOW  S.,  b.  Oct.  23,  1857. 

4162.  iv.  Helen  M.,  b.  Jan.  8,  1860. 

4163.  V.  MaryH.,  b.  Oct.  19,  1862. 

4164.  vi.  Vlrginia,  b.  1863;  d.  Feb.  10,  1863. 

2747.  Franklin  B.^  Pierce  {Moses^,  Stephen^^  Oliver^,  Stephen^^ 
Stephen^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  7,  1823 ;  m.  Sept.  17,  1843, 
Melissa  Hinman,  b.  Aug.  30,  1827.    Res.  Ludington,  Mich. 


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Children  : — 

4165.  i.      Mary  M.,  b.  May  5,  1844;  m.  D.  L.  Filer. 

4166.  ii.     Franklin  B.,  b.  July  11,  1850. 

4167.  iii.    Newton  B.,  b.  Sept.  26,  1856. 

2748.  George  B.^  Pierce  {Moses^,  Stephen^,  Oliver^,  Stephen^, 
Stephen'^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  28,  1824;  m.  Apr.  3,  1853, 
Mary  C.  Brittan,  b.  Oct.  4,  1834.    Res.  Pleasanton,  Mich. 

Children  : — 

4168.  i.  WiNSLOW  B.,  b.  Aug.  6,  1855. 

4169.  ii.  Mary  B.,  b.  Apr.  29,  1859. 

4170.  iii.  Kent  B.,  b.  Jane  7,  1861. 

4171.  iv.  NoTT  F.,  b.  Nov.  29,  1863;  d.  July  26,  1865. 

4172.  V.  Paul,  b.  Nov.  19,  1866. 

4173.  vi.  Jesse  E.,  b.  Feb.  11,  1867. 

2756.  Orrin^  Pierce  {Jo7iathan?^  Stephen^ ^  Oliver^,  Stephen^, 
Stephen^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  7,  1831 ;  m.  Aug.  25,  1855, 
Elmira  S.  Bolton,  b.  1833.    Res.  Chelmsford,  Mass.    Children  :— 

4174.  i.      Carrie  A.,  b.  Sept.  8,  1857;  m.  William  H.  Smith. 

4175.  ii.     Adella  F.,  b.  Oct.  27,  1859. 

2759.  William  E.s  Pierce  (  William',  John^,  William^,  Stephen^, 
Stephen^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^\h.  June  12,  .1813  ;  ra.  Oct.  10,  1865, 
Helen  A.  Houghton,  b.  Nov.  20,  1834,  d.  Jan.  9,  1878.  Res.  Lyndon, 
Vt. 


Children  : — 

4176.  i.      Emily  A.,  b.  Mar.  14,  1869. 

4177.  ii.     George  W.,  b.  Jan.  8,  1875. 

2760.  George  W.^  Pierce  ( William?,  John^,  William^, 
Step)hen^^  Stephen^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  5,  1815  ;  m.  July 
26,  1840,  Ruth  Bey,  b.  Sept.  4,  1818.    Res.  Charleston,  Vt. 

Children  : — 

4178.  i.      Alfred  I.,  b.  Aug.  18,  1841. 

4179.  ii.     KUTH  E.,  b.  Apr.  23,  1848. 

2762.  Alfred^  Pierce  {John',  JohnP,  William^,  Stephen^, 
Stephen^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  23,  1802;  m.  Oct.  11,  1829, 
Abigail  M.  Rockwood,  b.  Jan.  15,  1811.  He  d.  Apr.  22,  1880.  Res. 
Hartland,  Vt. 


Children : — 


4180.  i.      Mary  H.,  b.  June  30,  1831 ;  d.  Feb.  24,  1833. 

4181.  ii.     Francis  M.,  b.  Jan.  7,  1834;  m.  Helen  Bishop. 

33 


258 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


4182.  iii.    Mary  H.,  b.  Oct.  24,  1836;  ra.  Gen.  Lewis  A.  Grant. 

4183.  iv.    Abbie  L.,  b.  Feb.  19,  1842;  m.  Charles  H.  Smith. 

2769.  John  L.^  Pierce  {John'',  John^,  William^,  Stephen"^, 
Stephen^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  16,  1819;  m.  Dec.  20,  1846, 
Ellen  E.  Marsh,  b.  Dec.  24,  1826.    Res.  Chester,  Vt. 


Children : — 

4184.  i.      Fred.  M.,  b.  Oct.  18,  1851;  ra.  Ella  N.  Albee. 

4185.  ii.     CoraE.,  b.  Apr.  16,  1862. 

2773.  Gen.  Ezekiel  RS  Pierce  {JEzekiel  F.\  John^,  William^ 
Stejjhen^,  ^tepheti^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  18,  1814  ;  m.  1844, 
Sarah  Webster.    Res.  Cambridgeport,  Mass. 


Children  : — 

4186.  i.      Georgianna,  b.  Mar.  21,  1847. 

4187.  ii.     Edward  E.,  b.  May  17,  1848;  ra.  Fanny  Chandler. 

2775.  Lucius  D.8  Pierce  {Ezekiel  P .'^ ,  John^,  William^,  Stephen^ 
Stephen^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Au^.  9,  1820;  m.  Jan.,  1854,  Lucy 
C.  Fuller,  d.  May  8,  1858.    Res.  Chesterfield,  N.  H. 

Lucius  Darwin  Pierce,  son  of  Ezekiel  Porter  Pierce,  Esq.  and 
Susannah  Porter,  was  born  August  9th,  1820,  at  Chesterfield,  N.  H., 
nurtured  in  a  tavern  and  upon  his  father's  farm.  In  boyhood  and 
youth  he  enjoyed  such  limited  advantages  for  acquiring  an  education 
as  the  common  schools  and  Academy  in  Chesterfield  afiTorded. 
About  the  year  1841  he  entered  Norwich  University,  Vt.,  gained 
a  commendable  proficiency  in  the  Ancient  languages,  and  while  yet 
an  under-graduate  was  appointed  to  and  accepted  the  position  of 
Professor  of  Languages  in  a  seminary  in  Portsmouth,  Va.,  and 
served  in  that  capacity  in  Virginia  till  he  found  the  climate  did 
not  suit  his  constitution,  when  he  resigned  and  returned,  and 
graduated  A.  B.  in  full  Collegiate  Course  at  Norwich  University 
in  the  class  of  1846.  He  studied  law  in  the  office  of  Lion.  William 
P.  Wheeler,  at  Keene,  N.  H.,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  in  New 
Hampshire  in  1849,  successfully  piacticed  Law  in  Marlow,  N.  H., 
till  November,  1853,  when  he  moved  to  Winchendon,  Mass.,  and 
formed  a  Law  copartnership  with  Benj.  O.  Tyler,  Esq.,  a  lawyer  in 
extensive  practice ;  continued  with  Tyler  for  a  year,  when  Tyler,  who 
was  also  engaged  in  manufacturing,  becoming  financially  embarrassed, 
he  withdrew  from  Tyler  and  opened  an  office  by  himself,  and  from  the 
first  did  an  extensive,  increasing  and  lucrative  business  in  his  pro- 
fession to  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  May  8,  1858. 


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259 


He  was  a  gentleman  of  culture  and  refinement ;  ha'l  a  genial,  affable 
disposition,  courteous,  obliging  address,  and  studious,  industrious 
habits.  While  in  practice  in  New  Hampshire,  he  held  a  commission 
as  Justice  of  the  Peace  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  held  commis- 
sions as  Justice  of  the  Peace  and  Xotary  Public  for  Massachusetts, 
and  Commissioner  for  New  Hampshire  and  Vermont.  Jan.  2d,  1854, 
he  married  Miss  Lucy  C.  Fuller,  daughter  of  John  H.  Fuller,  Esq., 
of  Keene,  X.  H.,  but  died  without  issue. 


2776.  Capt.  Horace  T.  H.s  Pierce  {EzeUelP?,  John^,  WiUlam^, 
Stephen^^  Stephen"^^  Thomas^,  Thonias^)^  b.  Feb.  22,  1822  ;  m.  June 
12.  1850,  Sophia  E.  Dickinson.  He  d.  Jan.  7,  1877.  Res.  Keene, 
K  H. 

Captain  Horace  Truman  Hawks  Pierce,  son  of  Ezekiel  Porter 
Pierce,  Esq.,  and  Susannah  Porter,  was  born  at  Chesterfield,  N.  H., 
Feb.  22,  1822  ;  was  brought  up  on  the  farm  and  in  the  tavern  of 
his  father  and  enjoyed  such  advantages  as  the  common  schools  and 
Academy  in  Chesterfield  afforded,  and  pursued  a  partial  course  of 
studies  at  Norwich  University.  Vt.,  which,  in  addition  to  the  usual 
Collegiate  and  Scientific  course  of  studies,  required  its  members  to 
be  instructed  in  military  tactics,  to  which,  while  he  remained  in 
the  University,  he  gave  considerable  attention,  being  naturally  of  a 
military  turn  of  mind,  and  in  after  years  turned  his  acquirements 
to  good  advantage.  On  leaving  the  University,  he  became  a 
mechanic,  for  a  while  manufactured,  and  later  became  a  brick  mason, 
and  followed  that  trade,  residing  with  his  family  in  Keene,  N.  H., 
till  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  broke  out.  when,  \i\)Ox\  the  first  call 
of  President  Lincoln  for  75,000  three  months'  volunteers,  he  was 
among  the  first  to  offer  his  services  in  defence  of  the  Union  ;  and 
having  raised  a  company  of  men.  as  Lieutenant,  he  joined  the  2nd 
Infantry  Regiment  New  Hampshire  Volunteers  and  served  out  his 
term  of  enlistment  with  credit.  On  being  discharged  from  the  three 
months'  service,  he  at  once  set  himself  about  raising  three  years' 
men,  and  succeeded  in  raising  a  company  at  Keene,  which  joined  the 
5th  Regiment  New  Hampshire  Volunteers  as  Co.  '-F,"  and  he  was 
commissioned  by  the  Governor  of  New  Hampshire  its  captain  ;  served 
under  Colonel  Cross  and  General  McClellan  all  through  the  Peninsula 
Campaign  against  Richmond  in  the  spring  and  summer  of  1862, 
was  in  command  of  his  company  in  the  memorable  battle  of  Antietam, 
September  17,  1862,  and  in  pursuit  of  the  enemy  on  their  retreat  to 
Fredericksburg,  soon  after  which  he  was  honorably  discharged  for 
physical  disability.  He  was  an  intrepid,  resolute  officer,  cared  for  and 
beloved  by  his  men  ;  he  fearlessly  discharged  his  duty,  with  dignity 
and  honor.  Upon  his  return  from  the  war  he  resumed  his  occupation 
as  a  brick-mason,  at  Keene,  which  he  followed  with  his  characteiistic 


260 


PIEECE  PEDIGREE. 


resolution  and  enterprise  till  his  health  and  strength  gave  out.  He 
married  Miss  Sophia  E.  Dickinson,  daughter  of  Mr.  WilTiam  Dickinson 
of  Hinsdale,  N.  H.,  June  12,  1850,  by  whom  he  had  three  children — 
Julia  L.,  William  E.  and  Frank,  and  died  at  Keene,  N.  H.,  Jan.  7,  1877. 
Children  : — 

4188.  i.      Julia  L.,  b.  Mar.  17,  1851 ;  m.  Jan.,  1874,  Frank  A.  Hardy.  She 

d.  Apr.  30,  1875,  s.p. 

4189.  ii.     William  E.,  b.  1853. 

4190.  iii.    Frank  D.,  b.  Nov.  15,  1855. 

2777.  Lap^ayette  W.^  Pierce  {Ezekiel  PJ,  John^^  William^,  Ste- 
pheyi"^,  Stephen"^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  20,  1825;  m.  Sept.  15, 
1859,  Cleopatra  S.  Bang,  b.  Apr.  24,  1832,  d.  Nov.  12,  1864;  m.  2nd, 
Oct.  5,  1865,  Lydia  M.  Piper,  b.  July  22,  1840,  d.  May  15,  1872;  ra. 
3rd,  Mar.  29,  1875,  Hannah  E.  Derby,  b.  July  31,  1846.  Res. 
Winchendon,  Mass. 

Lafayette  Washington  Pierce,  Esq.,  son  of  Ezekiel  Porter  Pierce 
and  Susannah  Porter,  was  born  at  Chesterfield,  New  Hampshire,  May 
20th,  1825,  and  was  reared  in  the  tavern  and  upon  the  tarra  of  his 
father.  In  boyhood  and  youth,  obliged  to  labor  when  not  attending 
school,  his  opportunities  for  acquii  ing  an  education  were  meagre  indeed, 
and  confined  to  the  very  limited  advantages  of  the  public  schools 
in  Chesterfield ;  notwithstanding,  in  the  autumn  of  1844,  at  the  age 
of  nineteen  years,  he  entered  Norwich  University  at  Norwich,  Vt., 
though  he  was  obliged  to  earn  for  himself  means  for  defraying  his 
expenses  at  the  University  and  other  institutions  of  learning  which  he 
attended  in  pursuing  his  collegiate  and  law  courses  of  studies ;  this,  in 
the  practice  of  the  most  rigid  economy  and  untiring  industry  by 
manual  labor  and  teaching  schools,  he  was  able  to  accomplish,  and 
graduated  in  full  Collegiate  course  at  Norwich  University,  August  22d, 
1850.  After  graduating  he  followed  teaching  foi-  a  while,  in  connection 
with  studying  law,  becoming  successively  principal  of  the  Caesar 
Seminary  at  Swanzey,  N.  H.,  at  Wilmington,  Yt.,  and  Alstead,  N.  H., 
High  Schools,  meeting  with  a  good  degree  of  success  teaching.  He 
was  one  of  the  constituent  membeis  of  the  "  Cheshire  County,  N.  H., 
Musical  Convention  and  Institute, "  at  its  original  organization  in 
August,  1853,  and  was  elected  and  served  as  its  first  President  through 
its  several  sessions  that  year.  He  studied  law  with  Hon.  F.  F.  Lane, 
of  Keene,  N.  H.,  and  Messrs.  Tyler  &  Pierce,  counsellors  at  law,  at 
Winchendon,  Mass.,  and  upon  examination  by  Judge  Thomas  of  the 
Supreme  Judicial  Court,  was  admitted  to  practice  law  in  all  the  courts 
of  Massachusetts,  at  the  Worcester  County  Bar,  at  the  April  Term  of 
the  Supreme  Judicial  Court,  April  28,  1854.  He  practiced  law  one 
year  in  Oxford,  Mass.,  then  between  three  and  four  years  in  Westborough, 
in  the  same  County,  finally  removing  to  and  opening  a  law  ofiice^  in 
Winchendon,  Mass.,  and  there  continuing  the  practice  of  his  profession 
in  the  courts  of  Massachusetts  and  New  Hampshire  to  the  present  time. 
He  has  made  a  specialty  of  the  piosecution  of  pension  and  other  gov- 
ernment claims  in  which  he  has  been  quite  successful,  making  glad 
many  a  worthy  soldier  and  dependent  relatives,  in  the  successful 


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261 


prosecution  of  their  claims.  He  is  and  for  thirteen  years  has  been  a 
confidential  contributor  of  a  leading  journal  in  "Worcester  County.  He 
was  commissioned  a  Justice  of  the  Peace  by  Gov.  Emory  Washburn 
in  18,54.  and  holds  that  office  at  the  present  time.  Was  commissioned 
in  1858,  by  Gov.  Wra.  Hale,  a  Commissioner  of  Xew  Hampshire  for 
Massachusetts.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Right  Worthy  Grand  Lodge 
of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  of  Massachusetts.  And  has 
several  times  been  elected  by  his  lodge  its  special  representative  to 
and  attended  upon  the  sessions  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and 
been  promoted  to  many  positions  of  honor  and  trust  in  the  Order. 


Children : — 

4191.  i.      Charles  L.,  b.  Mar.  6,  ISG-l. 

4192.  ii.     John  A.,  b.  July  23,  1866. 

2779.  Augusta  E.^  Pierce  {Ezekiel  PJ.  John^,  William^, 
Stephen^.  SUphen^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  29.  1830.  She  is 
unm.  and  resides  in  Chesterfield,  N.  H. 

Miss  Au(tUsta  Elizabeth  Pierce,  youngest  daughter  of  Ezekiel 
Porter  Pierce.  Esq.,  and  Susannah  Porter.  \yas  born  near  Spoftoi'd's 
Lake  in  what  is  called  the  Lake  House  on  the  Old  Pierce  Homestead,"' 
Chesterfield.  Xew  Hampshire.  January  29,  1830.  Her  parents,  in  point 
of  character,  were  among  the  most  respectable  inhabitants  of  the  com- 
munity. Her  father,  a  manufacturer,  ruerctiant  and  farmer,  was  a 
representative  man  of  great  energy  and  enterj^ise,  and  of  sterling 
integrity.  Her  mother  was  a  remarkable  woman  of  excellent  character, 
possessing  a  high  degree  of  refinement  and  more  than  ordinary  intellec- 
tual qualifications,  having  been  educated  at  Fai-miiigton  Academy.  Me. 
Augusta  is  a  woman  of  refinement  and  culture,  having  inherited 
many  of  the  sterling  qualities  of  her  parents,  she  is  industiTous,  enter- 
prising and  energetic.  Like  her  brothers,  her  early  education  was 
acquired  in  the  public  schools  and  at  Chesterfield  Academy,  which  for 
many  years  stood  prominent  in  the  State  as  a  literary  and  scientific 
institution. 

When  but  six  years  of  age.  she  resolved  to  qualify  herself  for 
teaching,  and  in  after  years  followed  up  that  resolution.  At  the  age  of 
eighteen  she  commenced  teaching  public  schools  in  her  native  town. 
Success  crowned  her  efforts  and  she  zealously  devoted  her  time  to 
teachino-  and  attending:  school  at  diff"erent  seminaries  of  learninor.  Enter- 
ing  Mount  Holyoke  Seminary  in  1856,  she  pursued  a  partial  course  of 


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studies  there,  fitted  for  and  chose  teaching  as  a  profession,  and  followed 
it  with  marked  success  for  many  years,  insomuch  that  her  services  were 
eagerly  sought  far  and  near,  being  for  several  years  Principal  of  Wil- 
mington, Vt.,  High  School,  and  Preceptress  in  Wilmington  Academy, 
Vt.  Taught  several  terms  of  school  in  the  City  of  Keene,  N.  H.,  and 
the  High  Schools  in  Marlow  and  Hinsdale,  N.  H.,  and  was  principal  of 
the  Grammar  School  at  Shelburne  Falls,  Mass.,  and  Chesterfield  Acade- 
my, N.  H. — having  taught  seventy-seven  different  terms  of  school  with 
usual  success.  She  has  always  taken  great  interest  in  all  moral  and 
religious  reforms,  being  a  staunch  advocate  and  supporter  of  the  Union 
cause  during  the  "  Great  Rebellion."  At  times  she  has  been  elected  to 
fill  public  offices  in  her  own  district  and  as  a  member  upon  the  board 
of  education  in  her  own  town,  being  elected  to  the  office  of  superintend- 
ing school  committee  of  Chesterfield,  and  has  always  resided  at  what  is 
now  called  the  "  Old  Pierce  Homestead  "  or  "  Lake  House,"  Chester- 
field, N.  H. 

2782.  Charles^  Pierce  {Ehenezer^ ^  John^,  William'^,  Stephen^, 
Stephen?^  Thoynas^,  Thomas^)^  b.  Mar.  8,  1813;  m.  Jan.,  1850, 
Caroline  Scribiier.    Res.  Boston,  and  rem.  to  Cal.    Child: — 

4193.  i.    Edith  J.,  b.  Jan.  31,  1853. 

2784.  Alson^  Pierce  {Ebenezer'^^  John^^  WilUam^,  Stephen^, 
Stepheoi^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^)^  b.  June  8,  1817;  m.  June  27,  1852, 
Lorany  P.  Wheeler,  b.  July  11,  1827,  d.  Dec.  25,  1872.  Res.  Ches- 
terfield, N.  H.    Children  :— 

4194.  1.      Frank  A.,  b.  Apr.  24,  1854;  m.  Persis  Prentice. 

4195.  li.     Lorany,  b.  Oct.  27,  1856;  d.  Oct.  29,  1856. 

4196.  iii.    William  B.,  b.  Aug.  11,  1858;  d.  Aug.  28,  1858. 

4197.  Iv.    Ella  E.,  b.  Mar.  20,  1860;  m.  Ferdinand  Spriuger. 

4198.  V.     Feed.  M.,  b.  Feb.  12,  1864;  d.  Aug.  24,  1864. 

2785.  DexterS  Pierce  {Ebenezer'^,  John^,  William^,  8tep)hen^^ 
Stephen^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  11,  1819;  m.  July  14,  1856,  R. 
C.  Wing.    Res.  E.  Westmoreland,  N.  H.    Children  : — 

4199.  i.      Haskins,  b.  Oct.  21,  1864. 

4200.  ii.     Cora  M.,  b.  Oct.  10,  1866. 

2798.  Kirk  D.^  Pierce  {Henry  DJ,  Benjamin^,  Benjamin^, 
Stephen^^  Stephen^^  Thomas^,  Thomas^)^  b.  Aug.  11,  1846;  m.  Feb. 
17,  1879,  Mary  A.  Collins,  b.  May  6,  1845.    Res.  Hillsboro,  N.  H. 

No  children. 

2807.  Jonathan^  Pierce  {Jonathan''^  Jonathan^,  Stephen^,  Ja- 
coM,  /Stephen^,  Thomas^,  Thoinas^),  b.  Jan.  29,  1789  ;  m.  Oct., 
1811,  Olive  Hale,  b.  Jan.  12,  1788,  d.  Feb.  24,  1868.  He  d.  Mar.  26, 
1866.    Res.  Groton,  Mass.    Children: — 

4201.  i.  Charles  H.,  b.  Sept.  17,  1812;  m.  Lovey  J.  Brown. 

4202.  ii.  Eliza,  b.  June  3,  1814;  m.  Francis  Flagg. 

4203.  iii.  Charlotte,  b.  Apr.  13,  1816;  d.  Aug.  29,  1837. 

4204.  iv.  George,  b.  Feb.  13,  1819;  m.  Ann  Hartwell. 

4205.  V.  Mary  A.,  b.  Sept.  9,  1821 ;  d.  July  10,  1845. 

4206.  vi.  John,  b.  Oct.  29,  1823 ;  m.  Elizabeth  J.  Flagg. 


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263 


2813.  Benjamin^  Pierce  {Benjamin'^,  Jonathan^,  Stephen^, 
Jacob"^,  Stephen^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  21,  1786;  m.  Tamar 
Gannett,  b.  Apr.  19,  1786,  d.  June  12,  1862.  He  d.  Oct.  9,  1865. 
Res.  Ludlow,  Vt.    No  children. 

2816.    Joseph^  Pierce  {Benjamin^,  Jonathan^,  Stephen^,  Jacoh^^ 
Stephen^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  11,  1792;  m.  Bridget  Davis. 
Children  : — 

4207.  i.      Mary,  b.  ;  d.  . 

4208.  ii.  WiLLARD. 

4209.  iii.    Eliza,  b.   ,  1820;  m.  

2818.  JoHN^  Pierce  {Benjamiri^^  Jonathan^,  Stephen^,  Jacoh^^ 
Stephen'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  24,  1795;  ra.  Feb.  3,  1823, 
Lydia  Putnam,  b.  Feb.  11,  1796,  d.  Aug.  15,  1856.  He  d.  June  1, 
1858.    Res.  Andover,  Vt. 


Children  : — 

4210.  i.      Rodney  M.,  b.  July  22,  1825;  m.  Malinda  Butterfield. 

4211.  ii.     Calista  A.,  b.  Aug.  13,  1834;  d.  Sept.  19,  1856. 

2823.  Stephen^  Pierce  {Benjamioi^,  Jonathan^ ^  Stephen^,  Jaeob^^ 
Stephen^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  2,  1804;  m.  Dec.  10,  1836, 
Alraira  Tarbell,  b.  Nov.  22,  1806,  d.  Sept.  26,  1875.  Res.  Mount 
Pleasant,  Iowa. 


2825.  David^  Pierce  {Benjamiii^,  Jonathan^^  Stephen^,  Jacoh^^ 
Stephen^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  27,  1808  ;  m.  Dec.  4,  1836, 
Susan  Kendall,  b.  Sept.  6,  1816.  He  d.  Sept.  20,  1845.  Res.  Mont- 
pelier,  Ind.    Children  : — 

4215.  i.  Elizabeth,  b.  June  18,  1837;  d.  1845. 

4216.  ii.  David  J.,  b.  July  18,  1841;  m.  Marietta  A.  Hall. 

4217.  iii.  Stephen  B.,  b.  Mar.  5,  1843;  m.  Annie  B.  Holt. 

4218.  iv.  John  K.,  b.  Apr.  8,  1845;  m.  Helen  M.  French. 

2S30.  Henry  A.^  Pierce  {SethP,  Josiah^,  Samuel^,  Samuel'^, 
SamueP,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  8,  1818  ;  m.  Oct.  28,  1850, 
Cornelia  Seward,  b.  Sept.  27,  1818,  d.  May  22,  1866.   Res.  Zoar,  Mass. 

No  children. 


Children  : — 


4212.  i.      Benjamin  T.,  b.  Aug.  25,  1843;  d.  Mar.  13,  1862. 

4213.  ii.     Oliver  W.,  b.  May  20,  1845;  d.  Apr.  24,  1877. 

4214.  iii.    EsTELLA  A.,  b.  July  27,  1850;  ra.   Harris. 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


2834.  JosiAn  F.^  Pierce  {Josiah?^  Josiah^^  Samuel^,  Samuel^, 
SmnueP,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  July  20,  1821;  m.  May  19,  1850, 
Chloe  Hammond,  b.  Oct.  3,  1827.  He  d.  Mar.  27,  1875.  Res.  Bar- 
rington,  111.    Children  : — 

4219.  i.      Charles  A.,  b.  May  7,  1851 ;  m.  Annie  E.  Dean. 

4220.  ii.     Lydia  M.,  b.  Oct.  5,  1854;  d.  Oct.  5,  1879. 

4221.  iii.    H.  Judson,  b.  Mar.  23,  1862;  d.  Sept.  27,  1879. 

2838.  Henry  B.^  Pierce  {JosiaJi^^  Josiah^,  SamueP,  Samuel^, 
SamueP,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  June  24,  1834;  m.  Aug.  26,  1856, 
Eliza  Wilson,  b.  Nov.  14,  1836,  d.  May  27,  1867;  m.  2nd,  July  21, 
1869,  Addie  L.  Potter,  b.  Oct.  2,  1842.  He  d.  Aug.  26,  1878.  Res. 
Geneva,  111.    Children  : — 

4222.  i.  Marietta,  b.  Oct.  20,  1857. 

4223.  ii.  E.  Maude,  b.  Aug.  26,  1860;  m.  Fred.  G.  Underwood. 

4224.  iii.  Harry  B.,  b.  Apr.  28,  1864;  d.  Dec,  1864. 

4225.  iv.  Elsie  I.,  b.  Mar.  8,  1866. 

4226.  V.  Millicent  L.,  b.  Nov.  28,  1870. 

4227.  vi.  Louis  W.,  b.  Apr.  9,  1874;  d.  Feb.  17,  1876. 

4228.  vii.  Henry  B.,  b.  Sept.  13,  1877. 

2841.  Robert  W.^  Pierce  {Richard?^  Josiah^,  Samuel^,  Samuel^, 
Samuel^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  14,  1821  ;  m.  June  24,  1846, 
Elizabeth  M.  Burditt,  b.  July  5,  1827.    Res.  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

Children  : — 

4229.  1.      Richard  W.,  b.  June  24,  1848;  d.  Aug  21,  1849. 

4230.  ii.   ,  b.  Mar.  14,  1851 ;  d.  Apr.  15,  1851. 

4231.  iii.    Edgar  F.,  b.  Mar.  16,  1852. 

4232.  iv.    Flora  1.,  b.  Aug.  31,  1856;  d.  July  1,  1857. 

4233.  V.     Louis  W.,  b.  Sept.  24,  1858. 

4234.  vi.    Marion,  b.  June  21,  1861 ;  d.  Aug.  16,  1866. 

4235.  vii.   Robert  W.,  b.  Nov.  20,  1865. 

4236.  viii.  Chester  B.,  b.  Sept.  25,  1870. 

2844.  Albert  L.^  Pierce  {RicharcP^  Josiah^,  Samuel^,  Samuel^, 
SamueP,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  27,  1825;  m.  Oct.  22,  1863, 
Sarah  McFarland  ;  d.  Nov.  14,  1865.  Child 

4237.  1.      Nellie  McF.,  b.  Sept.  19,  1864. 

2853.  Oscar  H.^  Pierce  {Richarcr,  Josiah^,  Samuel^,  Samuel^, 
Samuel^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  July  6,  1840;  m.  Jan.  24,  1867, 
Martha  Horning,  b.  May  15,  1841.    Res.  Milwaukee,  Wis.   Children  : — 

4238.  i.      Marion,  b.  July  7,  1869. 

4239.  ii.     Ella,  b.  Dec.  25,  1870. 

2856.  Prof.  William  M.^  Pierce  (^Damd?,  Josiah^,  Josiah^, 
Samuel^,  SamueP,  Thomas^ ^  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  30,  1827  ;  ra.  Dec. 
28,  1860,  Fanny  M.  Shyrock,  d.  Jan.  7,  1871.    Res.  Hadley,  Mass. 

He  graduated  at  Amherst  College,  in  Class  of  1853.  He  was  Pro- 
fessor of  Mathematics  and  Principal  of  Senior  Male  Department  two 


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265 


years  in  the  Yirginia  Male  and  Female  Colleoiate  Institute,  Portsmouth. 
Ya.  Studied  law  one  year  in  Portsmouth,  Ya.,  two  years  with  Judge 
Wells  in  Geneva  Co.,  111.,  and  was  there  admitted  to  the  bar,  but  never 
practiced.  After  this  for  several  years  was  Professor  of  Languages  in 
Wyman's  City  University,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  When  the  war  broke  out 
he  was  teaching  in  L'onton,  Mo.  ;  troops  were  stationed  in  that  place. 
His  school  building  was  taken  for  a  hospital  and  his  school  broken  up. 
In  1869  he  received  an  appointment  from  the  Government  as  ^^"otary 
Public.  Surveyor  and  Land  Agent.  He  followed  this  to  the  time  of  his 
death,  Jan.  7,  1871. 

Child 

4210.    i.      Helen  Cakson,  b.  Nov.  30,  1861.    Ees.  Butte  City,  Montana. 

2858.  John  IN".^  Pierce  {DavkV.  Josiah^,  Josiah^,  Samuel'^, 
Samuel^,  Thomas'^.  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  8,  1833  ;  m.  Apr.  17,  1861, 
Lucy  M.  Brackett,  b.  Dec,  1833,  d.  May  26,  1864;  m.  2nd,  Nov.  14, 
1867,  Mrs.  Calista  M.  Root,  b.  Jan.  31,"  1838.    Res.  Hadley,  Mass. 

Child  :— 

4241.  i.      Maetin  S.,  b.  Nov.  10,  1868. 

2870.  JosiAH^  PiEECE  {JElihii'^,  J'osiah^,  Josiah^,  Samuel'^.  Sam- 
uel'^, Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  4,  1824;  m.  May  3,  1848,  Hannah 
M.  Muzzy,  b.  Apr.  21,  1828,  d.  Oct.  5,  1875.  Res.  New  Haven, 
Conn. 

JosiAH  PiEECE,  the  youngest  and  only  son  of  Elihu  Pierce  that  sur- 
vived infancy,  was  born  in  Hadley,  Mass.,  February  4th,  1824.  The 
death  of  his  father  in  his  fifth  year  compelled  the  restriction  of  his 
school  days  to  the  few  short  winter  months  preceding  his  fourteenth 
year. 

The  death  of  his  mother  during  the  following  year,  left  him  entirely 
dependent  upon  himself  for  support,  which  he  earned  by  farm  labor 
until  sixteen  years  of  age ;  serving  the  remainder  of  his  minority  as 
cabinet-maker's  apprentice  in  Northampton.  At  the  expiration  of  this 
time  he  went  to  Bristol,  Conn.,  where  he  obtained  employment  in  the 
clock  manufactory,  a  business  which  he  followed  during  the  greater 
portion  of  his  life.  In  this  village  upon  the  third  of  May,  1848,  he 
married  Hannah  M.  Muzzy,  who  became  in  good  time  the  proud  and 
happy  mother  of  four  boys. 

While  his  eldest  son  was  yet  an  infant  he  removed  to  Ansonia, 
Conn.,  where  he  remained  until  the  spring  of  1866,  when  he  removed 
to  the  city  of  New  Haven,  his  present  home.  In  this  quiet  old  "  City 
of  Elms"  he  buried  his  wife  upon  the  7th  of  October,  1875,  and  four 
years  later,  upon  the  9th  of  the  same  month,  he  laid  his  oldest  boy  by 
her  side.    Children  : — 

4242.  i.      Chahles  F.,  b.  July  3,  1849:  d.  Oct.  9,  1879. 

4243.  ii.     DwiGHT  E.,  b.  May  13,  1854;  m.  Fannie  E.  Lloyd. 

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266 


PIEKCE  PEDIGREE. 


4244.  iii.    William  J.,  b.  Mar.  1,  1856;  m.  Edna  Scofleld. 

4245.  iv.    Haeky  S.,  b.  June  23,  1859. 

2872.  John  F.^  Pierce  {JoW,  Josiah^,  Josiah^,  Samuel\  Sam 
uel^  Thomas^  Thomas^),  b.  July  14,  1811 ;  m.  July  27,  1841,  Nancy 
Bardwell,  b.  Sept.  9,  1806,  d.  Dec.  24,  1865.    Res.  Hadlev,  Mass. 

Child 

4246.  i.  LoRAm  B.,  b.  Apr.  6,  1845;  m.  Henry  Belden. 

2877.  L/Ewis^  Pierce  {tToJP^  J^osiahP,  tTosiah^^  Samuel^,  Samuel^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  20,  1826;  m.  Nov.  21,  1857,  Frances 
Emerson,  b.  June,  1831,  d.  Dec.  20,  1861;  m.  2nd,  Sept.  19,  1872, 
Louise  M.  Ives,  b.  Feb.  26,  1839.    Res.  Salem,  Mass. 


Children : — 

4247.  i.  Frank  H.,  b.  Nov.  20,  1857. 

4248.  ii.  Ella  F.,  b.  Nov.,  1859. 

4249.  iii.  George  L.,  b.  Nov.,  1861. 

4250.  iv.  Charles  S.,  b.  Mar.  21,  1874. 

2879.  Av^Tm^  Vi'E.ucY.  {Gordon?,  Set h^,  Seth^,  Samuel^,  Samuel^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  2,  1799;  m.  Mar.  17,  1826,  Mary  Ann 
Sterling.    He  d.  June  17,  1861.    Res.  Villenova,  N.  Y. 

Austin  Pierce  was  born  in  Thetford,  Vt.,  in  1799;  he  moved  to 
Villenova,  New  York,  in  1829,  while  the  country  was  quite  new  and 
just  being  settled.  He  practiced  medicine  till  1850,  when  he  was 
attacked  with  a  spinal  disease  and  was  confined  to  his  bed  for  nearly 
twelve  years.  He  died  June  17,  1861,  a  firm  believer  in  Christianity, 
a  consistent  Christian,  and  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 
He  was  Supervisor  of  his  town  for  a  number  of  years,  and  represented 
his  district  in  the  State  Assembly  in  the  winter  of  1841  and  1842. 

Children  : — 

4251.  i.      Julia  M.,  b.  Oct.  9,  1829;  m.  Sept.  3,  1846,  Charles  L.  Mark,  b. 

Aug.  12,  1822.  Ch.  :  Ed.  L.,  b.  Mav  30,  1847;  res.  Fredonia, 
N.  Y. 

4252.  ii.     William  P.,  b.  Mar.  25,  1830;  m.  Dec.  18,  1856,  Mary  F.  Rood. 

4253.  iii.    Ellen  E.,  b.  Dec.  18,  1831;  m.  July  10,  1858,  George  White,  b. 

Sept.  11,  1829.  Ch.  :  Squire,  b.  June  11,  1859 ;  Austin  P.,  b. 
May  16,  1864,  d.  Mar.  22,  1865;  res.  Fredonia,  N.  Y. 

4254.  iv.    Lucius  G.  C,  b.  Feb.  5,  1836;  m.  Sept.  27,  I860,  Esther  Snow. 

4255.  V.     Theresa  M.,  b.  Sept.  2,  1838;  m.  Mar.  3,  1858,  Fayette  S.  Hatch. 

Ch.  :  Mary  S.,  b.  Nov.  30,  1858;  Lawson  W.,  b.  Feb.  21,  1861; 
Austin  S.,  b.  Dec.  7,  1870.    Res.  Kanl^akee,  111. 

4256.  vi.    Gordon  L.,  b.  Jan.  25,  1841 ;  d.  June  1,  1864. 

4257.  vii.   Henry  A.,  b.  Oct.  11,  1843;  m.  Sarah  E.  Sessions. 

4258.  viii.  Austin  L.,  b.  June  9,  1848;  d.  Nov.  30,  1870. 


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2881.  Francis  S.^  Pierce  {Gordon^,  Seth^,  Seth^,  Samiiel\ 
SamueP,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  6,  1806;  m.  Oct.  25,  1831, 
Rebecca  Page,  b.  Aug.  18,  1806.    Res.  Frankton,  Ind. 

Children  : — 

4259.  i.      Hexry  E.,  b.  Oct.  10,  1833;  m.  Feb.  14,  1855,  Scineathy  Sinsor. 

4260.  ii.     Francis  N,,  b.  July  25,  1835;  m.  Aug.  22,  1861,  Susan  Moore. 

4261.  iii.    Edmund  G.,  b.  Apr.  30,  1837;  m.  Oct.  17,  1858,  Lydia  P.  Duell; 

m.  2nd,  Mav  15,  1864,  Catherine  Groandyke. 

4262.  iv.    Albert  0.,  b.  June  2,  1839;  m.  Dec.  10,  1863,  Elizabetb  Pike. 

4263.  V.     Margaret  P.,  b.  Oct.  18,  1840;  m.  Sept.  3,  1868,  William  H.  H. 

Sommers;  res.  Ossian,  Ind. 

4264.  vi.    Amanda  P.,  b.  Dec.  20,  1842;  d.  Feb.  22,  1845. 

4265.  vii.  Minerva,  b.  Dec.  6,  1846;  m.  Dec.  31,  1868,  Daniel  Sigler.  Res. 

Elwood,  Ind. 

4266.  viii.  Almira  P.,  b.  Mar.  8,  1849;  m.  Sept.  3,  1868,  Andrew  J.  Sigler, 

b.  Mar.  8,  1846.  Ch.  :  John  H.,  b.  Feb.  8,  1869;  Jerry  A.,  b. 
July  20,  1872 ;  Charles,  b.  Dec.  14,  1874 ;  res.  Frankton,  Ind. 

4267.  ix.    Emma  P.,  b.  Feb.  20,  1851 ;  d.  Aug.  15,  1853. 

2882.  Dr.  Royal  S.^  Pierce  {Gordo^i^,  Seth^,  Seth^,  Samuel\ 
Samuel^^  Thomas^^  Thomas^)^  b.  Jan.  8, 1812;  m.  Sept.  30,  1835,  Juliet 
Morton,  b.  Sept.  11,  1809.    He  d.  Mar.  16,  1845,  in  Mina,  N.  Y. 

Royal  S.  Pierce,  born  in  Germantown,  N".  Y.,  Jan.  8,  1812.  Grad 
uated  at  the  Medical  College  at  Fairfield,  Herkimer  Co.,  Y.,  1835. 
Practiced  his  profession  at  Mina,  N.  Y.,  until  his  death  in  1845.  His 

widow  m.  2nd,  Leavitt.    Res.  in  Sparta,  Wis.,  with  her  daugh 

ter.    Children  : — 

4268.  i.      Amelia  J.,  b.  Dec.  13,  1836;  d.  Feb.  17,  1848. 

4269.  ii.     Luther  M.,  b.  June  4,  1838;  d.  Oct.  18,  1840. 

4270.  iii.    Wm.  H.  H.,  b.  Apr.  4,  1841;  m.  Jan.  22,  1876,  Elizabeth  H. 

Harwell. 

2883.  Seth^  Pierce  {SamueP,  Seth^,  /Seth^,  /Samuel'^,  Samuel^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  15,  1802  ;  m.  Sept.  22,  1831,  Fidelia 
Barrett,  d.  Oct.  30,  1876.  He.  d.  Nov.  20,  1876.  Res.  Ware,  Mass. 
Children  : — 

4271.  i.      Delia  A.,b.  Sept.  10,  1835;  m.  Dec.  27,  1857,  John  H.  Storrs. 

She  d.  Oct.  12,  1859. 

4272.  ii.     Emily  E.,  b.  Feb.  12,  1839;  d.  May  11,  1861. 

2884.  Chester^  Pierce  {SamueV^  Seth^,  ^ethP,  Samuel^,  SamueP, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  June  20,  1803  ;  m.  March  15,  1831,  Abigail 
Marsh,  b.  Aug.  15,  1807,  d.  Nov.  30,  1851 ;  m.  2nd,  April,  1853,  Ange- 
line  Titus,  b.  Feb.  23,  1812.    Res,  Ware,  Mass. 


Children  : — 

4273.  i.      Cordelia,  b.  Dec.  29,  1838 ;  m.  George  Armitage.    Ch. :  Lettie, 

Angeline,  Cora  and  Waldo. 

4274.  ii.     Wald0,  b.  Nov.  17,  1844 ;  m.  Annie  Belcher. 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


2886.  Granger^  Pierce  {SamueP^  Seth^^  SethP,  Samuel^,  SamueP, 
Thomas^.  Thomas^),  b.  1806  ;  m.  Mercy  Stock  well.  Res.  Worcester, 
Mass.    Children  : — 

4275.  i.      RuFus  J.,  b.  Jan.  12,  1839;  m.  Sarah  Nye. 

4276.  ii.     Theodore  S.,  b.  June  20,  1841;  d. 

2887.  S.  Austin^  Pierce  {SafmieP,  Seth^,  jSeth^,  Samuel^,  Samuel"^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  6,  1808  ;  m.  Jan.  28,  1831,  Koxanna 
Harwood.    Res,  Ware,  Mass.    Children  : — 

4277.  i.      James  S.,  b.  June  8,  1831 ;  m.  May  1,  1856,  Mary  Ellis,  b.  May  29, 

1832 ;  no  issue.    Res.  Ware. 

4278.  ii.     Thieiza,  b.  Nov.  11,  1833;  m.  Dec.  27,  1849,  Stephen  E.  Newton, 

b.  Feb.  12,  1826.  Ch.  :  Amy  L.,  b.  June  6,  1851;  Rollin  D.,  b. 
Apr.  20,  1857;  Willie  A.,  b.  July  14,  1859;  Lewis  E.,  b.  Aug.  23, 
1867;  Stephen  E.  Jr.,  b.  Mar.  12,  1875. 

4279.  iii.    Leverett,  b.  Jan.  28,  1835;  ra.  Mar.  31,  1858,  Mary  L.  Benway. 

4280.  iv.    Waldo,  b.  Feb.  28,  1838 ;  m.  Sept.  15,  1860,  Abigail  Bassett. 

4281.  V.     Ellen,  b.  Dec.  5,  1841;  m.  Geo.  P.  Campbell  and  has  two  chil- 

dren.   Res.  Ware,  Mass. 

4282.  vi.    Mary,  b.  July  26,  1848;  m.  Feb.  14,  1871,  Augustus  Cummings,  b. 

May  26,  1841.  Ch.  :  Roy  E.,  b.  Aug.  4,  1873;  Guy  A.,  b.  July 
19,  1875 ;  Grenville,  b.  June  10,  1877.    Res.  Ware,  Mass. 

2888.  William^  Pierce  {SamueP,  jSeth^,  jSeth^,  /Samuel^,  jSamueP, 
7'homas%  Thomas^),  b.  March  4,  1810  ;  m.  April  11,  1837,  Sarah 
Witheiell,  b.  1811.    Res.  Ware,  Mass.    Children  :— 


4283. 
4284. 
4285. 


William  W.,  b.  July  2,  1838. 

i.  George,  b.  Oct.  29,  1841 ;  d.  1841. 

ii.  John  W.,  b.  Oct.,  1851;  m.  Mary  Sumner. 


2889.  Brigham^  Pierce  {jSamueP,  jSeth^,  SethP,  Samuel"^,  SamueP, 
Thomas^,  Thomas%  b.  Aug.  15,  1812  ;  m.  Jan.  19,  1866,  Mrs.  Mary 
E.  K.  Cook,  b.  Dec.  12,  1823.    Res.  Rutland,  Mass.    Child  :— 

4286.  i.      Eugene,  b.  July  10,  1867. 

2890.  Mandley^  Pierce  {Samuel,  Seth^,  Seth^^  Samuel^,  SamueP, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  31,  1817  ;  m.  May  3,  1842,  Emily 
Thomas,  b.  Feb.  23,  1816.    Res.  West  Brookfield.    Children  :— 

4287.  i.      R.  Jennie,  b.  Apr.  23,  1843;  m.  May  1,  1867,  Wm.  A.  Sturdy. 

Ch. :  Willie  M.,  Emily  V.,  Alice  W.,^  Willie  M.,  Arthur  T.  Res. 
Lane  Station,  Norton,  Mass. 

4288.  il      Ella  v.,  b.  Apr.  27,  1845. 

4289.  iii.    Emma  F.,  b.  Dec.  10,  1847 ;  m.  June  20,  1875,  Dr.  Watson  E.  Rice. 

Watson  E.  Rice,  M.  D.,  was  born  in  Shrewsbury,  Mass., 
December  15th,  1846,  the  son  of  Rev.  Gardner  Rice.  He  was 
fitted  for  College  by  his  father,  and  then  followed  the  profession 
of  teaching  for  four  years.  Subsequently,  beginning  the 
study  of  medicine  under  Dr.  W.  F.  Breakey  of  Ann  Arbor, 
Mich.,  he  entered  the  University  of  Michigan  in  September, 
1869,  and  was  graduated  from  that  institution  March  27th,  1872, 
and  settled  at  New  England  Village  June  14th,  1872.  \_8ee 
History  of  Grafton,  Mass.,  by  F.  C.  Pierce,  Esq. 

4290.  V.    LuTHERiA  R.,  b.  Dec.  2,  1850;  m.  July  1,  1874,  Jas.  E.  Hills,  b. 

Oct.  3,  1841.  Ch.  :  J.  Mandley,  b.  Apr.  28, 1875.  Res.  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.,  82  South  Elliott  Place. 


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269 


4291.    V.     Louise  T.,  b.  Feb.  18,  1852. 

2893.  Justin  M.^  Pierce  {Mijali',  Seth^,  jSeth^,  Samuel^  Samuel^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  9,  1804  ;  m.  Aug.  21,  1833,  Mary 
Trowbridge,  b.  Dec.  5,  1807.    Res.  Homer,  K  Y. 


Children  :— 

4292.  i.  Mart  A.,  b.  May  21,  1834;  d.  April  23,  1847. 

4293.  ii.  George  R.,  b.  Jan.  16,  1836;  m.  Elizabeth  CummiDgs. 

4294.  ill.  Helen  L.,  b.  April  10,  1838;  d.  Jan.  10,  1862. 

4295.  iv.  Caroline  S.,  b.  June  29,  1840;  ra.  Willet  Fisher. 

4296.  V.  Francis  L.,  b.  May  4,  1849;  d.  Dec.  24,  1860. 

4297.  vi.  William  E.,  b.  Feb.  22,  1853;  m.  Harriet  Shorley. 

4298.  vii.  Edgar  L.,  b.  May  12,  1856. 

2894.  Daniel^  Pierce  {Elijah^ ^  Seth^,  Seth^,  Samuel'^,  SamueP, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  12,  1807  ;  m.  Jan.  8,  1835,  Sarah  S. 
Sharp,  b.  March  29,  180.5.    Res.  Homer,  N.  Y.    Child  :— 

4299.  1.      Sarah  E.,  b.  Jan.  12,  1839;  m.  Nov.  1,  1860,  A.  S.  Merrill,  b. 

Mar.  15,  1830.  Ch.  :  Frances  C,  b.  Sept.  29,  1861;  Chas.  R., 
b.  Mar.  1,  1863;  Katie  F.,  b.  July  11,  1865;  Lewis  P.,  b.  June 
25,  1870;  John  S.,  b.  July  11,  1872. 

2895.  Horace^  Pierce  {Elijah'^,  Seth^,  /Seth^,  Samuel"^,  SamtieP, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  28,  1809  ;  ra.  Jan.  21,  1835,  Sarah  A. 
Smith,  b.  Sept.  8,  1815.    Res.  Middleport,  N.  Y.  Children-:— 

4300.  i.      LiBBiE  W.,  b.  Oct.  11,  1835;  m.  Nov.  21.  1855,  Ezra  B.  DeLane, 

b.  Mar.  20,  1829.    Res.  Middleport,  N.  Y. 

4301.  ii.     Moulton  N.,  b.  July  21,  1837;  m.  Mary  Swain. 

2896.  Lucius  E.^  Pierce  {Algernon'^^  JEnoch^^  Enoch^,  Saynuel'^^ 
Samuel"^^  Thomas^,  Thomas^)^  b.  Jan.  19,  1819  ;  m.  Jan.  I,  1844, 
Chloe  A.  Chevalier,  b.  July,  1824,  d.  July  27,  1846  ;  m.  2nd,  Aug.  25, 
1846,  Clarinda  Porter,  b.  March  16,  1820.    Res.  North  Pitcher,  N.  Y. 

Children  : — 

4302.  i.      Chloe  A.,  b.  Oct.  28,  1847;  d.  Mar.  11,  1857. 

4303.  ii.     Henry  E.,  b.  Oct.  1,  1853;  d.  Mar.  8,  1856. 

4304.  ill.    Milford  H.,  b.  Mar.  23,  1858. 

2898.  Henry  E.^  Pierce  {Algernon'',  EnochP,  Enoclv>,  Safmiel^, 
SamueP,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  June  10,  1823  ;  m.  June  21,  1849, 
Lydia  E.  Hyde,  d.  April  10,  1852  ;  m.  2nd,  Jan.  24,  1854,  Maria  L. 
Ishanger,  b.  Dec.  12,  1829.  He  d.  Nov.  8, 1858.  Res.  North  Pitcher, 
N.  Y. 


270 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


Children  : — 

4305.  i.      Nellie  L.,  b.  June  2,  1854;  d.  March  10,  1861. 

4306.  ii.     Lydia  M.,  b.  Jan.  24,  1856. 

2901.  Lathrop  S.8  Pierce  {EarV,  Enoch^,  Enoch^,  Samuel\ 
Samuel'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  24,  1824  ;  m.  May  6,  1852, 
Julia  M.  Gurley.   He  d.  Nov.  27,  1862.   Res.  Bolton,  Conn.  Child 

4307.  i.      Hattie,  b.  Sept.  27,  1859;  m.  A.  A.  Bosworth. 

2903.  Sheppard  H.^  Pierce  {EarP,  Enoch^,  Enoch^,  Samuel^, 
Samuel^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  14,  1830  ;  m.  July  6,  1851, 
Frances  Haven,  b.  Oct.  13,  1832,  d.  March  26,  1856  ;  ra.  2nd,  Apr.  10, 
1861,  Olive  Fox,  b.  Oct  26,  1830.    Res.  Leslie,  Mich.  Children:— 

4308.  i.      Adelbert,  b.  July  31,  1852. 

4309.  ii.     Loretta,  b.  July  20,  1855 ;  m.  A.  C.  Johnson. 

2910.  Capt.  Marcus  T.^  Pierce  {Joseph  HJ,  Joseph^^  Isaac^, 
Isaac^,  SamueP,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  17,  1799  ;  m.  April  28, 
1830,  Sarah  C.  E.  Wood,  daughter  of  Judge  Jacob  Wood  of  Savannah, 
Georgia.    He  d.  April.  19,  1833.    He  was  a  sea  captain.    Child  : — 

4310.  i.      Sarah  F.  T.,  b.  Apr.  14,  1831. 

2911.  Col.  CoNSTANTius^  PiERCE  {Joseph  S.'^^  Joseph^,  Isaac^, 
Isaad^,  Samuel"^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  9,  1801  ;  m.  Nov.  25, 
1823,  Mary  Steer.    He  d.  1839. 

Colonel  CoNSTANTius  Pierce  of  Baton  Rouge,  La.,  of  the  U.  S.  A., 
died  at  San  Jacinto  while  acting  as  colonel  in  the  Texan  war.  He  was 
proprietor  of  the  plantations,  "  Gartness  "  and  "  Arlington."  His  son, 
Hamilton  McKee  Pierce,  was  a  colonel  of  volunteers  in  the  Mexican 
war. 


Children  :— 

4311.  i.  flAMiLTON  McKee,  b.  Sept.  23,  1824;  d.  May  1,  1866. 

4312.  ii.  Frances  T.,  b.  Feb.  9,  1826;  m.  Bertrand  Harolson. 

4313.  iii.  Grenville  M.,  b.  Dec.  5,  1827;  m.  Mary  C.  Baker. 

4314.  iv.  Mary  S.,  b.  Feb.  28,  1830;  m.  Joseph  Mather. 

4315.  V.  Laura;  m.  Fergus  Harolson. 

4316.  vi.  Sarah. 

2915.  Hon.  Henry  A.^  Pierce  {Joseph  HJ,  Joseph^,  Isaac^, 
Isaac^,  SamueP,  Thomas^,  Thomas'"),  b.  Dec.  15,  1808  ;  m.  July  3, 
1838,  Susan  R.  Thompson,  b.  Mar.  15,  1818. 

Henry  A.  Pierce,  educated  at  the  public  schools  of  Boston,  except- 
ing for  a  period  of  a  year  or  so,  while  he  was  a  member  of  Gideon  F. 
Thayer's  school.  In  1824  at  the  age  of  sixteen  he  embarked  in  the 
Griffin,  accompanied  by  his  brother  Marcus  Tullis  for  a  voyage  to 
the  N.  W.  Coast  country,  known  as  the  territory  of  Alaska,  where  he 
was  engaged  in  the  fur  trade  until  1829,  when  he  sailed  for  Honolulu, 


EIGHTH  GEXEEATIOX. 


271 


Sandwich  Islands,  where  he  resided  as  a  merchant  until  his  return  to 
Boston  with  a  moderate  fortune  in  1S42.  where  he  became  an  extensive 
merchant  and  ship  owner  engaged  in  commerce  with  the  Hawaiian 
Ishmds,  Russian  Settlements  in  Asia.  California.  Hanilla  and  China; 
during  the  Civil  war  he  encountered  severe  losses  :  in  1867.  having 
withdrawn  in  a  great  mea,^uie  from  business  he  settled  in  Yazoo 
County.  Miss.,  as  a  cotton  planter;  owing  to  unprosperous  seasons  and 
also  to  unlV'itunate  speculations  in  the  cotton  market  he  lost  nearly  all 
the  remainder  of  a  once  large  fortune  accumulated  by  so  much  toil  and 
enterprise.  Through  the  interest  of  the  Hon.  Hamilton  Fish.  Secretary 
of  State  of  the  U.  S..  he  was  in  Mar.  1869  appointed  U.  S.  minister 
resident  at  HonoliiLu.  Sandwich  Islands ;  now  res.  San  Francisco,  CaL 


Children 

4317.  i.      Ella  A.,  b.  Oct.  3.  ISS9 :  m.  Apr.  15.  1S62,  Fred.  Clapp.    Ch.  : 

Anna.  b.  Oct.  6,  1S64.  m.  Silas  A.  Gurnev. 

4318.  ii.     Hi:>rRir  M.,  b.  Xov.  23.  1S46. 

2916.  John  D.^  Pierce  {Joseph  H.~.  Joseph^,  Isaac^,  JsaacS 
SamueP.  Ttiomo..^-.  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  6.  1812  :  m.  1837.  Ruth  Stock- 
ton Smith,  b.  .  d.  Xov.  7.  1865.    He  d.  Oct  19,   1870.  Res. 

Cincinnati.  Ohio.    Children  : — 

4319.  1.      Fra^xzs  T.,  b.  June  IS.  1838:  d.  Mar  11,  1839. 

4320.  ii.     Anna  T..  b.  Apr.  4,  1S40:  m.   Borham. 

4321.  iii.    WiLLLi3i.  b.  Oct.  8.  1844:  m.   . 

4322.  iv.    Hardy,  b.  June  25,  1847. 

4323.  V.     Cathap.DsE.  b.  Feb.  19.  1849  :  m.   Meader. 

4324.  Yi.    Fea^^'CES  L.,  b.  May  23,  1853. 

2921.     William  J.^  Pierce  TTiUiam^.  William^.  Somme/'s\ 

WiUkrm^,  Thomas-^.  TJ-iomas^),  b.  Oct.  4:.  1820  ;  m.  1846.  Serepta 
Hossiter.    Res.  Springville.  X.  T. 

2924.    WarrexA.^  Pierce  JVlUiam^,  Willia/m^.  Sommers^, 

William'^.  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Julv  14.  1831  ;  m.  Feb.  18.  1856, 
Frances  J.  Davis,  b.  .July  18,  1838.    Res.  Rolla,  Miss.    Children  :— 

4325.  i.  Caerle  A.,  b.  June  16.  1858. 

4326.  ii.  Fraxk  W..  b.  March  21,  1862. 

4327.  iii.  Fred.  H..  b.  Mav  21.  1864. 

4328.  iv.  Ada  J.,  b.  Xov.  9.  1871. 

4329.  V.  Wareex  D.,  b.  April  10,  1873. 

2926.  Albert  H.^  Pierce  {Asa',  WilUara^.  WilUa/n^.  Sommers^, 
William^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  March  10,  1836  :  m.  Eugenia 
Hossiter.    Res.  Springville,  N.  Y. 

2927.  HutxH-  Pierce  (  WllUanv.  William^.  William^.  jSommers\ 
WiUiam^.  Thomas-.  Thomas^},  b.  Xov.  12.  1818  :  m.  Feb.  22.  1848^ 
Mary  Rogers,  b.  March  22.  1824.    Res.  West  Hebron.  X.  Y.    Child  :— 

4330.  i.      David  T.,  b.  Feb.  10,  1S50;  m.  Etta  Burt. 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


2928.  William^  Pierce  (  William?^  'William^,  William^^  Sommers^^ 
William^,  Thornas^,  Thomas^)^  b.  June  7,  1820  ;  m.  Jan.  24,  1848, 
Adelaide  Bristol,  b.  May  21,  1821.    Res.  Sandgate,  Yt.    No  children. 

2929.  JoHN^  Pierce  ( William'',  William^,  William^,  Sommers^, 
William^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  March  31,  1824;  m.  March  21, 
1848,  Ann  Eliza  Tucker.  He  d.  May  11,  1848.  Res.  Sandgate,  Yt. 
No  children.    She  m.  2nd,  Cheney  Bowker.    Res.  Belleville,  Wis. 

2933.  Abiel  H.^  Pierce  {AbleP,  Senjamioi^,  William^,  /Sommers'^, 
William^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  23,  1822  ;  m.  Dec.  23,  1847, 
Cordelia  B.  Finton,  b.  Oct.  24,  1821.  Res.  Dodge's  Corner,  Wis. 
Children  : — 

4331.  i.      John  B.,  b.  April  2,  1856;  m.  Priscilla  Kyburg. 

4332.  ii.     Frank  A.,  b.  Sept.  30,  1858;  m.  Laura  L.  Jackson. 

4333.  iii.    William  A.,  b.  April  25,  1864. 

4334.  iv.     Clement  H.,  b.  Sept.  27,  1868. 

2935.  Asa  W.^  Pierce  {Asa?,  Benjamin^,  William^,  Sommers^, 
William^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  22,  1821  ;  m.  Mar.  20,  1845, 
Ann  Poinsett,  d.  July  29,  1868  ;  m.  2nd,  Oct.  31,  1869,  Hester  Corey. 
Res.  Fort  Wayne,  Ind.    Children  : — 

4335.  i.  James  E.,  b.  Jan.  24,  1846;  d.  Oct.  10,  1865. 

4336.  ii.  Mary  E.,  b.  Apr.  23,  1849;  d.  Apr.  20,  1860. 

4337.  iii.  Parynthia  O.,  b.  Sept.  13,  1858. 

4338.  iv.  Joseph  M.,  b.  Aug.  17,  1862. 

4339.  V.  W.  Della,  b.  Aug.  26,  1870. 

4340.  vi.  MiLOW  S.,  b.  Aug.  26,  1872. 

4341.  vii.  Arthur,  b.  Sept.  4,  1874. 

4342.  viii.  Cecil  R.,  b.  Oct.  1,  1876. 

2938.  James  S.^  Pierce  {Asa'',  Benjamin^,  William^,  Sommers^^ 
William^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  March  6,  1827  ;  m.  Apr.  28,  1851, 
Mary  Rockhill,  d.  Sept.  19,  1855  ;  m.  2nd,  Feb.  19,  1856,  Phebe 
Strout.    Res.  Fort  Wayne,  Ind. 

Children  : — 

4343.  i.      Florence  M.,  b.  Nov.  30,  1854. 

4344.  ii.     Indiana  L.,  b.  July  31,  1859;  d.  April  22,  1860. 

4345.  iii.    J.  Frank,  b.  Feb.  13,  1862. 

2940.  Alvah  W.s  Pierce  {AlvaK',  Benjamin^,  William^,  Som- 
mersS  William^,  Thomas%  Thomas^),  b.  June  26,  1818  ;  m.  May  9, 
1841,  Lydia  W.  Atwood,  d.  May  7,  1854  ;  m.  2nd,  Apr.  5,  1855,  Lucy 
C.  Allen.    Res.  Londonderry.  Yt. 

Children  : — 


4346.    I.      Leroy  M.,  b.  Jan.  10,  1842;  m.  Catherine  Billings. 


EIGHTH  GEXERATIOX. 


273 


4347.  ii.     LiLLiE  A.,  b.  Dec.  6,  1844;  m.  Apr.  25.  1865,  Eev.  Robert  B. 

SiiO"vvcleii. 

Robert  B.  Suowden  was  born  in  Xew  York  City,  Xov.  21,  1833, 
graduated  at  Williams  College.  Mass.,  1854,  at  present  (1881), 
Presbyter  in  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  Rector  of  St. 
Albans  Hall,  Brooklyn,  X.  Y.,  Editor  of  the  Church  JIagazine, 
and  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church.  Port  Hamilton,  X.  Y.  Harbor. 
Ch.  :  Mary  M.,  b.  Peb.  17.  1^66;  Willard,  b.  Apr.  7,  1868; 
Laura  H.,  b.  Dec.  19,  1870;  LUlian  P.,  b.  Sept.  11.  1S72:  Edith 
A.,b.  Aug.  26,1873,  d.  Mayo,  1875;  Evelyn  S..  b.  Jan.  25,  1876. 

4348.  ill.    Mary,  b.  Sept.  7,  1848;  m.  Moses  M.  Martin.    Mary  Pierce, 

daughter  of  Alvah  Pierce,  has  devoted  herself  to  the  profession 
of  teaching,  in  which  she  has  been  successful.  She  graduated 
at  Monticello  Seminary,  Godfrey,  111.,  in  1869.  She  taught  one 
year  in  the  public  schools  of  Bellevilie,  HI.,  one  year  in  Alton, 
ill.,  and  three  years  as  Preceptress  of  Black  River  Academy  of 
Ludlow,  Yt.  She  was  in  1878  a  teacher  in  the  institution 
where  she  graduated.  She  has  scholarly  and  literary  tastes  and 
is  quite  skillful  in  painting. 

4349.  iv.    Pra>-e:,  b.  Aug.  26,  1853:  d.  March  10,  1854. 

4350.  V.     Clara,  b.  March  16,  1856.    Clara  Pierce,  daughter  of  Alvah,  has 

also  devoted  herself  to  the  profession  of  teaching.  She  was 
educated  at  Black  River  Academy,  where  she  took  high  rank 
as  a  scholar.  She  was  in  1878  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools 
of  Ludlow,  Yt.  In  1880,  she  was  engaged  as  a  missionary 
teacher  among  the  Scandinavian  Mormons  at  Mount  Pleasant, 
San  Pete  County,  Utah.  She  is  one  of  the  sixteen  young  ladies 
employed  in  this  work  by  the  Presbyterian  Board  of  Home 
Missions  in  L^tah. 

4351.  vi.    Eeaxk,  b.  April  3,  1857.    Prank  Pierce,  son  of  Alvah,  graduated 

at  Barr  &  Barton's  Seminary,  Manchester,  X.  H.,  in  June,  1877, 
the  valedictorian  of  his  class.  In  the  autumn  of  the  same  year 
he  entered  Williams  College,  from  which  institution  he  grad- 
uated with  honors  in  the  summer  of  1881.  President  Chad- 
bourne  says  of  him  "  he  was  one  of  the  very  best  scholars  in 
his  class." 

4352.  vii.   Edward,  b.  Feb.  10,  1859. 

4353.  viii.  Jessie,  b.  July  29,  1861 

4354.  ix.    Xathax,  b.  Sept.  24,  1865. 

4355.  X.     Caeso>-.  b.  April  1,  1868. 

4356.  xi.    Plorexce,  b.  Jan.  29,  1870;  d.  Peb.  15,  1875. 

4357.  xii.   Faxnie,  b.  Peb.  IS,  1877. 

2941.  Fernando  A.^  Pierce  {Alanson'^,  Benjamin^,  William^, 
Som}ners^,  William^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^  b.  April  25,  1826  ;  m. 
Nov.  25.  1847.  Betsev  A,  Hovt.  He  d.  Oct.  5.  1856.  Res.  Manchester. 
X.  H.    Children  :— 

4358.  i.      Hattie  A.,  b.  Sept.  26,  1848;  m.  June  29,  1872.  Edwin  P.  Taylor. 

Res.  Cavendish,  Yt. 

4359.  ii.     Mart  P.,  b.  May  9,  1851. 

4360.  iii.    2sellie  J.,  b.  ^March  3,  1S54;  m.  Mar.  10,  1876,  Everett  Bingham. 

Res.  Springfield,  Yt. 

4361.  iv.    Bessee  A.,  b^  July  31,  1855 ;  m.  Xov.  10,  1876,  L.  C.  Aiherton. 

Res.  Leominster,  Mass. 

2944.  Samuel  B.^  Pierce  (^AlansoiV^  Benjamin^,  William^.  Som- 
mersS  William^.  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  5,  1839  ;  m.  Jan.  3, 
1865,  Mary  E.  Bond.    She  d.  Feb.,  1880.    Res.  Weatherslield.  Vt. 


274 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


Children  : — 

4362.  i.      Mary  E.,  b.  July  18,  1868. 

4363.  ii.     Bertie  B.,  b.  Mar.  24,  1869. 

4364.  iii.    Daisy,  b.  April  29,  1871. 

4365.  iv,    Edna,  b.  Oct.  11,  1874. 

4366.  V.     Susie  L.,  b.  Nov.  7,  1875. 

2945.  Lorenzo  A.^  Pierce  {Abef,  J^enjmnin^,  William^,  Som- 
mers"^,  William^,  Thomas^  Thomas^\  b.  Jan.  27,  1826;  m.  Aug.  16, 
1845,  Chai  lotte  L.  Davis,  b.  April  13,  1829.  Res.  Minneapolis,  Kansas. 
He  received  his  education  at  the  common  schools,  and  at  the  age  of 
nineteen  began  the  study  of  law  in  the  office  x»f  A.  M.  Able,  Esq.,  in 
Londonderry,  Yt.  After  pursuing  his  studies  here  for  two  years,  he 
removed  to  the  State  of  Wisconsin  and  was  admitted  to  practice  as  an 
attorney  in  1852.  He  i-emained  here  until  1864  when  he  crossed  the 
Rocky  Mountains.  In  1869  he  returned  and  settled  in  Kansas,  where 
he  now  resides.    He  conducts  farming  with  his  law  practice. 


Children  : — 

4367.  i.      Harriet  M.,  b.  Dec.  20,  1846;  m.  Feb.  27,  1870,  Joseph  Decker. 

Res.  Young  Co.,  Texas. 

4368.  li.     Royal  L.,  b.  April  23,  1851. 

4369.  iii.    Curtis  D.,  b.  Aug.  27,  1854;  d.  June  17,  1863. 

4370.  iv.    John  D.,  b.  Aug.  12,  1858. 

4371.  V.     Mary  E.,  b.  Oct.  6,  1862. 

4372.  vi.    Frank  S.,  b.  Aug.  23,  1870. 

4373.  vii.   William  A.,  b.  Oct.  5,  1872. 

2946.  Royal  A.^  Pierce  {AbeP^  JBenjamm^,  William^,  Sommers^, 
William^,  Thomas^  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  23,  1828  ;  m.  Dec.  18,  1853, 
Eliza  A.  Ashdown,  b.  Feb.  8,  1 832.  Res.  Baker  City,  Oregon.  He 
was  born  at  North  Derry,  in  Londonderry,  Vt.,  and  lived  with  a  re 
lative,  Sumner  Wait,  after  his  father's  death  in  1832.  The  following 
year  he  resided  with  his  uncle  Abel.  In  1843  he  resided  in  Wisconsin 
with  an  uncle.  In  1845  attended  a  select  school  at  Caldwell's  Prairie, 
Racine  County,  and  the  following  year  taught  school.  He  studied  law 
and  practiced  quite  successfully.  His  name  is  closely  linked  with  the 
founding  of  the  towns  of  Black  Earth,  Dane  County,  Wisconsin,  and 
Baker  City,  Baker  County,  Oregon.    Children  : — 

4374.  i.  Lily  E.,  b.  Apr.  20,  1854;  d.  July  14,  1854. 

4375.  ii.  Royal  A.,  b.  Jan.  27,  1856;  d.  Aug,  26,  1856. 

4376.  iii.  James  A.,  b.  June  26,  1857. 

4377.  iv.  Abel  G.,  b.  Aug.  2,  1858. 

4378.  V.  Nelly  A.  A.,  b.  Nov.  21,  1860. 

4379.  vi.  Martha  H.  D.,  b.  Nov.  16,  1863. 

4380.  vii.  William  A.  D.,  b.  Feb.  23,  1866. 

4381.  viii.  Mary  E.  V.,  b.  March  22,  1868. 

4382.  ix.  EOYAL  A.,  b.  Jan.  4,  1871. 


EIGHTH  GENERATION. 


275 


2953.  James^  Pierce  {James^^  Nathan^,  James^,  James^^  James^^ 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  July  4,  1824;  m.  Sept.  28,  1855,  Jane  Hunt, 
b.  Nov.  25,  1834.    Res.  Leroy,  Minn. 


Chil-lren  : — 

4383.  i.      Fannie  W.,  b.  Oct.  2,  1856. 

4384.  ii.     George  G.,  b.  Sept.  14,  1858. 

4385.  iii.    Thomas  L.,  b.  Mar.  24,  1860. 

4386.  iv.    Alfred  W.,  b.  May  1,  1862. 

4387.  V.     William  A.,  b.  Mar.  8,  1865. 

4388.  vi.    Henry  O.,  b.  Nov.  7,  1871. 

4389.  vii.   Elizabeth  J.,  b.  June  6,  1874. 

4390.  viii.  Jessie,  b.  Apr.  5,  1876. 

2956.  George^  Pierce  {James'',  Nathan^,  J 7,mes^,  James^,  James^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  March  1,  1828  ;  m.  Dec.  5,  1847,  Mary  E. 
Trask,  b.  Nov.  25,  1830.  Res.  Leroy,  Minn.,  and  Charlestown,  Mass. 
Childi'en  : — 

4391.  i.      James  O.,  b.  Sept.  2,  1848;  m.  Rosabel  Mason. 

4392.  ii.     George  B.,  b.  May  25,  1855;  d.  Sept.  28,  1855. 

4393.  iii.    George  W.,  b.  Jan.  10,  1857. 

4394.  iv.    William  H.,  b.  Jan.  10,  1864. 

4395.  V.     Hattie  B.,  b.  Jan.  26,  1867. 

4396.  vi.    Mamie  W.,  b.  July  15,  1869. 

4397.  vii.  Frank  H.,  b.  May  28,  1872. 

2963.  William^  Pierce  {Josiah?,  Nathan^,  James^,  Jmnes^, 
James^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  July  20,  1828  ;  m.  Eliza  Pierce 
[2962],  b.  March  16,  1832.    Res.  Woburn.    No  children. 

2964.  Harvey  L.^  Pierce  {Josiah?,  Nathan^,  James^^  James^, 
James^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  22,  1838  ;  m.  Apiil  22,  1863, 
Louise  J.  Bruce,  b.  April  27,  1841.  Res.  Westminster,  Mass.  Chil- 
dren : — 

4398.  i.      Stella  L.,  b.  Feb.  9,  1864. 

4399.  ii.     J.  Mabel,  b.  Oct.  4,  1871. 

2965.  Ira  A.^  Pierce  {JosiaW,  Nathan^,  James^,  James^,  James^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  July  29,  1845  ;  m.  Aug.  13,  1868,  Jane  Ekis, 
b.  Nov.  14,  1839.    Res.  Braddock's  Field,  Pa.    No  children. 

2968.  Olivp:r  H.^  Pierce  (Abef,  Abel^,  James^,  James"^,  James"^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  1,  1825  ;  m.  May  16,  1850,  Mary  P. 
Warren,  b.  Aug.  15,  1824.  He.  d.  Aug.  17,  1872.  Res.  Arlington, 
Mass.    Child  :— 

4400.  i.      Frances  A.,  b.  Sept.  9,  1851. 

2972.  Sullivan^  Pierce  {William'',  AbeP,  James^,  James^, 
James^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  June  18,  1828  ;  m.  1854,  Ruth  Bos- 
worth.    He  d.  Jan.  9,  1860.    Child  :— 

4401.  i.      Georgiana,  b.  Feb.  5,  1856. 


276 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


2980.  William  H.^  Pierce  {George  WJ,  Abel^,  Jmnes^,  James^^ 
James^,  Thomas^,  Thomas'),  b.  July  18,  1841  ;  m.  Dec.  25,  1871, 
Sarah  E.  Ellis,  b.  Feb.  18,  1857.    Res.  Lynn,  Mass.    Child  :— 

4402.  i.      Albert  A.,  b.  Aug.  17,  1873. 

2981.  Lewis  H.^  Pierce  {George  W.'^,  AbeP,  James^,  James^, 
James^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  29,  1843  ;  m.  May  26,  1869, 
Sarah  J.  Ingalls,  b.  Jan.  27,  1849.    Res.  Lynn,  Mass,    Child  : — 

4403.  1.      Georgiana,  b.  May  20,  1875. 

2986.  Franklin  S.^  Pierce  {Seioall  WJ,  Abel^,  J'ames^,  JamesS 
James^,  Thorn as%  Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  7,  1841  ;  m.  Apr.  4,  1867,  Mary 
L.  Bragg,  b.  Nov.  1,  1851.    Res.  Raleigh,  N.  C.  Children:— 


4404.  i.      Mary  F.,  b.  Jan.  10,  1868. 

4405.  li.     Bertha,  b.  June  9,  1870. 

4406.  iii.    Gertrude,  b.  Apr.  10,  1872. 

2988.  Edward  A.^  Pierce  {Sewall  WJ,  Abel^,  J'ames^,  James\ 
James'^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  16,  1846;  m.  Nov.  20,  1866, 
Julia  E.  Hatch.    Res.  Lynn,  Mass.    Children  : — 

4407.  i.      Lillian,  b.  Oct.  21,  1869. 

4408.  ii.     George  E.,  b.  Feb.  22,  1872. 

4409.  iii.    Willard  F.,  b.  Apr.  3,  1875. 

2989.  Winslow^  Pierce  {Sewall  WJ,  Abel^,  J'ames^,  Janies^, 
James^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  12,  1848;  m.  Apr.,  1871,  Mary 
A.  Townsend.    Res.  Winchester,  Mass.    Children  : — 

4410.  i.   ;  d.  infancy. 

4411.  ii.   ;  d.  infancy. 

2993.  Joshua  D.^  Pierce  {Joshua''^  Joshua^,  Joshica^,  James^^ 
James^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  22,  1813;  m.  Jan.  8,  1835, 
Louisa  L.  Corbin,  b.  Feb.  21,  1813.    Res.  Augusta,  Me. 


Children  : — 

4412.  i.  Edward  C,  b.  Jan.  30,  1836;  m.  Mary  C.  Sayward. 

4413.  ii.  Charles  A.,  b.  Apr.  11,  1839;  d.  Aug.  20,  1868. 

4414.  iii.  Andrew  J.,  b.  Nov.  11,  1841. 

4415.  iv.  Joshua  F.,  b.  May  28,  1844;  m.  Emma  A.  Hutchiuson. 

4416.  V.  Harriet  S.,  b.  June  24,  1848. 

4417.  vi.  George  M.,  b.  June  30,  1851. 

4418.  vii.  Robert  W.,  b.  May  16,  1854. 

2996.  Andrew  J.^  Pierce  {Joshua'',  Joshua^,  Joshua^,  James^, 
James^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  30,  1821  ;  m.  Sept.  19,  1859, 
Caroline  Holmes,  b.  June  3,  1815.    Res.  Watertown,  Mass. 

No  children. 


EIGHTH  GE^s-ERATIOX. 


277 


300).  Jaaies  L.^  Pierce  {Jo.mes~.  Joshua^.  Joshua^,  James^, 
James^.  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Au^.  6,  1824:  ra.  Oct.  5,  1851, 
Martha  J.  Cross,  b.  Oct.  12,  1830.    Res^.  Xashiia.  X.  H. 


Children  : — 

4419.  i.      Frank  J.,  b.  Jalv  16.  1852. 

4420.  il.     George  R.,  b.  Feb.  22,  1S57. 

3001.  John*  P.^  Pierce  {James"'.  .Joshua^.  Joshua^.  Janies^, 
James^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jnlv  25.  1828:  m.  Oct.  29.  185^ 
Martha  E.  Case.  b.  June  28,  1835.  d.  Apr.  3,  1863.  He  d.  Xov.  8, 
186-4.    Child  :— 

4421.  i.      Arthur  P.,  b.  Xov.  10,  1855. 

3003.  Joshua  C.^  Pierce  {James"',  Joshua^,  Joshua^.  James^, 
James^.  Thomas^  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  8.  1831  :  m.  Oct.  29,  1861,  Kate 
H.  Chase,  b.  Mar.  14.  1839.    Res.  Pved  Wing.  Mich.    Xo  children. 

3005.  BenjaahnF.^  Pierce  {XatJia/i^.  Xathan^.  Joshua^.  James^^ 
Jame^^.  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  2.  1^32:  m.  Sept.  3,  1855, 
Harriet  J.  Goodwin,  b.  Jan.  17,  1836.    Res.  Stoughtou,  Mass. 


Children  : — 

4422.  i.  Abbie  E.,  b.  Aus.  9,  1856;  d.  Oct.  20,  1863. 

4423.  ii.  A>-xiE  M.,  b.  Feb.  26,  1858. 

4424.  iii.  Bertha  F.,  b.  Mav  26,  1861. 

4425.  iv.  Martha  A.,  b.  Oct.  11.  1866. 

4426.  y.  AjbbieL.,  b.  Apr.  17,  1872. 

4427.  Ti.  Thomas  W.,  b.  Dec.  23,  1875. 

3010.  Daniel^  Pierce  {Stephen  C.~.  Xathan^.  Joshua^.  James^^ 
Jam.es'^,  Thomas^  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  12,  1^52:  m.  Sept.  3,  1872, 
Xancy  H.  Morgan. 

Children  : — 

4428.  i.      Martha  E..  b.  Xov.  14,  1874. 

4429.  ii.     Alice  M..  b.  Aiio-.  4,  1S76. 

4430.  iii.    Axxa  M.,  b.  Sept.  19,  1878. 

3011.  Daniel^  Pierce  {Daniel'' ,  James^,  Joshua^,  Ja.mes^^ 
James"^.  Thomas^.  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  14,  1827;  ra.  1860,  Sarah  Jones. 
Res.  Fort  Wayne,  Ind. 


278 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


3013.  James  S.^  Pierce  {DanieV^  James^,  Joshua^,  James^, 
James^,  Thornas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  6,  1832;  ra.  July  10,  1858. 
Mary  A.  Casey.    Res.  New  Haven,  Conn.    Children  : — 

4431.  i.      James  D.,  b.  Oct.  1,  1862. 

4432.  ii.     Hattie  W.,  b.  Aug.  10,  1865. 

3015.  Marshall  W.^  Pierce  {DanieV^  James^,  Joshua^^  James^, 
James^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  4,  1836;  m.  Oct.  15,  1861, 
Liza  Booth,  d.  Mar.  4,  1874;  m.  2nd,  Apr.  14,  1876,  Sarah  Wilson, 
Res.  New  York  city.    Children  : — 

4433.  i.      Willie,  b.  Aug.  1,  1862. 

4434.  ii.     Liza  R.,  b.  Jau.  24,  1866. 

4435.  iii.    Walter,  b.  Nov.  23,  1867. 

3019.  Jonas  J.^  Pierce  {James''^  James^^  Joshua^,  James^, 
James^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  September  23,  1839;  m.  April 
6,  1865,  Kate  Pritzl,  b.  December  19,  1841.  He  was  born 
in  Swanzey,  New  Hampshire,  and  came  to  Pennsylvania 
with  his  f^ither's  family  in  1845.  Until  twenty-one  he  was  em- 
ployed at  his  father's  coal  and  iron  woi-ks,  and  received  an  academical 
education.  At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Rebellion  in  1861  he  enlisted 
in  the  United  States  service  in  Company  K,  63d  Regiment,  P.  V. 
Army  of  the  Potomac.  Received  a  commission  as  first  lieutenant, 
111th  Regiment,  P.  V.  After  recruiting  and  organization  in  January 
1862  was  appointed  Captain  in  Company  K.  Served  with  the  regi- 
ment in  the  Army  of  Virginia,  and  lesigned  in  the  fall  of  1862.  En- 
gaged in  business  with  his  father  until  1870.  At  that  time  organized 
the  firm  of  Pierce,  Kelley  &,  Co.,  for  the  erection  of  the  Douglass  Fur- 
naces at  Sharpsville,  for  the  manufacture  of  Pig  Iron.  Is  interested 
with  his  bi  others  in  the  mining  of  Lake  Superior  iron  ores  in  Michi- 
gan, Iron  Banking  Company,  Sharpsville,  also  Railroad  and  Coal  Com- 
panies. Is  now  and  has  been  a  member  of  the  school  board  since  the 
organization  of  the  borough.  Has  served  twice  as  Burgess.  Present 
residence  and  address  Sharpsville,  Pa. 

Children  — 

4436.  i.  Scott,  b.  Jan.  18,  1866. 

4437.  ii.  James  A.,  b.  Oct.  27,  1867. 

4438.  iii.  Chloe  H.,  b.  June  25,  1869. 

4439.  iv.  Jonas,  b.  Aug.  5,  1874. 
4439^.  v.  Frederick  P.,  b.  Mar.  11,  1880. 

3020.  Walter^  Pierce  {James^,  James^,  Joshua^^  James^,  James^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  19,  1842;  m.  June  28,  1871,  Alice  M. 
Mower,  b.  Feb.  17,  1850.    Res.  Sharpsville,  Pa.    Children  : — 

4440.  i.      Alice  M.,  b.  Nov.  6,  1872. 

4441.  ii.     Mary  J.,  b.  Mar.  17,  1874. 
444U.  iii.    Kate,  b.  May  30,  1879. 

3022.  FranrS  Pierce  (James',  James^,  Joshua^,  James^, 
James'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  10,  1852;  m.  Oct.  21,  1880, 
Minnie  Andrews,  b.  Nov.  15,  1859.    Res.  Sharpsville,  Pa. 


EIGHTH  GENERATION. 


279 


3023.  James  B.^  Pierce  (James^.  James^,  Joshua^,  James"^, 
James'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept  2,  1856;  m.  June  17,  1880, 
Albeitina  Pomplitz,  b.  Mar.  7,  1856.    Res.  Sliarpsville,  Pa. 

3024.  Job  W.^  Pierce  ( William''^  James^,  Joshua^,  James^^ 
James^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  25,  1845;  m.  Dec.  19,  1866, 
Hortense  E.  Thompson,  b.  Sept.  28,  1844.  Res.  Empire  Prairie,  Mis- 
souri.   No  children. 

3026.  Herod^  Pierce  {SamueP^  Daniel^^  Joshua^,  James^^ 
James^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  1806;  ra.  1836,  Eliza  Thurston,  b. 
1809,  d.  June  20,  1865 ;  m.  2nd,  Mrs.  Chubb.    Res.  Albany,  Vt. 


Child 

4442.  i.      Ira  T.,  b.  June,  1838;  m.  Mary  Kelley. 

3027.  Charles  F.^  Pierce  {Samuef,  Damel^^  Joshua^,  James^^ 
James^.  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  7,  1808  ;  m.  Mar.  24,  1836, 
Nancy  Church,  b.  Mar.  24,  1812,  d.  Aug.  10,  1877.    Res.  Barton,  Vt. 

Children  ; — ■ 

4443.  i.      Sidney,  b.  Apr.  4,  1838 ;  d.  Sept.  17,  1862. 

4444.  li.     Ellen,  b.  May  16,  1840;  ra.  Henry  Dudley. 

4445.  iii.    Edwin,  b.  Aug.  31,  1850;  m.  Abby  Woodward. 

4446.  iv.    Arthur,  b.  May  1,  1855;  d.  May  1,  1858. 

3030.  Elbridge  G.^  Pierce  {SamueP^  Daniel^ ^  Joshua^^  James^^ 
James^,  Thomas^^  Thomas^)^h.  Jan.  12,  1814;  m.  Betsey  Cochran,  b. 
Aug.  6,  1817.    Res.  Northfield,  Vt. 

Children  : — 

4447.  i.      Charles  H.,  b.  June  20,  1846. 


4448.  ii.     Katie,  b.  Oct.  16,  1851. 

3032.  William  P.s  Pierce  {Samitel\  Daniel^,  Joshua^,  James\ 
James^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  April  16,  1818  ;  m.  March  15,  1849, 
Fidelia  A.  Booth,  b.  Jan.  5,  1825.    Res.  Boston,  Mass.    Children  :— 

4449.  i.      Caroline  E.,  b.  Jan.  20,  1852;  d.  Aug.  11,  1853. 

4450.  ii.     Caroline  E.,  b.  July  27,  1855. 

3038.    Edmond  B.8  Pierce  {Samuel^  Daniel^,  Joshua^,  James"^, 


280 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


James^,  Tliomas^,  Tho^nas^),  b.  Aug.,  1830  ;  m.  1853,  Jane  Bancroft. 
He  d.  Feb.  27,  1854.    Res.  Albany,  Vt.    No  children. 


3044.  Horace^  Pierce  {DanieV,  Dcmiiel^^  Joshna^^  James^, 
James'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  h.  Oct.  14,  1819;  m.  1847,  Mary  A. 
Startup,  b.  March  31,  1828.    Children  :— 

4451.  i.      Kate,  b.  Dec.  1,1847;  ra.  Wm.  C.  Osman. 

4452.  ii.     Daniel  I.,  b.  Aug.  17,  1849;  m.  Carrie  J.  Lawrence. 

3048.  George  W.^  Pierce  {Danief^  Daniel^,  Joshua^,  James^, 
James^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  July  1,  1832;  m.  April  26,  1855, 
Myra  F.  Copp,  b.  Feb.  4,  1832.    Children  :— 

4453.  i.      George  H.,  b.  Jan.  24,  1859. 

4454.  ii.     Ellen  M.,  b.  Aug.  5,  1864. 

3050.  Matthew  H.^  Pierce  {Robert  FJ,  Daniel^,  Joshua^,  James^, 
James^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  24,  1813  ;  m.  Sept.  3,  1836, 
Hannah  J.  Jones,  b.  March  25,  1816.  He  d.  May  1,  1859.  Res.  West 
Andover,  N.  H. 


Children  : — 

4455.  i.      AuRiLLA  L.,  b.  Jan.  12,  1838;  m.  A.  J.  Seavey, 

4456.  ii.     Philona  C,  b.  Oct.  1,  1843;  d.  Feb.  15,  1863. 

4457.  iii.    BuRTT  H.,  b.  Sept.  1,  1846;  d.  April  12,  1874. 

4458.  iv.    Frank  J.,  b.  Feb.  24,  1852;  d.  Dec.  24,  1877. 

3051.  Walter  H.^  Pierce  {Robert  FJ,  DanieV>^  Joshua^,  James^, 
James^,  Thomas^^  Thomas^),  b.  April  19,  1817;  rn.  Lydia  Bean  ;  m. 
2nd,  1844,  Rebecca  Phillips,  d.  May,  1848.  He  d.  Nov.,  1847.  Res. 
New  London,  N.  H.    Children  : — 

4459.  i.      Arabella,  b.  June  2,  1845 ;  d.  1864. 

4460.  ii.   ,  b.  July,  1846 ;  d.  young. 

3053.  Nathaniel  F.^  Pierce  {Isaac' ^  Daniel^ ^  Joshua^,  ^Tames^, 
James'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  16,  1820  ;  m.  Sept.,  1842,  Sarah 
M.  Smith,  b.  Jan.  13,  1825,  d.  March  8,  1865 ;  m.  2nd,  Nov.,  1865,  Mrs. 
Eliza  Little  Burnhara,  d.  Aug.,  1870  ;  m.  3rd,  Lovina  Breck.  He  d. 
Dec.  22,  1875.    Res.  Norwich,  Vt.    Children  :— 

4461.  i.      Helen  I.,  b.  May  26,  1845;  m.  J.  B.  Smith. 

4462.  ii.     Elbridge  S.,  b.  July  30,  1849;  m.  Henrietta  Benton. 

4463.  iii.    Horace  A.,  b.  Aug.  24,  1860. 

3061.  Mark  .W.^  Pierce  {Joshua'',  Daniel^,  Joshua^,  James^, 
James^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  2,  1825  ;  m.  July  4,  1848, 
Harriet  D.  Burbank,  b.  March  26,  1830,  d.  Sept.  28,  1851  ;  ra.  2ud, 


EIGHTH  GENERATION. 


281 


Jan.  2,  1862,  Lucy  A.  E.  Sinclair,  b.  April  9,  1842,  d.  Nov.  19,  1878. 
Res.  Centre  Bartlett,  N.  H. 


3063 J.  George  J.^  Pierce  {Joshua?,  Daniel^,  Joshua^,  James^, 
James"^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  3,  1833  ;  m.  April.  16,  1857, 
Carrie  A.  Kent,  b.  March  8,  1834.    Res.  West  Newbury,  Mass. 

Children  :— 

4467.  i.  George  G.,  b.  Sept.  1,  1859. 

4468.  ii.  J.  Henry,  b.  Nov.  3,  1860. 

4469.  iii.  Everett  S.,  b.  June  20,  1864;  d.  Dec.  9,  1878. 

4470.  iv.  Carrie  F.,  b.  July  14,  1866. 

3063 J.  Charles  A.^  Pierce  {Joshua?,  Daniel^,  Joshua^,  James^, 
James"^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  13,  1838;  m.  Oct.  29,  1861,  Mary 
O.  Harvey,  b.  Oct.  9,  1839.    Res.  Manchester,  N.  H.  Child 

4471.  1.      Fred.  C.,  b.  May  14,  1863. 

3069.  Ebenezer  L.^  Pierce  {JacoW,  Jacoh^,  Jacoh^,  James^, 
James^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^\  b.  June  16,  1819  ;  m.  May  17,  1848, 
Mary  Gardner  [1012],  b.  Oct.  1,  1820.    Res.  Woburn,  Mass. 


Children  : — 


4464.  i.   ,  b.  May  6,  1849;  d.  infancy. 

4465.  ii.     Sarah  E.,  b.  March  18,  1850. 

4466.  iii.   ,  b.  July  28,  1851 ;  d.  infancy. 


Children  : — 

4472.  i.      Gardner  M., 

4473.  ii.     Theodore  L. 


Aug.  13,  1849 ; 


d.  Feb.  13,  1850. 


4474.  iii.    Edward  G.,  b.  Aug.  16,  1852. 

4475.  iv.    RoscoE  P.,  b.  May  4,  1856;  m.  Mabel  N.  Boutwell 

4476.  V.     E.  Winslow,  b.  June  2,  1859. 


4477.  vi. 


Mary  C,  b.  July  22,  1861;  d.  Sept.  5,  1861. 
36 


282 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


3074.  James^  Pierce  {JEphraiiv? ,  Ephraim^,  Jacoh^,  Jomes^, 
James^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  10,  1809  ;  in.  Nov.  10,  1835, 
Eliza  Porter,  b.  Oct.  30,  1807.  He  d.  Jan.  25,  1871.  Pes.  Stoneham, 
Mass. 


Children  : — 

4478.  i.      James,  b.  Feb.  15,  1837;  d.  Feb.  15,  1837. 

4479.  ii.     Eliza  A.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1838;  d.  Sept.  2,  1864. 

4480.  iii.    Abby  J.,  b.  Jan.  20,  1840;  d.  May  25,  1862. 

4481.  iv.    James  H.,  b.  Sept.  30,  1841;  m.  April  18,  1865,  Alice  J.  Weston. 

4482.  V.     William  B.,  b.  Dec.  30,  1843;  d.  Jan.  25,  1845. 

4483.  vi.     Sarah  E.,  b.  Oct.  16,  1845;  m.  Oct.  16,  1865,  John  H.  Cook. 

She  d.  Nov.  8,  1871,  leaving  Earnest  F.,  b.  July  21,  1866. 

4484.  vii.   Mary  F.,  b.  May  13,  1850;  m.  Sept.  5,  1877,  Henry  E.  Grenville, 

b.  1850.  Children:  Walter  E.,  b.  June  25,  1878;  Elmer  K.,  b. 
Mar.  9,  1880. 

3078.  JoHN^  Pierce  {Ephraim'',  Ephraim^,  Jacoh^,  James^ 
James^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  20,  1820;  m.  Nov.  5,  1846, 
Agnes  Goodhue,  b.  April  4,  1818.    Res.  Reading,  Mass.    Children  : — 

4485.  i.      Augusta  A.,  b.  July  3,  1850;  m.  James  F.  Cook. 

4486.  ii.     JohnM.,  b.  Dec.  16,  1853. 

4487.  iii.    Flora  E.,  b.  May  10,  1857. 

3079.  RuFus  L.s  Pierce  {Ephraiin'^,  Ephrawi^,  tTacob^,  James^, 
James^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  16,  1822  ;  m.  Apr.  5,  1849,  Eliza 
J.  Mclntire,  b.  March  4,  1832,  d.  Nov.  5,  1878.  He  m.  2d  Rebecca 
E.  Ripley,  Nov.  25,  1879,  b.  .    Res.  Lynn,  Mass. 


Child:— 

4487i  i.      Mary  Elma,  b.  June  22,  1881. 

3081.  William  H.^  Pierce  {Ephraim'',  Ephraim^,  Jacoh^,  James^, 
James^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  4,  1827;  m.  July  15,  1849, 
Sarah  A.  Mooiiey,  b.  Feb.  23,  1828.    Res.  Breed-Street,  Lynn,  Mass. 


Children  : — 
4487i.  i.      Sarah  L.,  b.  Oct.  29,  1851 


EIGHTH  GEXEEATIOX. 


283 


4488.  ii.     Ida  M.,  b.  July  IS,  1855. 

4489.  iii.    William  H.,  b.  July  27,  1857;  d.  Oct.  8,  1859. 

3091^.  William  H.  H.®  Pierce  {James^^  Heman^^  Jacoh^,  James^^ 
James^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  5,  1837  :  m.  Oct.  26,  1859, 
Emma  H.  Cooley,  b.  Xov.  27,  1889.    Res.  TTakefield,  Mass. 

Children  :— 

4490.  i.  Homer  I.,  b.  Oct.  27,  1860. 

4491.  ii.  Louisa  S.,  b.  Oct.  4,  1863. 

4492.  iii.  Hexry  L.,  b.  .June  6,  1865. 

4493.  iv.  Emma  F.,  b.  July  29,  1868. 

4494.  y.  Grace  B.,  b.  Feb.  8,  1873. 

4495.  yi.  Charles  S.,  b.  July  30,  1874. 

4496.  yii.  Maet  L.,  b.  Sept.  27,  1875. 

3098.  James  HomerS  Pierce  {Samuel  BJ,  Seman^,  Jacoh^, 
James,^,  James^,  Thomas^.  Thoracis^),  b.  Oct.  27.  18-40  ;  m.  Juae  16, 
1869,  Eliza  C.  Bradford,  b.  Sept.  23.  1846.  They  res.  in  Dorchester. 
He  is  in  the  wholesale  crockery  business  on  Pearl-St..  in  Boston,  and 
on  Barclay-St..  in  New  York.  The  firm  style  is  J.  H.  Pierce  &  Pvobert- 
son.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Boston  from  his  ward  in  Dorchester. 


Children  : — 

4497.  i.  MaryB.,  b.  March  11,  1870. 

4498.  ii.  LoriSA  Q.,  b.  Sept.  17,  1871. 

4499.  iii.  KatherineK.,  b.  Mar.  9,  1878. 

4500.  iv.  Xa2sETTE  R.,  b.  July  15,  1879. 

3100.  Frederic  B.^  Pierce  {Samuel  B?,  Seman^,  Jacoh^, 
James^.  James^.  Thomas'^,  Thoirias^).  b.  May  1,  184,5  ;  ra.  Oct.  16, 
1873,  Mary  R.  Davis,  b.  Sept.  1,  1853.  They  res.  in  Dorchester.  He 
is  engao-ed  in  business  at  Xo.  47.  Broad-St.,  in  Boston,  in  the  oil  busi- 
ness ;  his  refinery,  The  Union  Oil  Works,  is  at  East  Boston.  His 
brother-in-law,  AYm.  H.  Canterbury,  is  in  company  with  him.  They 
are  the  largest  oil  refiners  and  one  of  the  largest  dealers  in  the  State. 


284: 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


Children  : — 

4501.  i.      Samuel  B.,  b.  Nov.  27,  1874. 

4502.  ii.     Andrew  D.,  b.  Mar.  5,  1876. 

4503.  iii.    Mildeed  R.,  b.  May  19,  1877. 

4504.  vi.    Margery  M.,  b.  Oct.  22,  1880. 

3108.  Benjamin^  Pierce  {Benjamui^,  JBe^ijamui^,  JBenjamin^, 
Thomas^^  JBenjamin^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^)^  b.  June  25,  1819  ;  m. 
Oct.  3,  1843,  Maria  A.  Warren,  b.  Feb.  5,  1824.  He  was  born  in 
Mendon  and  moved  to  Weston  with  his  parents.  He  succeeded  his 
father  in  the  baking  business,  which  he  carried  on  until  1859.  The 
next  year  he  was  appointed  Assistant  Marshal  to  take  the  United  States 
Census,  in  the  towns  of  Weston,  Wayland,  Sudbury,  Marlborough  and 
Framingham.  He  was  Constable  and  Tax  Collector  for  ten  years,  and 
also  held  the  offices  of  Selectman,  Assessor  and  Overseer  of  the  Poor. 
In  1862  he  removed  to  a  farm,  where  he  still  lives  in  Weston,  Mass. 


Children  :— 

4505.  i.      Amanda  W.,  b.  Mar.  26,  1846. 

4506.  ii.     Ellen  M.,  b.  Dec.  31,  1848;  m.  Oct.  27,  1869,  Wm.  G.  Childs;  b. 

Apr.  12,  1853.  Ch.  :  Arthur  G.,  b.  Apr.  4,  1871 ;  Alice  P.,  b.  May 
4,  1874;  Wm.  B.,  b.  Feb.  4,  1876. 

4507.  iii.    Ida  M.,  b.  Dec.  9, 1856. 

3117.  George^  Pierce  {Senjamifi^,  Benjamin^,  JBenjmnin^^ 
Thomas^^  Benjamin^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  21,  1843;  m. 
Sept.  15,  1875,  Anna  G.  Bartlett.    Res.  Boston,  Mass.    Child: — 

4508.  i.      J.  Gilbert,  b.  Oct.  11,  1879. 

3119.  JoiiN^  Pip:rce  {Joh7i'^  John^,  Benjamin^ ^  Thoonas^,  Ben 
jamin^^  Thomas^^  Thomas^)^  b.  Aug.  31,  1823;  m.  June  1,  1851, 
Sophronia  Goodrich,  b.  Aug.  5,  1822,  d.  Feb.  2,  1875.  Res.  Skowhe- 
gan,  Me. 

Children 

4509.  i.      Hattie  E.,  b.  April  6,  1852;  m.  Nov.  30,  1873,  Frank  B.  Ward,  b. 

June  25,  1842.   Ch.  :  Pierce,  b.  Jan.  18,  1875. 

4510.  ii.     Stephania  G.,  b.  Feb.,  1855. 


3120.    Merari  S.^  Pierce  {John',  John^,  Benjamin^,  Thomas^ ^ 


EIGHTH  GENERATION. 


285 


Benjamin^,  Thomas^.  Thomas^),  b.  March  13,  1826;  m.  Feb.  22, 
1865,  Sarah  Seley,  b.  Oct.  1,  1845.    He  d.  Feb.  2,  1869. 


Children  : — 

4511.  i.      Isaac  S.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1866. 

4512.  ii.     Merari  S.,  b.  Sept.  13,  1868;  d.  Feb.  21,  1869. 

3122.  Walter^  S.  Pierce  {Johii^,  John^,  Benjamin^,  Thomas^, 
Benjamin"^ ^  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  14,  1833  ;  m.  Feb.  5,  1866, 
Flavilla  Nichols,  b.  March  28,  1843.    Res.  Eureka,  Cal. 


Child 

4513.  i.  Georgie,  b.  Feb.  11,  1868. 

3126.  Mark  A.^  Pierce  {David  WJ,  John^^  Benjamin^,  l^homas^^ 
Benjamin"^,  Thomas^,  Thomas\  b.  July  18,  1825  ;  m.  May  11,  1853, 
Mary  E.  Palmer,  b.  Oct.  22,  1829,  d.  Dec.  2,  1861  ;  m.  2nd,  March  11, 
1869,  Annie  Hughes,  b.  July  17, 1844.   Res.  Arcade,  K  Y.    Children  :— 

4514.  i.  Frank  B.,  b.  Oct.  28,  1855. 

4515.  ii.  Ruth  A.,  b.  Oct.  8,  1858. 

4516.  iii.  Harriet  M.,  b.  Mar.  23,  1861. 

4517.  iv.  T.  Alton,  b.  June  8,  1871. 

3127.  Samuel  B.  P.^  Pierce  {David  W?,  Jolm^,  Benjamin^, 
Thomas^^  Benjami7i^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  27,  1827  ;  ul 
May  26,  1875,  Mrs.  Anna  R.  Young,  b.  Nov.  16,  1844.  Residence, 
Paradise,  Nev. 


Children  : — 

4518;  i.  Jajvies  B.,  b.  May  24,  1876;  d.  Jan.  24,  1879. 
4519.    ii.     Hattie  C. 


4520.    iii.    Hettie  C, 


b.  Dec.  4,  1879: 


d.  infancy. 


3130.  David  W.^  Pierce  {Beiijaynin'^ ^  Jo7i7i^,  Benjamhi^,  Thorti-^ 
as"^,  Beiijamin'^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  July  5,  1820;  m.  Jan.  30, 
1847,  Olive  Albee.    He  d.  Oct.  3,  1870.    Children  :— 

4521.  i.  George  A.,  b.  Aug-.  25,  1848. 

4522.  ii.  Fred.  B.,  b.  July  18,  1850. 

4523.  iii.  Mary  F.,  b.  Feb.  18,  1852. 

4524.  iv.  Frank  A.,  b.  Jan.  15,  1855. 


286 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


4525.  V.     Flora  E.,  b.  Jan.  6,  1859. 

4526.  vi.    Edith  M.,  b.  Oct.  9,  1861. 

4527.  vii.   Emma  F.,  b.  Dec.  21,  1863. 

3136.  Henry  C.^  Pierce  {JBenjamiot'^,  John^,  Benjamin^^  Thorn- 
as"^,  Benjamin^,  Thomas^,  Thotnas^),  b.  Dec.  26,  1834  ;  ra.  Feb.  5, 
1865,  Sarah  H.  Lancaster,  b.  July  11, 1844.  lies.  Embden,  Me. 


Child  :— 

4528.  i.      Rosa  M.,  b.  Feb.  10,  1866. 

3139.    James  W.^  Pierce  {James'',  Amos^,  Benjamin^, 
Benjami7i^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^\  b.  Sept.  18,  1839  ;  m.  Jan.  5,  1862, 
Annie  L.  Clark,  b.  Aug.  19,  1839.    Res.  Bolton,  Mass.    Children  : — 

4529.  i.  Martha  L.,  b.  July  17,  1865. 

4530.  ii.  Francis  W.,  b.  Jan.  30,  1867. 

4531.  iii.  Albert  J.  P.,  b.  Aug.  SO,  1874;  d.  Oct.  4,  1875. 

4532.  iv.  Warren  C,  b.  Sept.  5,  1876. 

3142.  Joseph  G.^  Pierce  {Levi'',  Joseph^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^y 
Benjamin^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^\  b.  Sept.  21,  1809  ;  m.  Feb.  2,  1837, 
Hannah  Hemmenway,  b.  May  17,  1807.   Res.  Chester,  Vt.    Children  : — 

4533.  i.  Levi  O.,  b.  Dec.  27,  1837;  d.  Aug.  20,  1862. 

4534.  ii.  Elizabeth  H.,  b.  Apr.  17.  1839;  m.  D.  B.  Dennison. 

4535.  iii.  George  A.,  b.  Jan.  20,  1843;  m.  Jessie  Carney. 

4536.  iv.  Franklin  J.,  b.  Aug.  5,  1847;  ra.  M.  E.  Wheeler. 

4537.  V.  Lydia  M.,  b.  Sept.  4,  1850;  d.  Aug.  23,  1852. 

4538.  vi.  Alva  J.,  b.  Jan.  20,  1852;  d.  Aug.  2,  1853. 

3144.  Levi  L.^  Pierce  {Levi'',  Joseph^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^, 
Benjamin^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  28,  1816  ;  m.  Aug.  2,  1840, 
Fidelia  A.  Eastman,  b.  May  2,  1818.    Res.  Wiuchendon,  Mass.  Chil- 

Jane,  b.  Feb.  17,  1842;  m.  George  A.  Smith. 
Frank,  b.  Aug.  1,  1844. 

Eunice,  b.  June  25,  1846 ;  ra.  Andrew  J.  Flagg.    Ees.  Fitchburg, 
Mass. 

Ella,  b.  Aug.  21,  1848. 
Ulah,  b.  May  1,  1851 ;  ra.  Charles  G.  Ball. 
Amy,  b.  June  28,  1854;  ra.  Kussell  J.  Flagg  and  Milton  Lane. 

3154.  Jason  R.^  Pierce  {Abel  G."',  Joseph^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^, 
Benjamin^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  11,  1833;  m.  Dec.  24,  1852, 
Celina  Vanderhender.    Res.  Bay  City,  Mich.    Children  : — 

4545.  1.      Charles  G.,  b.  Nov.  10,  1853. 

4546.  ii.     Mlnnie  M.,  b.  Oct.  11,  1855;  ra.  Jane  10,  1873,  David  Twombly. 

Ch.  :  Charles  E.,  b.  Oct.  23,  1875;  Iva  M.,  b.  Aug.  30,  1877. 

4547.  iii.    Eva  H.,  b.  Jan.  26,  1858 ;  m.  June  24,  1875,  Alfred  W.  Beers.   Ch.  : 

Alfred  W.  Jr.,  b.  Aug.  16,  1876. 

4548.  iv.    Ellie,  b.  Apr.  13,  1862. 

4549.  V.     William  L.,  b.  Apr.  12,  1864. 

4550.  Vi.    Fred.  E.,  b.  Mar.  4,  1866. 


dren  : 

4539. 

i. 

4540. 

ii. 

4541. 

iii. 

4542. 

iv. 

4543. 

V. 

4544. 

vi. 

EIGHTH  GENERATION. 


287 


3156.  Rev.  Ezra  B.s  Pieece  {Tra\.  Elial^.  Thomas^,  Thomas^, 
Benjamin^,  rhomas^.  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  22,  1831;  m.  Aug.  15, 
1860,  Adeline  Sparks,  b.  Feb.  19,  1831.    Res.  Spencertown,  N.  Y. 


•  Children:— 

4551.  i.      Clarence  W.,  b.  June  13,  1862. 

4552.  ii.     Walter  M.,  b.  July  24,  1864. 

3157.    Henry   D.s   Pierce  EUah^,    Thomas^,  ThomasS 

Benjamin^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  30.  1833;  m.  June  29, 
1859.  3Ielvina  J.  Bennett,  b.  May  5.  1857.  d.  Feb.  10.  1871;  m.  2nd, 
Mar.  25,  1874,  Mrs.  Anna  Drake  Marble,  b.  May  21,  1827.  Res. 
Hastings,  Mich. 

3160.  George  G.^  Pierce  {Ira\  Eliab^.  Thomas^  Thomas^, 
Benjamin^.  Thomas^.  Thomas'^),  b.  Jan.  13,  1840;  m.  Jan.  15,  1862, 
Bettie  G.  Durand,  b.  Sept.  16,  1837.    Res.  Elyria,  Ohio. 


3161.  WiLBiiR  E.^  Pierce  (7/Yr.  EUah^,  Thomas^,  Thomas\ 
Benjamin^,  Thomas'^.  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  11.  1844;  ra.  Mar.  29,  1866, 
Addie  M.  Clifford,  b.  'Xoy.  28,  1842.    Res.  "Wellington,  Ohio. 

Children : — 

4553.  1.      Albert  H.,  b.  Jan.  28,  1867. 

4554.  ii.     C.  Dell.,  b.  Oct.  26,  1868. 

4555.  iii.    Edith  M.,  b.  :May  10,  1876. 

3162.  HARLO\y  M.s  Pierce  {Tra\  EUah^,  TJiomas^,  Thomas^, 
Benjamin^.  Ihomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Xoy.  10.  1852;  m.  Jan.  1,  1874, 
Maria  C.  Sutton,  b.  May  6,  1850.    Res.  Wellington.  Ohio. 

3166.  Edwin  M.^  Pierce  {Chaunceif,  Thomas^,  Thomas^^ 
Thomas^,  Benjamirfi,  Thomas'^.  Thomas'^),  b.  Mar.  5,  1830;  m. 
Nancy  Armstrong.    He  d.  Dec,  1872.    Res.  Muir.  Mich. 

Children  :— 

4556.  i.      Chal^'Cey  M. 

4557.  ii.  Josephine. 

3170.  Thomas  W.s  Pierce  (Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas'^, 
Thomas'^,  Benjamin^,  Thomas-.  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  3,  1836  :  ra. 
1862,  Esther  A.  Cook  of  Yorkshire.  X.  Y.  Res.  Sioux  Falls.  Dakota. 
He  receiyed  a  common  school  education  and  for  some  time  was  in 
business  in  Yorkshire.  He  is  engaged  in  teaching  school  in  Dakota. 
Ko  children  living. 

3177.  Marshall^  Pierce  {Haven'^.  Jloses  H.^^  Thomas^,  Thom- 
asS  Benjamin'^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  3,  1821  ;  m.  Apr.  20, 
1847,  Elizabeth  L.  Jones,  b.  Jan.  15,  1821.  He  d.  Dec.  15,  1856. 
Res.  Worcester,  Mass.    Child  : — 

4558.  i.      Lizzie  L.,  b.  Apr.  12,  1848;  m.  James  E.  Jenkins. 


288 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


3178.  LeviS  Pierce  {Haven'^,  Moses  H.^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^, 
Benjamin^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  15,  1823;  m.  Oct.  11,  1855, 
Almira  Wilson,  b.  Jan.  16,  1830.    Res.  Worcester,  Mass. 

No  children. 

3179.  Harding^  Pierce  {Haveii^,  Moses  H.^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^, 
Benjamin^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  13,  1825;  m.  Oct.  2,  1845, 
Mary  W.  Johnson,  b.  Aug.  16,  1829.    Res.  Worcester,  Mass. 


Children  : — 

4559.  i.      MaryE.,  b.  Dec.  18,  1846. 

4560.  ii.     William  H.,  b.  Mar.  24,  1849. 

4561.  iii.    Frederick  M.,  b.  Oct.  21,  1850;  m.  March  4,  1879,  Sarah  E. 


4562.    iv.    Caroline  H.,  b.  June  17,  1852. 

3186.  OkrinS  Pierce  {Asa\  Moses  H.^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^ 
Be7)Jami?i^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  29,  1826;  m.  Apr.  20, 
1853,  Fidelia  Holden,  b.  Oct.  9,  1829.    Res.  North  Rutland,  Mass. 


Children  : — 

4563.  i.      Emma  F.,  b.  Jan.  27,  1857;  m.  Lyman  Wilson. 

4564.  li.     Florence  A.,  b.  May  24.  1868. 

4565.  iii.    George  G.,  b.  Jan.  17,  1870. 

3188.  Watson  J.s  Pierce  (Asa"^,  Moses  H.^,  Thomas^,  Thomas\ 
Benjamin^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  31,  1830;  m.  Apr.  27,  1861, 
Adelphia  C.  Clark.    Res.  Athol,  Mass.    No  children. 

3200.  Joseph  M.9  Pierce  {James^,  Joseph?,  Silas^,  Joseph^, 
Josep)h^,  Jonathan^,  SarnueP,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  21,  1850 ;  m.  Nov. 
26,  1878,  Helen  F.  Moore.    Res.  Fitchburg,  Mass. 

3221.  William^  Pierce  {Joseph^,  Joseph?,  Joseph^,  Isaac^, 
Isaac"^,  Jonathan^,  SamueP,  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  13,  1833 ;  m.  Aug. 
16,  1858,  Alice  R.  Campbell,  b.  Dec.  27, 1834.    Res.  New  Orleans,  La. 


Whitney. 


No  children. 


ISrmTH  GENERATION. 


289 


3235.  George  W.  W.^  Pierce  {George  J.^,  Isaac',  JosephP 
Isaac^,  Isaac^,  JTonathan^,  Samuel'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Auor.  1,  1844;  m. 
June  1,  1875,  Lydia  M.  Dana,  b.  Apr.  10,  1852.    Res.  Boston,  Mass. 

Child  :— 

4566.    i.      Lawrence  W.,  b.  Sept.  17,  1877. 

3240.  Charles  F.^  Pierce  {George  J.^,  Isaac',  JosephP,  Isaac^, 
Isaac^,  Jonathan^,  SamueP,  Thomas^),  b.  May  11,  1856;  ra.  Dec. 
29,  1880,  Nellie  J.  Bowen,  b.  Sept.  23,  1860.    Res.  Boston. 


3247.  James  W.^  Pierce  {James  WJ^,  James'',  Joseph^,  Isaac^, 
Isaac^,  Jonathan^,  SamueV^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  26,  1844;  m.'Mar. 
13,  1867,  Anna  M.  Billings,  b.  Apr.  25,  1847.    Res.  Cambridge,  Mass. 


Children  : — 

4567.  i.      Charles  F.,  b.  Jan.  28,  1869. 

4568.  ii.     William  F.,  b.  July  20,  1870. 

4569.  iii.    Martha  E.,  b.  Nov.  4,  1873. 

3248.  Charles  E.9  Pierce  {James  W.^,  James'',  Josejyh^,  Isaac^, 
Isaac"^,  Jonathan^,  SamueP,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  31,  1847;  m.  Dec.  7, 
1869,  Harriet  E.  Thurston,  b.  Apr.  22,  1849.    Res.  Cambridge,  Mass. 

Children:— 

4570.  i.      James  W.,  b.  Aug.  28,  1870. 

4571.  ii.     Florence  T.,  b.  Sept.  29,  1879. 

3268.  John  S.^  Pierce  {William^,  Barzillai'',  Jonathan^,  Jo- 
seph^, I>avid\  John'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  26,  1828  ;  m. 
July  20,  1851,  Sarah  L.  Deane.    Res.  South  Thomaston,  Me. 

Children  : — 

4572.  i.      Samuel  D.,  b.  1853. 
4673.    ii.    Edwin,  b.  1855. 

3281.    Sydney  H.9  Pierce  {George  W.^,  Barzillai',  Jonathan^, 
JosephP,  Davidf^,  John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  27,  1849;  m. 
Nov.  20,  1873,  Abbie  L.  Dean,  b.  Oct.  24,  1850.    He  d.  Apr.  23,  1876. 
Res.  South  Thomaston,  Me.    Child  : — 
4574.    i.      Florence,  b.  Mar.  31,  1875. 


37 


290 


PIEKCE  PEDIGREE. 


3293.  Luther9  Pierce  {Moses  O.^,  Cahnn?,  David^,  DanieP, 
DanieV^,  John^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  25,  1820;  m.  June 
15,  1848,  Nancy  T.  Greenwood,  b.  Aug.  2,  1824.    Res.  Brewer,  Me. 

Children  :— 

4575.  i.  Cyrus  A.,  b.  Apr.  16,  1849. 

4576.  ii.  Amos  G.,  b.  May  26,  1850;  d.  Aug.  17,  1851. 

4577.  iii.  Livonia  E.,  b.  Nov  21,  1851;  m.  Copeland. 

4578.  iv.  Dora  E.,  b.  Feb.  24,  1853;  m.  Dole. 

4579.  V.  LuciNDA  B.,  b.  Feb.  8,  1855;  d.  Sept.  23,  1857.   '  * 

4580.  vi.  Clara  J.,  b.  Jan.  27,  1857. 

4581.  vii.  Rosa  L.,  b.  Oct.  8,  1858. 

4582.  viii.  Melvin  L.,  b.  Jan.  20,  1861. 

4583.  ix.  Cora  M.,  b.  Apr.  19,  1863. 

4584.  X.  Randall  S.,  b.  Apr.  23,  1866. 

4585.  xi.  Lyman  G.,  b.  Dec.  26,  1869. 

3295.  JoTHAM  S.9  Pierce  {Moses  C.^,  Calvin'^,  Bavid^,  JJaruel^, 
Daniels  John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  26,  1824;  m.  Apr.  29, 
1851,  Mary  Chapman.    Res.  Biewer,  Me.    Children: — 

4586.  i.  Frank  E.,  b.  Apr.  15,  1852;  m.  Maria  Western. 

4587.  ii.  Wilbur  E.,  b.  Nov.  4,  1858. 

4588.  iii.  Flory  A.,  b.  Jan.  1,  1861;  d.  May  8,  1865. 

4589.  iv.  Phebe  B.,  b.  Oct.  11,  1862;  d.  Jan.  11,  1865. 

3297.  Ezra9  Pierce  {Moses  C.^,  Calvin'^,  David^,  Daniel^, 
Daniel^  John^,  Thomas^,   Thomas^),  b.  May  22,  1827;  m.  July  23, 

1854,  Hannah  Holway,  b.  Feb.  25,  1828.  Res.  Carritunk  Plantation, 
Me.    Children  : — 

4590.  i.  Moses  C,  b.  July  4,  1857;  d.  Oct.  24,  1873. 

4591.  ii.  Lucy,  b.  Jan.  4,  1864;  d.  Feb.  6,  1870. 

4592.  iii.  Mary  H.,  b.  Dec.  31,  1866. 

4593.  iv.  Bertie,  b.  Nov.  8,  1870;  d.  Nov.  6,  1874. 

3298.  Joel  M.^  Pierce  {Moses  (7.^,  Calvin'',  David^,  JDanieP, 
Daniel"^,  John'^,    Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  h.  May  2,  1830;  m.  May  30, 

1855,  Cordelia  Clark,  b.  Aug.  14,  1828.    Res.  Solon,  Me. 
Children  : — 

4594.  i.  Ingram  C,  b.  July  23,  1860. 

4595.  ii.  Willie  H.,  b.  Feb.  15,  1862. 

4596.  iii.  George  B.,  b.  Nov.  18,  1863. 

4597.  iv.  Joseph  C,  b.  Aug.  27,  1870. 

3301.  James^  Pip:rce  {Nathaniel^,  Calvin'',  David^,  Daniel^, 
Daniel"^,  John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^  b.  Aug.  29,  1819;  in.  May  28, 
1839,  Lucinda  Holway,  b.  Oct.  15,  1819,  d.  Nov.  28,  1858.  He  d. 
Nov.  27,  1865.    Res.  The  Forks  Plantation,  Me.    Children  :— 

4598.  i.  John  H.,  b.  Apr.  1,  1840;  d.  Dec.  24,  1861. 

4599.  ii.  Harriet  B.,  b.  Mar.  4,  1842;  m.  Young-  Stafford. 

4600.  iii.  Hiram,  b.  Jan.  27,  1844;  m.  Lucinda  Durgin. 

4601.  iv.  Charles  H.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1846;  d.  Mar.  27,  1864. 

4602.  V.  Eliza  A.,  b.  July  16,  1852;  ra.  Joseph  Pratt.  Res.  E.  Weymouth, 

Mass. 

4603.  vi.    Esther  W.,  b.  Jan.  9,  1855;  m.  Luther  W.  Howes. 

3303.  OsBORN^  Pierce  {Nathaniel^,  Calvin'',  David^,  Daniel^, 
Daniel"^,  Jolm^,  Thomas\  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  7,  1823;  in.  Mar.  3, 
1860,  Sybil  Paine,  b.  Oct.  26,  1831.    Res.  Carritunk  Plantation,  Me. 


NINTH  GENERATION. 


291 


Children  : — 

4604.  i.      Effie  F.,  b.  Nov.  27,  1860. 

4605.  ii.     Etta  N.,  b.  Nov.  II,  1861. 

4606.  iii.    Elmore  L.,  b.  Sept  23,  1871. 

3306.  Seth  B.9  Pierce  {JVathaiiiel^,  Calvin'',  David^,  Daniel^, 
Daniel"^,  Johiv^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  20,  1830;  m.  July  23, 
1856,  Vesta  Kimball,  b.  Dec.  12,  1834.    Res.  Moose  River,  Me. 


Children  : — 

4607.  i.      Fred.,  b.  Oct.  28,  1858. 

4608.  ii.  MiLFORD. 

3310.  Llewellyn^  Pierce  {James  S.^,  Calvin'',  David^,  Daniel^, 
Daniel^,  John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  30,  1826;  ra.  Oct.  27, 
1855,  Catherine  Spillane,  b.  Dec.  27,  1836.    Res.  Shaw's  Flat,  Cal. 


4609.  i.  Llewella,  b.  Apr.  1,  1857;  m.  Edwin  H.  Clough. 

4610.  ii.  Llewellyn,  b.  June  18,  1859. 

4611.  iii.  James  S.,  b.  Jan.  26,  1861. 

4612.  iv.  Eva  M.,  b.  Mar.  7,  1863. 

4613.  V.  Ida  F.,  b.  Apr.  20,  1867;  d.  Dec.  8,  1868. 

4614.  vi.  Franklin,  b.  Oct..  4,  1868;  d.  Oct.  25,  1868. 

3314.  Romandell^  Pierce  {James  S.^,  Calvin'',  David^,  Daniel^, 
Daniel'^,  Jolin^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  20,  1834;  m.  Mrs. 
Lyford,  b.  Sept.  20,  1830,  d.  Oct.  8,  1876.    Res.  Quincy,  Cal. 

No  children. 

3334.  Cyrus  B.^  Pierce  {Luther^,  Luther'',  David^,  Daniel^, 
Daniel"^,  John^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  26,  1829;  ra.  June  5, 
1855,  Harriet  Moore.    He  d.  Jan.  28,  1875.    Res.  Brandon,  Wis. 

No  children. 

3335.  John  L.^  Pierce  {Luther^,  Luther'',  Lavid^,  Daniel^, 
Baniel^,  John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  29,  1832;  m.  Oct.  7, 
1861,  Achsa  Andrews,  b.  Nov.  25,  1834,  d.  July  3,  1863;  m.  2nd, 
May  24,  1871,  Sarah  B.  Merrill,  b.  Dec.  19,  1853.    Res.  Solon,  Me. 


292 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


Child  :— 

4615.  i.      Zelma  a.,  b.  July  22,  1862;  d.  May  16,  1864. 

3344.    Isaiah9   Pierce   {Isaac  jR.^,   Damd?,  JDavid^.  Daniel^, 

DajiielS  Johii^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^  b.  Nov.  19,  1828;  m.   

Thompson.    He  d.  Sept.  6,  1854. 

3347.  Obed  W.9  Pierce  {Samuel  D.^,  David'',  JDavid^,  JDaniel^, 
Daniel^,  Johoi^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas'),  b.  Sept.  23,  1820;  m.  July  11, 
1845,  Sarah  R.  Haines,  b.  Oct.  2,  1820.  He  d.  Feb.  23,  1870.  Res. 
Lexington,  Me.    Children  : — 

4616.  i.      Alfreda,  b.  Feb.  20,  1847;  m.  John  B.  Briggs. 

4617.  ii.     D.  Decatur,  b.  Feb.  5,  1853;  d.  1856. 

4618.  iii.    Fremont,  b.  Aug.  1,  1857. 

3348.  Wellington^  Pierce  {Samuel  D.^,  David'',  David^.  Daniel^, 
Daniel"^,  John^.  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  29,  1822;  m.  May  4, 
1843,  Silvinia  Albee,  b.  June  25,  1822.    Res.  New  Richmond,  Wis. 


Children  : — 

4619.  1.      Samuel  H.,  b.  May  21,  1844;  ra.  Asa  Samson. 

4620.  ii.     William  Scott,  b.  1848;  m.  Emma  Pease. 

3349.  Alfred^  Pierce  {Samuel  D.^,  David'',  David^,  Daniel^, 
Daniel^  John^,  7'homas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  9,  1824;  m.  Nov.  7, 
1852,  Hannah  C.  Clark.    Res.  New  Richmond,  Wis.    Child  :— 

4621.  i.      LoviNiA  I.,  b.  Sept.  18,  1853;  m.  M.  S.  Wells. 

3351.  Sumner^  Pierce  {Samuel  D.^,  David'',  David^,  Daniel^, 
Daniels  John?,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  7,  1829  ;  m.  Oct.  25, 
1857,  Emily  Clark,  b.  July  4, 1841.    Res.  Lexington,  Me.    No  children. 

3357.  John  C.9  Pierce  {Rufus  W.^,  David'',  David^,  Daniel^, 
Daniel^,  John"^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  9,  1838;  m.  Apr.  12, 
1868,  Louisa  V.  Morton.    Child  :— 

4622.  i.      Ona  L.,  b.  1871. 

3358.  Joseph  H.9  Pierce  {Rufus  W.^,  David'',  David^,  Daniel^, 
Daniel^,  John^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  June  15,  1841  ;  m.  Jan.  17, 
1871,  Helen  M.  Hale.    Children  :— 

4623.  i.      Jay  M.,  b.  1873. 

4624.  ii.     Walter  B.,  b.  1875. 

3367.  Henry  W.9  Pierce  {Simon  D.^,  David'',  David^,  Daniel^, 
Daniel"^,  John^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  30,  1840;  m.  Dec.  24, 
1859,  Sarah  E.  Allen,  b.  Mar.  13,  1842.    Res.  Cumberland  Mills,  Me. 


NINTH  GENEKATION. 


293 


Children  : — 

4625.  i.      A.  A.,  b.  Nov.  22,  I860;  d.  Dec.  9,  1862. 

4626.  ii.     George  H.,  b.  Oct.  21,  1862. 

3370.  David  K.9  Pierce  (^imo7t  D.^,  DavicP,  BavicP,  Daniel^, 
Daniel"^,  Johii^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^  b.  Feb.  4,  1848;  m.  Nov.  19, 
1872,  Lucie  A.  Burnham,  b.  June  16,  1857.  David  R.  Piei  ce  was  born 
Feb.  4,  1848,  in  No.  Two  Plantation.  When  he  was  seven  years  of  age 
his  father  removed  to  Sinithfield,  Me.  At  the  age  of  14  he  began 
attending  school  at  Bloornfield  Academy,  Skowhegan,  Me.,  and  con- 
tinued there  until  16  years  of  age,  when  he  began  teaching  in  Water- 
ville,  Me.  In  Sept.,"^  1864,  he  enlisted  in  the  7th  Maine  Battery 
and  served  as  a  private  until  the  close  of  the  war,  in  1865,  when 
he  returned  to  his  studies.  In  1867,  he  went  to  California  and 
was  clerk  for  the  Pacific  Mail  Steamship  Co.  between  San  Fiancisco 
and  China  and  Japan  ;  he  returned  to  Maine  in  1871.  Aftei-  his  mar- 
riage he  taught  in  Kennebunkpoi't  and  is  now  (1878)  Grammar  Master 
in  the  Schools  of  Great  Falls,  N.  H.  ;  he  is  also  A.  A.  G.  of  the  N.  H. 
Dept.  of  the  G.  A.  R.  Res.  Great  Falls,  N.  H. 


No  children. 

3397.  .  Reuben  B.^  Pierce  {Alvin  B.^,  Peter^,  Damd^,  Daniel^, 
Daniel^,  John?,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  4,  1829  ;  m.  Sept.  22, 
1851,  Lydia  M.  Chase,  b.  March  21,  1835,  d.  Feb.  14,  1871  ;  m.  2nd, 
April  3,  1874,  Elizabeth  Baker  Pierce  [3398],  b.  Aug.  8,  1826.  Res. 
Bingham,  Me.    Children  : — 

4627.  i.  Sarah  E.,  b.  Apr.  2,  1855;  m.  James  Merrill. 

4628.  ii.  Davis  C,  b.  Jan.  2,  1856. 

4629.  iii.  Esther  C,  b.  Jan.  13,  1858. 

4630.  iv.  Charles  E.,  b.  Dec.  25,  1860. 

4631.  v.  Hattie  E.,  b.  Sept.  1,  1863. 

4632.  vi.  Obed  P.,  b.  Jan.  30,  1865. 

3398.  Obkd9  Pierce  {Alvin  i?.^,  Peter^,  DavidP,  DanieP,  Daniel^, 
John?,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  2,  1832  ;  m.  July  1,  1854,  Eliza- 
beth Baker  [3397],  b.  Aug.  8,  1826.  He  d.  Aug.  15,  1864.  Res. 
Moscow,  Me.    Children  : — 

4633.  i.      Danville,  b.  March  22,  1855. 

4634.  ii.     Emma,  b.  June  13,  1856;  m.  Thomas  Whitney. 

4635.  iii.    Fanny,  b.  Sept.  9,  1859. 

8399.  Petek^  Pierce  {Alvin.  B.^,  Peter',  David^,  Daniel^,  Daniel'^, 
John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  31,  1824;  m.  June  27,  1848, 
Appi  inda  Blake,  b.  Jan.  9,  1 824.    Res.  Waterville,  Me. 


294 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


Children  : — 

4636.  i.  Ella  S.,  b.  Apr.  27,  1853. 

4637.  ii.  Hiram  O.,  b.  May  8,  1857. 

4638.  iii.  Henry  K.,  b.  Oct.  10,  1859. 

4639.  iv.  Fred.,  b.  Nov.  15,  1861;  d.  Nov.  14,  1862. 

3420.  Cassius  W.^  Pierce  {Ahijah  A.^,  Ahijah?,  Reuben^,  Daniel^, 
Daniel"^,  John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^\  b.  Oct.  3,  1849  ;  m.  Oct.  12, 
1870,  M.  Emma  Pierce  [3700],  b.  Oct.  21,  1851.    Res.  St.  Albans,  Vt. 

Children  : — 

4640.  i.      Guy  C,  b.  Dec.  11,  1873. 

4641.  ii.     Sevla  V.,  b.  July  18,  1878. 

3422.  Zknophon  J.^  Pierce  {Lewis  X.^,  Ahijah?^  Reuben^,  Daniel^, 
Daniel'^,  Johri^^  Thomas^ ^  Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  9,  1846  ;  m.  July  18, 
1876,  Dora  Bowman.    Res.  Clinton,  Mass. 

3427.  Schuyler^  Pierce  {SamueP,  Asaplil?^  Samuel^,  Daniel^, 
Daniel"^,  John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  17,  1826  ;  m.  March  22, 
1855,  Almira  Marble.    He  d.  Oct.  17,  1869.    Children  :— 

4642.  Jennie  M.,  b.  Dec.  26,  1855. 

4643.  Alice  O.,  b.  Sept.,  1863. 

3428.  Alvin  M.9  Pierce  {Samuel^^  Asaph'',  Samuel^,  DanieP^ 
Daniel'^,  John'\  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  16,  1828  ;  m.  Nov.  28, 
1855,  L.  S.  Bagley.    Res.  Moretown,  Vt.    Children  : — 

4644.  i.  Emma  C,  b.  March  16,  1857;  d.  Dec.  16,  1859. 

4645.  ii.  Lewis  S.,  b.  Aug.  31,  1860. 

4646.  iii.  Edward  A.,  b.  June  25,  1862. 

4647.  iv.  Hattie  M.,  b.  Aug.  26,  1868. 

3436.  Samuel  W.^  Pierce  {Luther  JB.^,  SamueP,  Samuel^, 
Daniel^,  Daniel^^  John^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  3,  1837  ;  m. 
Feb.  5,  1880,  Mrs.  Anna  Hewer.    Res.  Boston,  Mass. 

3441.  Henry  W.^  Pierce  {Samuel  TF.^,  SamueP,  Samuel^^ 
LanieP,  Daniel^,  John^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  21,  1842  ;  m. 
June  4,  1867,  Helen  V.  Buttrick,  b.  June  8,  1849.  Res.  Winchendon, 
Mass.    No  children. 

3442.  Albert  S.^  Pierce  {Samuel  TT.^,  SamueP,  Samuel^, 
Daniel^ ^  Daniel^,  Johri^^  Thomas^,  Thomas^)^  b.  Mar.  15,  1845  ;  m. 
Dec.  11,  1872,  Mary  A.  Chamberlain,  b.  May  25,  1849.  Res.  Fitch- 
burg,  Mass.    No.  children  : — 

3443.  J.  Plummer^  Pierce  {Samuel  TF.*^,  SamueP,  Samuel^, 
Daniel^,  Daniel'^,.  Johri^,  Thomas'^ ^  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  25,  1851  ;  m. 
June  10,  1874,  Lizzie  P.  Morse,  b.  Jan.  21,  1856.  Res.  Jaffrey,  N.  H. 
No  children. 

3450.  RuFus  P.9  Pierce  {Charles  W.^,  SamueP,  Samuel^, 
Daniel^,  Daniel^ ^  John^^  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  11,  1846  ;  m. 
July  1,  1874,  Sarah  M.  Gleason.    Res.  Dublin,  N.  H.    Children  :— 

4648.  i.      E.  Gertrude,  b.  Nov.  17,  1877. 

4649.  ii.     Elsie  G.,  b.  July  26,  1880;  d.  March  7,  1881. 


NINTH  GENEEATION. 


295 


8452.  WiLLARD  H.9  Pierce  {Charles  TF.^,  Samuel,  Samuel^, 
Daniel^,  Bardel^,  Johii^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  6,  1849  ;  m. 
March  30,  1872,  Ellen  Simmons,  b.  May  9,  1852.    Res.  Dublin,  N.  H. 


Child  :— 

4650.  i.      Henry  H.,  b.  Nov.  7,  1876;  d.  June  25,  1879. 

3455.  Fred.  A.^  Pierce  {Charles  TF.^,  SamueP,  Samuel^,  Daniel^, 
Daniel"^,  John'^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas'),  b.  Oct.  12,  1854  ;  m.  May  11, 
1879,  Urania  Parker.    Res.  Peterborough,  X.  H. 

3471.  Jacob  S.9  Pierce  {Orville  TF.^  JacoW,  Jacoh^,  Daniel^, 
Daniel'^,  John^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^)  \  m.  Mary  O.  Ray.  He  d.  Dec, 
1863.    Child  :— 

4651.  1.      Hattie  E.,  b.  June,  1864. 

3475.    George  H.^  Pierce  {Orville  TF.^,  Jacob'',  Jacoh^,  Daniel^, 

Daniel'^,  John"^,  Thomas'^.  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  9,  1844  ;  m.  Clara  . 

He  d.  Jan.  13,  1877.    Child  :— 

4652.  i.      Arthur;  d.  infancy. 

3480.  Hexry  D.9  Pierce  {Daniel^,  Jacob'',  Jacob^,  Dardel^^ 
Daniel'^,  John^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  8,  1839  ;  m.  Feb.  24, 
1862.  Mary  A.  Starkey,  b.  Aug.  6,  1840.  Res.  Graniteville,  Mass. 
Children  :— 

4653.  i.      Mary  J.,  b.  June  21.  1865. 

4654.  11.     Nellie  M.,  b.  Nov.  5,  1875. 

3481.  David  H.^  Pierce  {Daniel^,  Jacob'',  Jacob^,  Daniel^, 
Daniel'^,  John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  25,  1841  ;  m.  Jan.  19, 
1870.  Angle  M.  Bennett,  b.  March  11,  1847.  Res.  Fitchburg,  Mass. 
Children  : — 

4655.  1.      Carrie  E.,  b.  Oct.  22,  1871. 

4656.  ii.     Ella  A.,  b.  Nov.  28,  1875;  d.  Sept.  19,  1876. 

3482.  William  H.^  Pierce  {Daniel^,  Jacob'',  Jacob^,  Daniel^, 
Daniel'^.  John^.  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  9,  1842  ;  m.  Jan.  30, 
1878.  Ella  L.  Hunt.    Res.  Chesterfield,  X.  H. 

3484.  Wixslow  X.^  Pierce  {Benjamin^,  Benjamin',  Jacob^, 
Daniel^,  Daniel"^,  John"^.  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  July  21,  1842  ;  m. 
Oct..  1870,  Hattie  M.  Walworth,  b.  Xov.  29,  1844.  Res.  Pulaski,  X. 
Y.  Child:— 

4657.  1.      Mattie  L.,  b.  Eeb.  15,  1872. 

3487.  Leayis  O.^  Pierce  {Sillman^,  Benjamin'',  Jacob^,  Daniel^, 
Daniel"^,  John"^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  5,  1845;  m.  Oct.  6, 
1869,  Martha  W.  Allen,  b.  Aug.  19,  1849.    Res.  Oswego,  X.  Y. 


296 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


Children : — 

4658.  i.      Nellie  A.,  b.  Nov.  27,  1875. 

4659.  ii.     Fannie  I.,  b.  Feb.  3,  1877. 

3488.  WiLLARD  J.^  Pierce  {HillmanP,  Benjamin'',  tTacob^, 
Daniel^,  Z>aniel^,  John^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  12,  1848  ; 
m.  Nov.  9,  1869,  Orpha  T.  Wright,  b.  Aug.  16,  1842.  Res.  Pulaski. 
N.  Y. 

3490.  Julius  M.^  Pierce  {Marshall^,  Benjamin? ,  Jacoh^,  Dan- 
iel^, Daniel^,  John^,  Thomas^,  Thofnas^),  b.  Aug.  28,  1852;  m.  Jan. 
23,  1875,  Isa  H.  Reed,  b.  Feb.  27,  1849.    Res.  Pulaski,  N.  Y. 

No  children. 

3504.  JuDSON  ,T.^  Pierce  {Albert^,  John'',  Calvin^,  John^,  Dan- 
iel"^,  Joh7i^,  Thomas'^,  Thoinas^),  b.  Apr.  15,  1848;  m.  July  15,  1875, 
Carrie  Gile.    Res.  Boston,  Mass.    Child  : — 

4660.  i.   . 

3508.  Christopher  C.^  Pierce  {John^,  Johi?,  JEhenezer^,  JEben- 
ezer^,  JSheoiezer'^,  Joh7i^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  8,  1819;  m. 
June  17,  1850,  Eliza  M.  Cloughan,  b.  Aug.  26,  1820.  Res.  Hinsdale, 
Mass.    Children  : — 

4661.  i.  Elma  M.,  b.  Aug.  2,  1851. 

4662.  ii.  Alden  H.,  b.  Mar.  24,  1853. 

4663.  iii.  Alston,  b.  Aug.  1,  1858 ;  d.  Sept.  3,  1858. 

4664.  iv.  Sarah  A.,  b.  Jan.  19,  1860. 

4665.  V.  George  D.,  b.  Nov.  2,  1862;  d.  Feb.  18,  1873. 

3509.  Dexter  P.^  Pierce  {John^,  John'',  Ebenezer^,  JEbenezer^,  ' 
Ebenezer^,  Johiv^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.,  1821  ;  m.  Dec.  21, 
1854,  Miriam  Roberts,  b.  June  12,  1827.    He  d.  Oct.  18,  1861.  Res. 
Bristol,  Kane  Co.,  111.  Child 

4666.  i.      Ellen,  b.  July  23,  1856. 

3510.  Henry  A.^  Pierce  {John^,  John'',  Ebenezer^,  JEbenezer^, 
Ebenezer^,  John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  23,  1826;  m.  Sept., 
1852,  Mary  Ely.    Res.  Lansingburg,  N.  Y.    No  children. 

3511.  Edward  C.^  Pierce  {John^,  John'',  Ebenezer^,  Ebenezer^, 
Ebenezer^,  John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  25,  1832 ;  m.  Martha 
Bartlett.    Res.  Marshall,  Lyon  Co.,  Minn.    Children  : — 

4667.  i.  William  H.,  b.  Jan.  24,  1860. 

4668.  ii.  Laura,  b.  1867. 

4669.  iii.  Martha,  b.  1871. 

4670.  iv.  Addle,  b.  1872. 

3513.  Rev.  Charles  M.^  Pierce  {Erastus^,  Johti?^  Ebenezer^^ 
Ebenezer^,  Ebe7iezer\  John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^\  b.  Oct.  13,  1834; 
m.  Aug.  12,  1863,  Elizabeth  M.  Peabody.    Res.  Middlefield,  Mass. 

Rev.  Charles  M.  Pierce  was  born  in  Hindsdale,  Mass.,  Oct.  13, 


297 


1834.  His  early  life  was  spent  on  the  farm,  with  such  opportunities  for 
education  ns  his  native  town  offered  in  its  public  schools  and  academy. 
He  entered  Williams  College  in  1853,  and  graduated  in  1857.  After 
graduation  he  taught  for  one  year  in  an  Academy  in  Topsfield.  Mass. 
In  1859  he  entered  Andover  Theological  Seminary  and  completed  a  two 
years'  course  of  study,  when  he  was  called  to  a  tutorship  of  Mathematics 
and  Latin  in  Williams  College.  Here  he  remained  two  years,  and  dur-= 
ing  this  time  was  licensed  as  a  preacher.  Resigning  his  tutorship  he 
returned  to  Ando\  er  Seminary  to  complete  his  course.  At  the  same 
time  he  took  the  >upply  of  the  Congregational  Church  in  West  Box- 
ford,  Mass..  over  which  he  was  installed  Sept,  2nd,  1863,  Rev.  S.  M. 
Worcester  preaching  the  ordination  sermon.  August  12th,  1863,  he 
was  married  to  Elizabeth  M.  Peabody,  of  Salem.  Mass.  He  was  dis- 
missed from  the  church  in  Boxford,  July  17th,  1867,  and  spent  the  year 
following  as  instructor  in  Mathematics  in  Williams  College.  In  April, 
18G8,  he  assumed  the  supply  of  the  Congregational  Church  in  Middle- 
field,  Mass.,  over  which  he  was  installed  July  1st,  1868. 


Child  :— 

4671.  i.  Chap.lesP.,  b.  Oct.  19,  1869. 

3516.  Haelax  A.-  Pierce  {Jlarshal^  J'ohn'^,  JEJhenezer^,  Eben^ 
ezer'".  Ebenezer"^.  John^.  Thomas'^.  Thomas^),  b.  Auo^.  21.  1840  ;  m. 
Mar.  19,  1867,  Mary  A.  Rowley.    Res.  Xew  York,  X.^Y. 

Children  : — 

4672.  i.      Addie,  b.  Jau.  31,  1868. 

4673.  ii.     Faxxte,  b.  May,  1871. 

4674.  iii.    Wixoxa,  b.  Apr.,  1872. 

3518.  Fraxcis  M.9  Pierce  {2Iarshal^.  JohiV .  Ehenezer^  ,  Ehen- 
ezer^,  Ebenezer^,  Johii^.  Thoracis^.  Thomas'^),  b.  Oct.  21.  1847  ;  m. 
Xov.  26.  1874,  Mrs.  Matilda  M.  Smith,  b.  Dec.  15,  1847.  Res.  Xew 
York,  X.  Y. 

Xo  children. 

3527.  Wyatt  W.9  Pierce  {Warren^,  Asa',  Ehenezer^,  Ehenezer^, 
Ehenezer\  John'^,  Thomas^.  Thomas^,  b.  Apr.  11,1840;  m.  Sept. 
20,1865,  Addie  L.  Ross,  b.  Dec.  19,  1843.  Res.  Franklin  Furnace, 
X.  Y. 

38 


298 


PIEECE  PEDIGKEE. 


Children  : — 
4675.    i.      Helen,  b.  May  29,  1866. 
4576.    ii.     William,  b.  June  23,  1867. 

4677.  iii.    Chester,  b.  Dec.  25,  1871 ;  d.  Apr.  21,  1877. 

3542.  John  H.^  Pierce  {Luther^,  Luther''^  John^^  JEhenezer'^, 
Ehenezer^,  John^^  Thomas^ ^  Thomas^\  b.  Jan.  21,  1831 ;  m.  Aug. 
80,  1852,  Ellen  E.  Cheney,  b.  Aug.  3,  1832.  He  d.'  Apr.  24,  1878. 
Res.  So.  Hadley  Falls,  Mass.    Children  :— 

4678.  i.  George  E.,  b.  Oct.  16,  1857. 

4679.  ii.  John  E.,  b.  Dec.  8.  1863;  d.  July  11,  1864. 

4680.  iii.  Nellie  E.,  b.  May  10,  1866. 

4681.  iv.  M.  Gertrude,  b.  May  9,  1868. 

3545.  Joseph  A.^  Pierce  {Luther^,  Luther'^,  John^^  Ehenezer^^ 
Ebenezer"^,  Johrfi,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  July  23,  1837  ;  m.  Sept. 
13,  1861,  Mary  E.  Moore.  He  d.  Aug.  28,  1875.  Res.  So.  Hadley 
Falls,  Mass.    Children  :— 

4682.  i.      Ida,  b.  Oct.,  1862. 

4683.  ii.     Joseph,  b.  June  30,  1868. 

3547.  Edwin  G.^  Pierce  {Luther^ ^  Luther^ ^  John^^  JEbenezer^, 
Ebenezer"^,  John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^y  b.  Apr.  20,  1842;  ni.  Oct.  12, 
1861,  Susan  Nelson,  b.  Jan.  27,  1842.    Res.  So.  Hadlev  Falls,  Mass. 

Children  :— 

4684.  i.  Clara  B.,  b.  June  18,  1863;  d.  Feb.  20,  1867. 

4685.  ii.  Edwin  N.,  b.  Aug.  1,  1864;  d.  Feb.  18,  1867. 

4686.  iii.  Jennie  G.,  b.  Sept.  7,  1868. 

4687.  iv.  Lewis  N.,  b.  Jan.  13,  1872;  d.  May  15,  1873. 

4688.  V.  Frank  A.,  b.  Oct.  21,  1876. 

4689.  vi.  Joseph  H.,  b.  Sept.  21,  1878. 

3548.  Lewis  P.^  Pierce  {Luther^,  Luther^ ^  John^^  JEbenezer^, 
JEbenezer"^,  John'^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  22,  1845  ;  m.  Nov. 
24,  1870,  Eva  J.  Bowers,  b.  Aug.  19,  1853.    Res.  Collinsville,  Conn. 

Children  : — 

4690.  i.      Mabel  M.,  b.  Apr.  20,  1875. 

4691.  ii.     Grace  E.,  b.  Apr.  16,  1878. 

3549.  Homer  E.^  Pierce  {Nehemiah  P.^^  Luther^ ^  John^,  Eben- 
ezer^,  Ebenezer'^^  John^^  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  5,  1847;  m. 
Mar.  4,  1869,  Catherine  S.  Chamberlain.    Res.  Brooklyn,  Conn. 

Children  : — 

4692.  i.      Henry  O.,  b.  Dec.  19,  1869. 

4693.  ii.     Albert  P.,  b.  July  3,  1874. 

3550.  George  A.^  Pierce  {Nehemiah  P.^,  Luther^^  John^^  Eben^ 
ezer^,  Ebenezer^^  John^,  Thomas^^  Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  11,  1849;  m. 
Jan.  30,  1871,  Anna  C.  Morford,  b.  May  23,  1854.  Res.  Concord, 
N.  H. 


NINTH  GENERATION. 


299 


Child 

4694.  i.      F.  Blanche,  b.  Sept.  1,  1878. 

3559.    Edwin9  Pierce  {Calvin  W.^,  Calvin'^,  JEhenezer^,  Ehen- 

ezer^,  JEbenezer"^,  John'^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  13,  1836;  ra. 

Nov.  22,  1859,  Ellen  M.  Morse,  b.  Mar.  8,  1837.  Kes.  Worcester, 
Mass.    Children : — 

4695.  i.      Edgar  B.,  b.  Aug.  19,  1863. 

4696.  ii.     Mabel,  b.  May  5,  1865. 

3561.  John  W.^  Pierce  {Andreas  W.^,  Harvey^,  JEhenezer^, 
Ehenezer^,  Ebenezer^  John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  20,  1847; 
m.  Jan.  17,  1872,  H.  Catherine  Hayden,  b.  Feb.  14,  1845.  Res.  W. 
Millbury,  Mass. 


Children : — 

4697.  i.      Mabel  E.,  b.  Mar.  10,  1874. 

4698.  ii.     Alice  M.,  b.  Sept.  23,  1876. 
4698^.  iii.    Hervey  C,  b.  July  13,  1881. 

3602.  Theodore  W.^  Pierce  {AugnsfAis^,  Thomas  jS.'^,  Joshua^, 
Joshua^,  Ehenezer^^  John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^\  b.  ISTov.  6,  1824 ; 
m.  Oct.  26,  1847,  Laura  A.  Peasley,  b.  Mar.  27,  1828.  Ptes.  Nashua, 
N.  H. 


Children  : — 

4699.    i.      Edward  T.,  b.  Nov.  6,  1848 ;  m.  Louisa  M.  Peebles  and  Emma  J. 


4700.  ii.  George  W.,  b.  Sept.  24,  1850. 

4701.  iii.  Frances  A.,  b.  Jan.  18,  1853;  d.  Sept.  12,  1857. 

4702.  iv.  Ella  E.,  b.  Oct.  23,  1854;  d.  Feb.  17,  1857. 

4703.  V.  Charles  J.,  b.  Sept.  21,  1859. 

4704.  vi.  Fred.  A.,  b.  Sept.  7,  1861. 

4705.  vii.  Florae.,  b.  Aug.  11,  1867. 

3604.  Thomas  E.^  Pierce  {Houghton^,  Thomas  SJ,  Joshua^, 
Joshua^ ^  Ehenezer^^  John^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  29,  1826; 
m.  Sept.  9,  1849,  Sarah  Brown,  b.  Dec,  1829.    Res.  New  York,  N.  Y. 


Shoens. 


No  children. 


300 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


8605.  George  A.^  Pierce  {Houghton^,  Thomas  /SJ,  Joshua^, 
Joshiia^^  Ehenezer^^  John^,  Thomas^^  Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  21,  1830; 
m.  1860,  Mary  E.  Brown.    Res.  Kansas.    Child  :— 

4706.  i.      Cora,  b.  May,  1871. 

3608.  Charlrs  P.^  Pierce  {Houghton^,  Thomas  SJ,  Joshua^, 
Joshua^^  Ehenezer^^  John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^)^  b.  Sept.  8,  1836;  m. 
1857,  Adelaide  Carter.    lies.  Leominster,  Mass.    Child  : — 

4707.  i.      Herbert  F.,  b.  Jan.  18,  1860. 

3612..  Albert  F.^  Pierce  {Sylvester^,  Asa'^,  Joshua^,  J'oshua^, 
TJbenezer"^,  John^,  Thomas^  Thomas'^),  b.  June  3,  1838;  ra.  May  28, 
1862,  Annie  E.  Wilder,  b.  Feb.  9,  1843,  d.  Aug.,  1876.  Res.  Troy, 
N.  H.    Children  :— 

4708.  i.  Annie  F.,  b.  June  9,  1865;  d.  Apr.,  1866. 

4709.  ii.  Edwin  L.,  b.  Sept.  24,  1867. 

4710.  iii.  Nellie  A.,  b.  July  22,  1869. 

4711.  iv.  Harry  N.,  b.  Jan.  22,  1873. 

3613.  George  S.^  Pierce  {Sylvester^,  Asa'^,  J'oshua^,  tToshua^, 
JEbenezer^,  John^^  Thomas^,  Thomas^)^  b.  Sept.  15,  1840;  m.  Sept. 
1,  1870,  Ellen  A.  Balch,  b.  July  8,  1844.    Res.  No.  Leominster,  Mass. 

Children  : — 

3616.  Joseph  B.^  Pierce  {Joseph^^  Asa'^,  Joshua^ ^  Joshua^, 
Ehenezer"^,  John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  22,  1830 ;  m.  Sept. 
25,  1862,  Estelle  M.  Holden,  b.  June  26,  1844.    Res.  Northlield,  Mass. 

Children  : — 

4712.  i.      Jerome  S.,  b.  Nov.  11,  1865. 

4713.  ii.     W.  Myrtle,  b.  Mar.  20,  1879. 

3620.  Charles  D.9  Pierce  {Joseph^,  Asa'^,  J'oshua^,  Joshua^^ 
Ebeiiezer^^  Johii^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^)^  b.  Sept.  11,  1844;  m.  Dec. 
29,  1869,  Hattie  A.  Phelps,  b.  June  2,  1849.  Res.  No.  Leominster, 
Mass.    Children  : — 

4714.  i.      Grace  R.,  b.  Nov.  26,  1872. 

4715.  ii.     GiLMAN  H.,  b.  Oct.  18,  1875. 

3645.  George  E.9  Pierce  {William  B.^,  WilUam\  John^, 
Josiah^,  Josiah^^  John^,  Thomas^^  Thomas^),  b.  June  17,  1855;  m. 
June  10,  1877,  Clara  G.  Whiton,  b.  June  25,  1852.  Res.  Biddeford, 
Me.    Child  :— 

4716.  i.      Grace  E.,  b.  Mar.  14,  1878. 

3658.  Charles  O.^  Pierce  {Iluhhard  X.^,  Joseph''^  Joseph^, 
John^^  Josiah^^  John^^  Thomas'^,  Thomas^)^  b.  Apr.  21,  1824;  m. 
Oct.  28,  1849,  Lovina  Sargent,  b.  Aug.  25,  1829.  Res.  St.  Johnsbury 
Centre,  Vt.    Children  : — 

4717.  i.      Ella  F.,  b.  Dec.  18,  1855. 

4718.  ii.     Sadie  S.,  b.  Feb.  16,  1860. 

3660.  Franklin  O.^  Pierce  {^Hubbard  L.^,  Joseph'^,  Joseph^ ^ 
Joh7i^,  Josiah^^  John^,  lliomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  8,  1829;  m.  Jan. 


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301 


24,  1854,  Mary  E.  Webster,  b.  May  12,  1833.  He  d.  Dec.  14,  1872. 
Res.  Norwich,  Conn.    Children  : — 

4719.  i.      Charles  F.,  b.  Feb.  12,  1856;  d.  Sept.  23,  1858. 

4720.  ii.     Charles  W.,  b.  Apr.  5,  1859. 

3663.  Eugene  F.^  Pierce  {Hxibhard  i.^,  Joseph^,  Joseph^,  JoknP^ 
Josiah"^,  Joh)i^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  5,  1849;  m.  Nov.  17, 
1868,  Nellie  Walters,  b.  1845.    Children  :— 

4721.  i.  Nora. 

4722.  ii.  Elenor. 

4723.  iii.  Elwin. 

4724.  iv.  Nellie. 

3672.  Ransom  T.^  Pierce  {Charles  JT.^,  J'othani^,  Joseph^ ^  John^^ 
Josiah^,  John^^  Thomas^ ^  Ihomas^),  b.  Sept.  17,  1848  ;  ra.  Sept.  28, 
1876,  Hattie  Rice.    Res.  Benton  Harbor,  Mich.    Child; — 

4725.  i.      L.  Edwin,  b.  July,  1877. 

3682.  Willard^  Pierce  ( Farmcm^,  Martiii^^  Joseph^ ^  John^, 
Josiah'^^  Johii^,  Thomas^ ^  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  3,  1834  ;  m.  Apr.  23, 
1864,  Sarah  A.  Gray,  b.  Jan.  29,  1845.    Res.  St.  Albans,  Vt. 

Children  : — 

4726.  1.  Charles  A.,  b.  July  26,  1865. 

4727.  ii.  Frank  V.,  b.  Oct.  5,  1866. 

4728.  iii.  Nellie,  b.  Jan.  16,  1869. 

4729.  iv.  Willard  M.,  b.  Oct.  2,  1870. 

4730.  V.  Josephine  E.,  b.  Oct.  19,  1878. 

3686.  Martin^  Pierce  ( Varntim^,  Martin'^,  J'oseph^,  J'oh?i^, 
Josiah^,  Johii?^  Thomas^ ^  Thomas^)^  b.  Nov.  12,  1844 ;  in.  Delia 
Streeter.    Res.  Allegan,  Mich.    Children  : — 

4731.  i.   . 

4732.  ii.   . 

4733.  iii.   . 

4734.  iv.   . 

4735.  V.   . 

3692.  Alonzo^  Pierce  {Henry^^  Martin'',  Joseph^ ^  JohnP^  Jo- 
siah"^,  Johifi,  Thomas^,  Thomas^  b.  June  8,  1850;  m.  Jan.  2,  1870, 
Sarah  Minkler,  b.  Feb.  27,  1853.     Res.  Kendall,  Mich.    Children  :— 

4736.  i.      Arthur,  b.  July  22,  1872. 

4737.  ii.     Fred.,  b.  Sept.  22,  1874. 

4738.  iii.    Charles,  b.  May  28,  1877. 

3697.  George  M.^  Pierce  {Hiram^^  Marthi',  Joseph^ ^  John^, 
Josiah^,  John^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  29,  1845;  m.  July  10, 
1873,  Maritt  Fields.    Res.  St.  Albans,  Vt.  Child 

4739.  1.      West  M.,  b.  Aug.  25,  1875. 

3699.  Hiram  M.9  Pierce  {Hiram^,  Ilartin',  Joseph^,  John^, 
Josiah^^  John"^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  July  31,  1849  ;  ra.  Apr.  7, 
1880,  Carrie  L.  Baldwin,  b.  Aug.  81,  1867.    Res.  Baldwin,  Wis. 


302 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


3711.  Charles  F.9  Pierce  {Charles  TT.s,  Wilder^  Joseph^,  Johiv>, 
Josiah\  Johyi^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  10,  1846;  m.  Dec.  31, 
1868,  Jennie  Morse,  b.  Aug.  13,  1843.    Res.  Chicago,  III. 


Children  :— 

4740.  i.      Carl  H.,  b.  Jan.  24,  1870. 

4741.  ii.     Ada,  b.  Jan.  8,  1879. 

3715.  George  A.9  Pierce  {Charles  W.^,  Wilder'^,  Joseph^,  Joh7i^, 
Josiah"^,  Johifi,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  2,  1855  ;  m.  Sept.  27, 
1877,  Jennie  E.  Thornton,  b.  July  19,  1877.    Res.  Stanstead,  P.  Q. 


No  children. 

3726.  Daniel  W.9  Pierce  {Warren^,  Daniel^,  Daniel^,  John^, 
Josiah^,  John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  April  3,  1811  ;  m.  Lucy 
Edson,  b.  Jan.  3,  1816.    Res.  Salem,  Nebraska. 


Children  : — 

4742.  i.  Daniel  W.,  b.  Aug.  81,  1835;  m.  Belinda  B.  Laythe. 

4743.  ii.  Edgar  E.,  b.  Jan.  9,  1837. 

4744.  iii.  George  W.,  b.  Nov.  13,  1838. 
1745.  iv.  Henry  H.,  b.  June  2,  1840. 

4746.  V.  Lucy  A.,  b.  Feb.  26,  1844;  m.  Harrison  H.  Cornell. 

4747.  vi.  LuciNDA  O.,  b.  Nov.  19,  1847;  m.  Shedrick  Chafin. 

4748.  vii.  Charles  L.,  b.  Dec.  12,  1851. 

3727.  WiLLARD  A.9  Pierce  (  Warren^,  JDanieP,  Daniel^,  John^, 
Josiah^^  John^^  Thomas^,  7'homas^),  b.  Oct.  15,  1812  ;  m.  March  17, 
1836,  Emily  Powers;  m.  2nd,  Mary  J.  Northrop.    Children  : — 

4749.  i.  Daniel  E.,  b.  July  1,  1840;  d.  Oct.,  1840. 

4750.  ii.  Elvira  L.,  b.  May  3,  1842;  d.  Jan.  30,  1843. 

4751.  iii.  Charles  P.,  b.  Oct.  26,  1844. 

4752.  iv.  Daniel,  b.  Jan.  21,  1847. 

3730.    George  W.^  Pierce  ( Warren^,  DanieV,  Daniel^,  John^, 


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303 


Josiah^.  John'^,  Thomas^.  Thomas'^),  b.  May  4.  1819;  m.  Sept.  22, 
1846,  Harriet  Severns,  b.  July  3,  1822.    Ees.  Yineland.  X.  J. 


Child  :— 

4758.    i.      Irwix  S.,  b.  March  14,  1860. 

3731,  Waere^s^  Piekce  {Warren^^  Daniel,  Daniel^,  John^, 
Josiah^.  John'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  June  20,  1821  ;  m.  1844, 
Lucy  M.  Streeter,  b.  Feb.  8,  1827.    Res.  Westmore,  Yt.    Child  :— 

4754.  i.      J.  Hexey,  b.  Oct.,  1845;  m. 

3732.  Abel^  Pierce  (  Warren^.  DanieP.  Daniel^.  John^.  Josiaft^^ 
John^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  April  18,  1823;  m.'  April  18,  1847, 
Mary  H.  VaDderpoole  ;  m.  2nd,  1855,  Mary  Webster,  d.  1857;  m.  3rd, 
1859,  Laurana  Powers,  b.  1831.    Res.  Vineland,  X.  J.    Children  : — 

4755.  i.      Clarence  A. 

4756.  ii.     EuGEXE  W. 

4757.  iii.    Earnest  A.,  b.  Xov.  30,  1864. 

3736.  George  W.9  Pierce  {Aretas^,  Aretas"^,  Daniel^.  J'ohn^, 
Josia/A  Joh?i^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  1,  1826  ;  ra.  Feb.  16, 

1854,  Ellen  A.  Southworth.  b.  Sept.  7,  1834.  '  Res.  Wellsville,  X.  Y. 
Children  : — 

4758.  i.      Ella  S.,  b.  Jan.  7,  1855. 

4759.  ii.     Emma  R.,  b.  Xov.  6,  1859:  d.  Feb.  17,  1869. 

4760.  iii.    Grace  M.,  b.  Aug.  1,  1866. 

3737.  John  Q.9  Pierce  {Aretas^.  Aretas'^,  Daniel^,  John^, 
Josiah^,  Jokn^,  Thomas^,   Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  4,  1828;  m.  Oct.  4, 

1855,  Julia  M.  Bennett,  b.  Oct.  3,  1831,  d.  Sept.  12,  1868:  m.  2nd, 
June  1,  1874,  Sarah  L.  Keyes,  b.  Sept.  23,  1849.  Res.  St.  Johns, 
Mich. 


Children  : — 

4761.  i.  Ada  J.,  b.  Oct.  17.  1859;  d.  Julv  30,  1870. 

4762.  ii.  Flora  M.,  b.  Mav  29,  1867;  d.  Dec.  4,  1868. 

4763.  iii.  Benjamin,  b.  Julv  23,  1875 ;  d.  Dec.  30,  1875. 

4764.  iv.  Burt  K.,  b.  Jan.  9,  1878. 

3739.  Joseph  B.^  Pierce  {Aretas^,  Aretas'^,  DanieP,  John^^ 
JosiaJi^.  Johri?.  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  23,  1836  ;  m.  May  10, 
1860,  Emma  A.  Brown,  b.  1840.    Res.  Holly,  X.  Y.    Children  :— 

4765.  i.  Edith,  b.  1863. 

4766.  ii.  Fanny  E.,  b.  1864. 

4767.  iii.  Florence  E.,  b.  1869. 

4768.  iv.  Xellle  M.,  b.  1872. 


304 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


3741.  Freeman  A.9  Pierce  {Ahel  A.^,  AbeP,  Daniel^,  John^, 
Josiah"^,  John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  6,  1849  ;  ra.  Oct.  30, 
1874,  Olive  Raney,  b.  Sept.  20,  1852.  Res.  St.  Johnsbury  Centre,  Yt. 
Children  :— 

4769.  i.      Ethel  R.,  b.  Aug.  18,  1877. 

4770.  ii.     George  A.,  b.  Feb.  2,  1880. 

3744.  Edward  C.9  Pierce  {Abel  A.^,  AheP,  Daniel^,  John^, 
tTosiaM^  John^,  Thomas^^  Tho^iias^)^  b.  Aug.  9,  1857;  m.  Sept.  6, 
1879,  Mai-y  Williams,  b.  Sept.  6,  1856.    Res.  St.  Johnsbury  Centre,  Yt. 

3754.  Mollis  S.^  Pierce  {Hiram^,  Thomas^^  Thomas^,  John^^ 
Josiali^,  John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  March  19,  1829;  ra.  Oct.  3, 
1850,  Aui-ora  Hill,  b.  July  30,  1832.  Res.  St.  Johnsbury  Centre,  Yt. 
Children  : — 

4771.  i.      Eva,  b.  May  19,  1853;  m.  Alexander  Allbee. 

4772.  11.     George  H.,  b.  Oct.  15,  1861. 

3757.  Hiram  D.^  Pierce  {Iliram^^  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  John^^ 
Josiah^,  John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  March  1,  1838  ;  m.  Oct.  8, 
1862,  Marian  Hopkins,  b.  June  11,1837.  Res.  St.  Johnsbury  Centre, 
Yt.    Children  :— 

4773.  1.  Abbie  M.,  b.  Feb.  5,  1864. 

4774.  ii.  Florence  J.,  b.  Oct.  10,  1866;  d.  Oct.  25,  1876. 

4775.  iii.  Mable,  b.  May  16,  1873;  d.  May  1,  1878. 

4776.  iv.  Mary  B.,  b.  Sept.  1,  1878. 

3763.  Maksh  C.9  Pierce  {Sylvester  P.^,  Spalding'^,  John^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  19,  1847; 
m.  Nov.  7,  1872,  Jennie  Cook,  b.  Aug.  14,  1848,  d.  Oct.  17,  1873.  Res. 
Syracuse,  N.  Y.    Child  : — 

4777.  Harry  C,  b.  Oct.  8,  1873. 

3770.  William^  Pierce  {Charles^^  Fhineas^^  Lemuel^,  JEbenezer^^ 
Thomas'^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  1821  ;  ra.  1848,  Mary 
Barstow.    He  d.  1851. 

3771.  Nathaniel^  Pierce  {Charles^,  JPhineas'',  Lemuel^,  Eben- 
ezer^,  Thomas^ ^  Thomas'^ ^  Thomas^ ^  Thomas^\  b.  1825  ;  ra.  1845, 
Aray  Adams.    Children  : — 


3772.  George  A.^  Pierce  {Charles^^  Phineas^^  Lemuel^,  Eben- 
ezer^,  Thom.as'^^  Thomas^^  Thomas^^  Thomas^)^  b.  Dec.  25,  1835  ; 
m.  Aug.  22,  1859,  Ellen  Rich.    Res.  Rockville,  Conn. 


4778.  i. 

4779.  ii. 

4780.  iii. 


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305 


Childreu  :— 

4781.  i.      Jane.  b.  Xov.  26.  1860:  d.  Jan.  1?.  1S62. 

4782.  ii.     George,  b.  March  26,  1862;  d.  Oct.,  1863. 

4783.  iii.    Chaeles,  b.  1868. 

3778.  Edttix  M.9  Pierce  {Jfartin^.  Fhineas"'.  Lemuel^.  Ehe- 
nezer'^  Thomas^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  8,  1831:  m. 
Martha  Ken  von.    Res.  Grosvenordale.  Conn. 

37S1.  John-  TT.s  Pierce  {Martin^,  PMnea-f.  Lemuel^.  Ehenezer'^. 
Thomas^.  Thomas^.  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  April  21.  1S36  :  m. 
Almira  Place.    Children  : — 

4784.  i.  Eliphalet  H.,  b.  Xov.  3,  1857. 

4785.  ii.  JoHX  W.,  b.  Dec.  3.  1859. 

4786.  iii.  Aloxzo  S.,  b.  Jan.  31,  1S62. 

4787.  iv.  Julian  H.,  b.  Dec.  13,  1863. 

3785.  XoRMAX  S.9  Pierce  {Darius^,  Fhineas''',  Lemuel^.  Ehen- 
ezer'^,  Thomas'^.  Thomas'^.  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Xov.  14.  1S42  ;  m. 
July  28,  1862.  Mary  L.  J.  McMaine.    Res.  Portland.  Oregon. 


Children 

4788.  i.  Katie  E.,  b.  Apr.  28,  1867. 

4789.  ii.  AxxiE,  b.  May  ,10,  1S69. 

4790.  iii.  Alice  C,  b.  Mar.  17,  1871. 

4791.  iv.  X0R3IAN  S.,  b.  June  3,  1874. 

3789.  James^  Pierce  {Alcares^.  SamueV.  Thomas^.  Amos^, 
Tliomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas'^.  TJiomas^\  b.  Aug.  5.  1823;  m.  Xoy. 
11,  1845,  Sarah  R.  Preston,  b.  Dec.  22,  1S24.    Res.  Moline.  Mich. 

Children : — 

4792.  i.      "^'tllloi  W.,  b.  Oct.  15,  ISIS ;  m.  Annie  E.  Jones  and  Huldah  H. 


4793.    ii.     OpvPHa  J.,  b.  Dec.  18,  1S52 ;  m.  Ered.  Waderman. 

3793.  Frederick  F.9  Pierce  {Eodney^.  SamueT'.  TJi.oraas^, 
Amos'^.  Tl-iomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomns^.  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  2.  1832; 
m.  Sept.  14.  1^64.  Margaretta  E.  Coe,  b.  Sept.  14,  lb39.  Res. 
Brandon,  Vt. 


Millifor. 


39 


306 


PIEKCE  PEDIGREE. 


Children  : — 

4794.  i.      Frederick  W.,  b.  Dec.  1,  1865;  d.  Mar.  30,  1866. 

4795.  ii.     Mabel  C,  b.  Mar.  12,  1870. 

4796.  iii.    Herbert  F.,  b.  Sept.  26,  1872. 

3794.  Henry  M.^  Pierce  {Rodney^,  SamueP,  Thomas^,  Amos^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^)^  b.  Mar.  29,  1834;  m. 
Nov.  7,  1865,  Marv  Spaulding,  b.  May  27,  1845.    Res.  Lowell,  Mass. 

Child  :— 

4797.  i.      Cora  E.,  b.  May  10,  1867. 

3800.  Samuel  A.9  Pierce  (.^S'.  William^,  Samuef,  Thomas^, 
Amos^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^ ^  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  July  1,  1831  ; 
m.  Nov.  26,  1859,  Harriet  E.  Wilson,  b.  Feb.  4,  1836.  Res.  W.  Salis 
bury,  Vt.  Child 

4798.  i.      Edna  W.,  b.  Apr.  12,  1872. 

3808.  Charles  K.^  Piekce  {Bodney^,  John',  Thomas^,  Amos^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  18,  1837 ;  m. 
Aug.  27,  1861,  Ellen  L.  Goodall,  b.  May  25,  1841.    Res.  Hiram,  Ohio. 

Children  : — 

4799.  i.      Louisa  N.,  b.  Nov.  10,  1863. 

4800.  ii.     Hattie  L.,  b.  Mar.  28,  1868;  d.  Feb.  15,  1869. 

4801.  iii.    Carrie  E.,  b.  Aug.  13,  1870. 

3809.  George^  Pierce  {Rodney'^,  John'',  Thomas^,  Amos^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  June  2,  1839  ;  m.  Mar. 
19,  1860,  Caroline  Westlake.  He  was  killed  by  the  Rebels  at  Cold 
Harbor,  June  1,  1864.    Res.  .    Child  :— 

4802.  i.      Albert  W.,  b.  Aug.  13,  1862. 

3811.  Henry  D.  Pierce  {Rodney^,  Johii',  Thomas^,  Amos^, 
Thomas^j  Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  July  12,  1842 ;  m.  May 
9,  1866,  Charlotte  Stocking,  b.  Nov.  27,  1839.    Res.  Alliance,  Ohio. 

Children  : — 

4803.  i.      Nellie  C,  b.  Oct.  31,  1867;  d.  July  11,  1869. 

4804.  ii.     Frank  H.,  b.  Feb.  1,  1871. 

4805.  iii.    Mabel  C,  b.  Aug.  28,  1875;  d.  Dec.  14,  1875. 

3815.  Rodney^  Pierce  {Rodney^,  John'',  Thomas^,  Amos^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  June  15,  1851  ;  m.  Sept. 
1,  1875,  Mary  E.  Askin,  b.  Mar.  30,  1855.    Res.  Danville,  Pa. 

Child  :— 

4806.  i.      Gye,  b.  Nov.  29,  1877. 

3816.  John  I.^  Pierce  {Andreio^,  John'',  Thomas^,  Amos^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  19,  1837;  ra.  Nov., 
1859,  Harriet  Cobb.    Children  :— 

4807.  i.      Mary  A.,  b.  Feb.  15,  1862. 

4808.  ii.     George  A.,  b.  June  7,  1869. 

3819.  Edward  R.^  Pierce  {John  D.^,  John?,  Thomas^,  Amos^, 
Thomas^,    Thomas^,    Thomas^,   Thomas^),  b.  Nov.   18,  1840;  m. 


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307 


Dec.  24,  1861,  Mary  E.  McGahan,  b.  Sept  7,  1839.  Ees.  Hiram 
Centre.  Ohio.    Children  : — 

4809.  i.      Ella  R.,  b.  May  20,  18fi3. 

4810.  ii.     Joms^  F.,  b.  May  6,  1865  ;  d.[Mar.  31,  1867. 

3820.  William  N.9  Pieece  {A7nos^.  William'^,  Amos^,  Amos^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^.  Thomas^.  Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  18,  1843;  m.  Sept. 
1,  1870,  Eliza  Richards,  b.  Feb.  21,  1847.    Res.  Elmwood,  111. 


Children  : — 

4811.  i.      EiCHARD  A.,  b.  Aua:.  31,  1871. 

4812.  ii.     MmiA^r  J.,  b.  May  30,  1876. 

4813.  iii.    Lois  E.,  b.  Dec.  29,  1877. 

3821.  Amos  A^.  Pierce  {Amos^.  William'',  Amos^,  Amos^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  June  28,  1856  ;  m.  May 
12,  1878,  Fredonia  T.  Jarmain.    Res.  Elmwood.  111. 

3826.  John  L.9  Pierce  {William  G.^,  William'',  Amos^, 
Amos^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  August  24, 
1853,  m.  Mai  garet  H.  Harris.  Res.  Champaign,  111.  John  L.  Pierce 
was  born  in  Canaan,  Conn..  Aug.  24,  1853.  Educated  at  Knox  Col- 
lege, Galesburg,  111.,  and  the  Illinois  Industrial  University,  Champaign, 
111.,  where  he  graduated  in  1874.  Read  law  in  the  office  of  Black  & 
Gere. 


3834.  William  0.9  Pierce  {Samuel  JR. ^,  Phmeas',  Phineas^,  Amos^, 
Thomas\  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  28,  1835;  m.  Oct. 
31.  1859,  Zerelda  Fall,  b.  Jan.  29,  1835.    Res.  Winchester,  Ind. 

Children  :— 

4814.  i.      Frances  L.,  b.  July  31,  1860;  d.  Eeb.  21,  1865. 

4815.  li.     Jenny  L.,  b.  Mar.  12,  1865;  d.  Aug.  26,  1868. 

3837.  Dorset  C.^  Pierce  {Samuel  P.^,  Phineas"^,  Phineas^, 
Amos^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  July  24,  1848  ; 
m.  Dec.  17,  1867,  Mary  J.  Martin,  b.  Apr.  11,  1848.  Res.  Nashville, 
Tenn. 


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Children : — 

4816.  i.      Eda  K.,  b.  July  26,  1873. 

4817.  ii.     Mary  E.,  b.  Nov.  25,  1875. 

3844.  Amos^  Pierce  {Clement^ ^  Amos' ^  Phineas^,  Amos^,  Thom- 
as\  Thomas^,  Tho7nas%  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  10,  1843 ;  m.  Apr.  24, 
1867,  Mary  J.  Barr,  b.  May  28,  1839.    Res.  Bellville,  Kansas. 

Children  : — 

4818.  i.      John  O.,  b.  Jan.  24,  1868;  d.  Dec.  16,  1868. 

4819.  ii.     Harley  L.,  b.  Dec.  10,  1870. 

4820.  iii.    George  C,  b.  July  27,  1874. 

4821.  Iv.    Mabel  M.,  b.  Sept.  16,  1877;  d.  May  28,  1879. 

3847.  Almiron  G.^  Pierce  {William  H.^,  Amos',  Fhineas^, 
Amos^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  July  4,  1838 ; 
m.  Nov.  1,  1860,  Caroline  C.  Sanford,  b.  Mar.  19,  1839.  Res.  Gales- 
burg,  111. 


Children  : — 

4822.  i.  Frances  R.,  b.  Mar.  27,  1862. 

4823.  ii.  Ellen  M.,  b.  Apr.  2,  1864. 

4824.  iii.  Minerva  A.,  b.  Nov.  20,  1871. 

4825.  iv.  Kate  M.,  b.  Mar.  26,  1873. 

4826.  V.  Argus  B.  C,  b.  June  23,  1874. 

3848.  Charles  H.^  Pierce  ( William  H.^,  Amos'',  Phineas^^ 
Amos^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas'^),  b.  Feb.  1,  1840; 
m.  Feb.  1,  1862,  Elizabeth  Long,  b.  June  16,  1839.  Res.  Roseville, 
111.    Children  :— 

4827.  i.  Y.  Maude,  b.  Dec.  31,  1862. 

4828.  ii.  William  H.,  b.  Dec.  16,  1864 

4829.  iii.  M.  Blanche,  b.  Feb.  24,  1866. 

4830.  iv.  H.  Grace,  b.  June  26,  1871. 

4831.  V.  Seely  a.,  b.  June  17,  1873. 

3868.  Frank  L.^  Pierce  {Christopher  M^,  Abiram"^,  Phineas^^ 
Amos^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  10,  1853; 
m.  Nov.  15,  1876,  Mattie  Cooley,  b.  June  12,  1856.  Res.  Smithfield, 
Pa. 

Child 

4832.  i.      JuD.  S.,  b.  Sept.  6,  1878. 

3894.  Lewis  W.^  Pierce  {EarP,  Palmer'',  Timothy^,  Timothy^, 
Timothy^,  Thoynas^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  10,  1810;  ra. 
July  9,  1834,  Perley  H.  Sanford.    Res.  Plattsburgh,  N.  Y. 

Mr.  Pierce  was  born  on  the  10th  of  Nov.,  1810.  He  is  English,  of 
Welsh  descent.    His  father,  Earl  Pierce,  died  in  1836,  in  Au  Sable, 


XINTH  GENERATION. 


309 


Clinton  County,  whei'e  is  mother  is  still  living.  He  removed  with  his 
pai'ents  to  that  place  in  1821.  He  was  educated  at  Potsdam  and 
Keeseville  Academies,  and  in  1831  went  to  Jay.  Essex  County.  ^.  Y., 
where  lie  engagtd  in  the  sale  of  g0'  >ds  in  connection  with  the  manu- 
facture uf  iron.  On  the  death  of  his  father  he  sold  out  his  business 
and  returned  to  An  Saljle  and  was  the  acting  administrator  of  his  estate. 
In  1849  he  disposed  of  all  his  business  enterprises  and  in  May.  1851, 
removed  to  Plattsljurgh  wliere  he  now  resides.  Mr.  Pierce  held  almost 
continuously  some  town  otiice  from  1-^33  to  1851.  when  he  was 
appointed  Deputy  Collector  of  Customs  and  clerk  and  cashier  in  the 
custom  house  at  Plattsburgh.  X.  Y.  This  office  he  hehi  till  January. 
1854.  when  he  resigned  to  assume  the  duties  of  the  office  of  County 
Clerk,  to  which  office  he  was  elected  ii^  November.  1853.  This  posi- 
tion he  occupied  for  three  years.  He  claims  to  have  been  for- 
merly a  Henry  Clay  whig  and  is  now  a  repiublican.  although  elected  to 
his  present  position  by  a  comfunatiou  of  Americans  an^i  repiibhcans. 
He  is  a  nian  of  fine  business  cajjacity  anif  discharges  his  duties  with  an 
industry  and  promptness  that  cuunner.d  him  alike  to  his  constituents 
and  his  legislative  associates.  Mr.  Pierce  was  married  in  1834  to  Miss 
Perley  H.  Sanford.  daughter  of  Hon.  Reuben  Sanford,  and  is  an  elder 
in  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  is  a  staunch  friend  of  temperance  and 
education. 

The  foregoing  was  written  in  the  winter  of  1859. 

On  his  return  home  from  the  legislatui'e  in  the  spring  of  that  year,  he 
was  tendered  the  position  of  cashier  ar.d  clerk  of  Clinton  Prison,  which 
he  accepted  and  held  fur  five  years,  when  another  position,  much  more 
to  his  taste  and  liking,  was  offered  to  him  in  the  Plattsburgh  custom 
liouse  as  deputy  collector,  clerk,  cashier  and  special  deputy,  which  he 
accepted,  and  entered  upon  the  duties  May  1.  1864,  and  this  position  he 
held  and  continued  to  fill  for  over  twelve  years,  retiring  June  1,  1876, 
since  wliich  time  he  has  not  engaged  in  any  business  enterprises.  His 
two  sons.  Edgar,  the  oldest,  is  engaged  in  the  manufacture  and  sale  of 
furniture  in  all  of  its  branches  in  Plattsburgh.  and  his  other  son.  Ered. 
is  a  merchant  at  Morrisonville  in  this  count}-,  about  five  miles  from  this 
place.  In  looking  after  them  it  affords  him  very  pleasant  exercise  and 
pastime  in  advisirig  and  assisting  them  in  their  business,  and  renders 
him  less  liable  to  rust  out. 


Children  : — 

4S33.    i.      Edgar  W.,  b.  Mar.  6.  1S36 ;  m.  Frances  A.  Thorpe. 

4834.  ii.     Ann  M.,  b.  Julv  6,  1S40. 

4835.  hi.    Mary  H.,  b.  Jan.  12,  1644. 

4836.  iv.    Fred.  E..  b.  Jan.  7.  1851. 

4837.  T.     :Martha  E.,  b.  Oct.  9^  1853. 


3895.    Benja^n  C.^  Pierce  {JEJarl^,  Falmer'',  Timotht/^,  Timo- 


310 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


thy^,  Timothy^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  12,  1812; 
m.  Sept.  12,  1832,  Catherine  R.  Finch,  b.  Dec.  4,  1811.  Res.  Aw  Sable 
Forks,  N.  Y.  He  is  the  foreman  in  the  out  door-business  of  a  large 
iron  manufacturing  establishment  at  Au  Sable  Forks,  lying  partly  in 
Clinton  and  Essex  counties. 


Children  :— 

4838.  i.      Henry  I.,  b.  May  9,  1833;  ra.  Celia  G.  Clough. 

4839.  ii.     Isabel  H.,  b.  Aug.  16,  1836;  ra.  N.  A.  Thorpe. 

4840.  iii.    Earl,  b.  Apr.  23,  1841;  m.  Mary  Adiam. 

4841.  iv.    Frank  C,  b.  Oct.  26,  1851;  m.  Milla  Kinealy. 

3897.  Henry  P.9  Pierce  {Earl^,  Palmer'',  Timothy^,  Timothy^, 
Timothy"^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  13,  1817  ;  m.  Dec. 
12,  1842,  Maria  O.  Wright.  He  has  long  been  a  lumber  inspector. 
Res.  West  Troy,  N.  Y. 


Children  : — 

4842.  i.  Oscar  W.,  b.  Nov.  9,  1843;  d.  Nov.  30,  1843. 

4843.  li.  Helen  F.,  b.  Jan.  8,  1845. 

4844.  iii.  Charles  H.,  b.  Nov.  3,  1847. 

4845.  iv.  SoPHRONLi  I.,  b.  Aug.  31,  1850. 

4846.  V.  Mary  E.,  b.  Sept.  7,  1852. 

4847.  vi.  Fred.  W.,  b.  April  9,  1860. 

3899.  William  C.^  Pierce  {Earl^,  Palmer'',  Timothy^,  Timothy^, 
Timothy"^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  19,  1822;  m.  June 
5,  1851,  Catherine  Boynton,  d.  April  17,  1852;  m.  2nd,  Sept.  18,  1855, 
Margaret  M.  Myers.  He  resides  on  the  old  homestead  and  was  for- 
merly engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  iron.  Res.  Au  Sable  Forks,  N.  Y. 


Children  : — 

4848.  i.      William  W.,  b.  Dec.  26,  1856. 

4849.  ii.     Mathew  M.,  b.  Dec.  22,  1859. 

3901.  James  H.^  Pierce  {Earl^,  Palmer'',  Timothy^,  Timothy^, 
Timothy^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  26,  1826 ;  ra.  Aug. 
7,  1856,  Carrie  O.  Lennon,  b.  June  7,  1835.  He  has  been  repre- 
sentative in  the  New  York  Assembly  for  four  years  in  succession.  He 


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311 


is  DOW  the  proprietor  of  a  large  hotel  in  BlcomiDgdale.  Res.  Bloom- 
iDO'dale.  X.  Y. 


Children  : — 

4850.  i.      James  H.,  b.  Sept.  23.  1858. 

4851.  ii.     Caroline  E.,  b.  April  24.  1862. 

4852.  iii.    Almedla.  C,  b.  Feb.  13,  1867. 

3902.  Daxiel  Tr.9  Pierce  {Ucrrl^.  Palmer'^,  Timothy^,  Timothy^, 
Timothy^.  Thomas'^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  20.  1828;  m. 
Adelaide  R.  Finch.    He  d.  April  27,  1854,  in  Neenah,  Wis.  Child  : — 

4853.  i.      Clittox  TV.,  b.  1853. 

3903.  Edto-  Pv.9  Pierce  {Uarl^.  Palmer.  Timothy^,  Timothy^, 
Timothy^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^.  Thomas^),  b.  Xov.  27,  1831  ;  m.  Dec. 
27.  1866,  Maria  L.  Bentley.  b.  Jan.  19.  1840.  He  is  at  the  head  of  an 
insurance  house  doing  a  large  business.    Res.  Minneapolis.  Minn. 


Children  : 

4854.  i.      Charles  E..  b.  April  6,  1870. 

4855.  ii.     George  B.,  b.  Xov.  11,  1872. 

3905.  John  L.9  Pierce  {Palmer^.  Palmer'.  Timothy^.  Timothy'^, 
Timothy^.  Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  7,  1813  :  m.  Oct.  25, 
1836.  Cynthia  Whitcomb.  He  d.  Xov.  9,  1836.  Res.  X^orth  East, 
Pa.    Xo  children. 

3906.  Arnold  Y.9  Pierce  {Palmer^,  Palmer",  Timothy^,  Tim- 
othy'^. Timothy^.  Thomas'^.  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  25.  1815  ; 
m.  Sept.  26,  1838.  Wealthy  Austin,  b.  Jan.  28,  1819.  Res.  Xorth 
East,  Pa.    Children  : — 

4856.  i.      M.  Delphius,  b.  Dec.  15,  1839;  m.  John  Higgins. 

4857.  ii.     Earl  B.,  b.  July  8,  1842;  d.  Dec.  13,  1862. 

4858.  iii.    John  S.,  b.  Sept.  7,  1844;  m. 

4859.  iv.    TVealthy  L.,  b.  Aug.  13,  1848;  m.  E.  M.  Putuam. 

4860.  v.     Ephraevi  A.,  b.  Aug.  15,  1850;  m.  Maggie  Williamson. 

3908.  Earl9  Pierce  {Palmer^.  Palmer"',  Timothy^,  Timothy'^. 
Timothy^.  Thomas^.  Thomas'^.  272  0???asi),  b.  Dec.  19,  1820 ;  m.  May 
15,  1844,  Louisa  L.  Hested.  b.  July  6,  1822.    Res.  Xorth  East,  Pa. 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


Children  : — 

4861.  i.      EoisE  E.,  b.  May  2,  1846;  m.  Josephine  Brown. 

4862.  ii.     William,  b.  May  29,  1848;  d.  Jan.  8,  1860. 

4863.  iii.    Charles,  b.  Aug.  16,  1854;  d.  Jan.  5,  1860. 

4864.  iv.    George  E.,  b.  Dec.  25,  1860. 

3910.  MoRDAUNT  M.9  PiERCE  {Joh^i^,  Palmer'^,  Timothy^,  Tim- 
othy^, Timothy'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  March  21,  1827  ; 
m.  April  11,  1852,  Tarrissa  C.  Willers,  b.  June  9,  1825.  Res.  Milton, 
Vt.    Child  :— 

4865.  i.      Katie  M.,  b.  Oct.  6,  1858. 

3925.  John  S.9  Pierce  {Joseph  S.^,  Job'',  Josiah^,  Timothy^, 
Timothy'^,  Thomas^,  Thoynas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  28,  1842;  m.  Mar. 
2,  1870,  Jane  A.  Auckland,  b.  June  23,|1848.    Res.  Monroeville,  Ohio. 


No  children. 

3927.  William^  Pierce  {Joseph  S.^,  Job'',  Josiah^,  Timothy^, 
Timothy^,  Thomas^,  l^homas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  25,  1849  ;  m.  Dec. 
6,  1876,  Lucy  A.  Banta,  b.  Jan.  18, 1858.    Res.  Lyme,  Ohio.    Child  :— 

4866.  1.      Mary  C,  b.  Sept.  4,  1878. 

3930.  Mahlon  H.9  Pierce  {Chester^,  ShepardP,  Josiah^,  Timothy^, 
Timothy^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas\  b.  Sept.  9,  1844;  m.  April 
10,  1867,  Mira  Kennedy,  b.  Jan.  1,  1848.    Res.  Turner,  Ind. 

f 

Children  : — 

4867.  i.  Elmer  C.,>,    ^      y,  ^gg^ 

4868.  ii.  Elmo  M.,  5  ' 

4869.  iii.  Harriet  S.,  b.  Nov.  8,  1869. 

4870.  iv.  Ida  L.,  b.  April  3,  1872. 

4871.  V.  Lemuel,  b.  June  21,  1874. 

4872.  vi.  Guy  H.,  b.  Sept.  3,  1876;  d. 

3933.  Alfred  L.^  Pierce  {Chester^,  Shepard'',  Josiah^,  Timothy^, 
Timothy\  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  28,  1849  ;  m.  May 
15,  1877,  Mary  Bowman,  b.  Dec.  14,  1856.  Res.  North  Aurora,  111. 
Child  :— 

4873.  i.      G.  Aubrey,  b.  June  18,  1878. 

3934.  Chester  L.^  Pierce  {Chester^,  SheparcP,  Josiah^,  Timothy^, 
Timothy^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  11,  1853  ;  m.  Mar. 
29,  1877,  Alice  Eisor.    Res.  Red  Oak,  Iowa. 


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313 


3935.  Saihuel  N.^  Pierce  (  William  A.^^  SheparcP,  JosiahP^  Tim- 
othy^^  Timothy^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^ ^  Thomas^\  b.  June  28,  1846; 
m.  Feb.  2,  1876,  Hattie  Wood,  b.  Jan.  14,  1843.  Res.  Chemuug,  N.  Y. 
No  children. 

3936.  Henry  IST.^  Pierce  ( William  A.^,  SheparcP,  Josiah^,  Tim- 
othy^, Timothy"^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  ThowMS^),  b.  Feb.  18,  1848  ; 
m.  May  9,  1874,  Fannie  Hunter.  He  d.  March  25,  1877.  Res.  Ehnira, 
N.  Y.     Child  :— 

4874.  i.      Henry  N.,  b.  Feb.  6,  1876;  d.  July  2,  1877. 

3937.  William  A.9  Pierce  {William  A.^,  SheparcP,  Josiah^, 
Timothy^,  Timothy"^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  8,  1850; 
m.  Jan.  3,  1871,  Ruth  A.  Inscko,  b.  June  27,  1850.  Res.  Lawrenceville, 
Pa.    Children  :— 

4875.  1.      Elma  B.,  b.  Dec.  23,  1872. 

4876.  li.     Annie  K.,  b.  Jan.  5,  1875. 

3944.  Earnest  B.^  Pierce  {Shepard  S.^,  Shepard?^  Josiah^^  Tim- 
othy^,  Timothy^,  Thomas^^  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  22,  1854 ;  m. 
Sept.  2,  1875,  Clara  A.  Wright,  b.  July  1,  1856.    Res.  Towanda,  Pa. 


Child  :— 

4877.  i.      John  S.,  b.  March  19,  1877. 

3949.  Phineas  D.^  Pierce  {Fhineas^^  Willard'',  Nathaniel^ ^ 
NathanieP^  Tim^othy^^  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^)^  b.  Aug.  3, 
1818  ;  m.  Nov.  29,  1842,  Eleanor  D.  Kibbee,  b.  Feb.  13,  1823.  Res. 
Royalton,  Vt.    Children  : — 

4878.  i.      Martha  L.,  b.  April  8,  1848;  m.  Geo.  H.  Tracy. 

4879.  li.     Lucy  E.,  b.  Oct.  22,  1852;  ra.  Joseph  Tracy. 

3955.  Nathan  W.^  Pierce  (Albigence^,  Willard'^,  JVathaniel^, 
NathayiieP,  Timothy^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Auor.  30, 
1813  ;  m.  1846,  Sophia  Spauldin^.  He  d.  Au^.,  1853.  Res.  Vernon, 
N.  Y.    Child  :— 

4880.  i.     George  W.,  b.  June,  1851. 

3956.  George  B.^  Pierce  {Alhigence^^  Willard'^,  Nathaniel^ ^ 
NathanieP,  Timothy'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  26, 
1815  ;  ra.  May  1,  1850,  Adeline  E.  Duncklee,  b.  1825.  Res.  Lexington, 
Mass. 


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PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


Children : — 

4881.  i.      George  A.,  b.  Feb.  3,  1851 ;  m.  Lizzie  A.  Pitman. 

4882.  ii.     Charles  B.,  b.  Feb.  11,  1861. 

3958.  Albigkn(je  M.9  Fierce  (Albigence^,  Willarcr,  JSTathaniel^, 
Natlianiel^^  Timothy^^  Thomas^,  Thomas-,  Thomas^),  b.  April  27, 
1823;  m.  .    Res.  Berlin,  Wis.  Child:— 

4883.  i.      George  A. 

3959.  John  S,9  Pierce  (Albigence^,  WillarcP,  Nathaniel^, 
Nathaniel^,  Timothy'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  2, 
1828;  ra.  .    Res.  St.  Loais,  Mo. 

3962.  Georgk9  Pierce  {John  D.^,  WiUard\  Nathaniel,  JVa- 
thaniel^,  Timothy^,  7'homas^,  Thomas^,  TVioy^^asi),  b.  May  4,  1827  ; 
m.  1856,  Sarah  Phillips,  d.  1878.  He  d.  June  23,  1871.  Res.  Stowe, 
Vt.    Children  :— 

4884.  i.      Sidney  B.,  b.  Nov.  16,  1856;  d.  May  23,  1874. 

4885.  ii.     Jerry,  b.  Dec.  14,  1862. 

3970.  Edgar  D.9  Pikrce  {Daniel  TF.s,  WillarcV,  Nathaniel^, 
Nathaniel^^  Timothy'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^)^  b.  Apr.  22, 
1830;  m.  Sept.  28,  1858,  Emma  Chapman;  m.  2nd,  June  29,  1868, 
Lucy  Pratt.    He  d.  June  22,  1872.    Res.  Chicago,  111.  Children:— 

4886.  i.      Nellie,  b.  Aug.  4,  1859. 

4887.  ii.     George  W.,  b.  May  13,  1869. 
.  4888.    iii.    Frank  S.,  b.  Dec.  27,  1871. 

3973.  William  C.9  Pierce  {Caleh^,  Bester^,  Nathaniel^,  JSFathan- 
iel^  Timothys  Thomas^,  Thom.as^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  22,  1828; 
m.  Harriet  C.  Reddington,  b.  Mar.,  1831.    He  d.  1860.    Res.   . 

Child  :— 

4889.    1.      Sarah,  b.  1858  ;  m.  Paul  Brooks. 

3974.  James  F.^  Pierce  {Galeb^,  Bester'^,  Nathaniel^,  Nathan- 
ieP,  Timothy^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  8,  1830;  m. 
June  24,  1856,  Anna  Reddington,  b.  Dec.  14,  1835.  Res.  No.  7 
Montague  Terrace,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

James  F.  Pierce  was  born  in  Madrid,  St.  Lawrence  County,  New 
York,  on  the  8th  of  April,  1830.  His  parents  were  both  natives  of 
New  England.  His  father,  Dr.  Caleb  Pierce,  is  a  physician,  and  a 
graduate  of  Dartmouth  College,  New  Hampshiie.  He  vvas  boi'u  in 
1799  and  I'emoved  in  1825  to  Madrid,  where  for  more  than  half  a 
century  he  has  been  not  only  the  physician,  but  the  guide,  counsellor 
and  friend  of  several  generations  of  patients.  He  is  still  in  active 
pi-actice. 

James  F.  Pierce  was  prepared  to  enter  college,  having  been  edu- 
cated in  the  preliminary  steps  for  the  collegiate  course  in  the  St. 
Lawi-ence  Academy  at  Potsdam  ;  but  indications  of  pulmonary  disease 
hereditary  in  his  family,  compelled  him  to  abandon  all  ideas  of  fui  ther 
study.  By  careful  attention  to  his  health  he  was  enabled  to  enter 
upon  the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Judge  Henry  L.  Knowles.  He 


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remained  ])nrsning  liis  studies  for  fifteen  months,  when  he  removed  to 
the  city  of  Troy  and  entered  the  law  office  of  William  A.  Beach  and 
Job  Pie]"son,  where  he  completed  his  studies.  He  was  admitted  to 
the  Bar  at  Albany  in  the  year  1851,  just  as  he  had  attained  his 
twenty-fii'st  year. 

Shortly  after  his  admission  to  the  Bar,  the  disease  which  he  had 
inherited  made  serious  inroads  upon  his  health,  and  under  the  advice 
of  eminent  physicians  in  New  York,  he  sought  the  mild  climate  of  St. 
Augustine.  Florida,  where  he  remained  for  nearly  three  years.  The 
balmy  air  of  that  locality  and  a  continuous  residence  there  restored 
him  to  his  usual  health.  While  at  St.  Augustine,  Mr.  Pierce  occupied 
an  oflice  w  ith  the  Hon.  Isaac  H.  Bronson,  now  deceased,  then  United 
States  Judge  for  the  Eastern  District  of  Florida,  whose  friendship  he 
retained  up  to  the  period  of  his  death.  He  there  formed  the 
acquaintance  of  Gov^  Mai'cy,  which  ripened  into  intimate  personal 
relations.  During  the  campaign  which  resulted  in  the  election  of 
Franklin  Pierce,  President,  he  took  an  active  part  on  the  stump  and 
otherwise  and  was  a  frequent  contributor  to  the  Democratic  paper  then 
published  at  St.  Augustine. 

On  his  return  to  the  Korth  from  Florida,  he  resumed  the  practice  of 
his  profession  and  in  1856  settled  at  Canton,  the  county  seat  of  St. 
Lawrence  County. 

Mr.  Pierce  has  at  all  times  possessed  an  instinctive  passion  for 
politics.  He  seems  to  glory  in  the  excitement  incident  to  a  political 
career  and  to  be  charmed  by  the  vicissitudes  of  political  life.  In  St. 
Lawrence  County,  as  a  Democrat,  he  was  in  a  hopeless  minority,  the 
county  having  become  at  an  early  time  in  the  history  of  the  Repub- 
lican party  one  of  its  firmest  strongholds  in  the  State  of  New  York. 
For  many  years  Mr.  Pierce  was  a  regular  delegate  to  the  Democratic 
State  Convention  from  his  district,  and  thus  he  became  intimately 
acquainted  with  the  representative  men  of  the  party  of  his  State, 
whose  confidence  he  always  enjoyed. 

At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Rebellion,  Mr.  Pierce  became  an  ardent 
supporter  of  the  cause  of  his  country  and  took  an  active  part  in  raising 
troops  in  St.  Lawrence  County  to  sustain  the  honor  of  the  flag  of  the 
Union.  He  still,  however,  remained  faithful  in  his  adherence  to  the 
party  and  its  principles,  to  which  he  has  ever  been  warmly  attached. 
In  1862  a  union  ticket  was  formed  in  St.  Lawrence  County  and  Mr. 
Pierce  was  nominated  for  one  of  the  principal  ofiices  as  a  slight 
acknowledgment  of  his  services  in  raising  troops  and  the  interest 
which  he  took  in  the  cause  of  the  Union.  A  strong  and  desperate 
effort  was  made  to  defeat  hiin,  but  he  came  out  of  the  contest  success- 
ful, his  majority  being  about  one  thousand.  The  idea  of  a  Democrat 
at  that  time  being  elected  to  a  county  office  in  St.  Lawrence  County 
was  looked  upon  as  a  remarkable  event,  and  Mr.  Pierce  attending  the 
Democratic  State  Convention  while  holdiug  the  important  position  he 
did  in  St.  Lawrence  County,  was  an  object  of  interest  and  curiosity. 
In  1865,  Mr.  Pierce  removed  to  the  city  of  New  York  and  entered  into 
partnership  with  Mr.  Robert  Sewell,  establishing  the  law  firm  of 
Sewell  &  Pierce.    Yery  soon  the  firm  became  prominently  known  in 


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legal  circles  in  New  York  and  were  retained  in  many  important  cases, 
in  a  few  years,  working  into  a  prominent  position  among  the  legal 
firms  in  the  city.  In  the  Fall  of  1866,  Mr.  Pierce  took  up  his  resi- 
dence in  Brooklyn  and  in  the  following  year  was  nominated  by  the 
Democrats  of  the  Second  Senatorial  District  for  the  Senate.  The 
District  had  hitherto  been  represented  by  a  Republican.  Mr.  Pierce 
was  a  comparative  stranger  in  the  District,  yet  he  was  elected  by  4000 
majority.  At  the  expiration  of  his  term,  Mr.  Pierce  was  again  elected 
to  the  Senate  and  he  served  for  two  consecutive  terms  in  that  body. 
During  the  first  session  he  acted  on  the  committees  of  Commerce  and 
Navigation,  Insurance  and  Retrenchment,  and  during  the  second  term 
on  those  of  Railroads,  Insurance,  Commerce  and  Navigation,  and 
Public  Printing. 

In  1877,  Mr.  Pierce  was  again  put  in  nomination  and  was  again 
triumphantly  elected  and  took  his  seat  in  the  Senate  on  the  1st  of  Jan- 
uary, 1878,  where  he  was  placed  upon  the  committees  on  Judiciary, 
Canals,  Public  Buildings,  and  Retrenchment. 

In  person  Mr.  Pierce  is  above  the  medium  height,  somewhat 
slightly  built,  straight  and  upright  in  his  figure,  with  large  hazel-gray 
eyes  and  dark  brown  hair,  rapidly  changing  to  gray,  and  now  in  his 
51st  year,  Mr.  Pierce  bears  upon  his  outward  form  but  little  ti'ace 
of  the  physical  sufieriugs  which  he  has  for  many  years  endured.  His 
hereditary  disposition  to  pulmonary  complaint,  although  conquered  in 
his  eaily  years,  frequently  threatens  to  return,  constantly  suggesting  to 
him  the  necessity  of  caring  for  his  health.  His  physical  sufferings, 
however,  never  afi*ect  his  temper,  and  he  preserves  the  same  genial 
manners  and  kindly  disposition  in  all  conditions  of  his  health. 

It  is,  however,  for  the  greatness  of  his  heart  that  Mr.  Pierce  is  most 
remarkable ;  it  may  safely  be  said  of  him  that  a  larger  one  does  not 
throb  in  any  human  breast.  His  sympathy  for  suftering  knows  no 
bounds  of  caste,  religion  or  nationality,  but  extends,  a  broad  and 
swiftly  flowing  stream,  carrying  with  it  gentle  consolation  and  substan- 
tial relief  to  every  sufiering  creature  that  comes  within  his  ken.  It 
need  hai  dly  be  said  that  these  qualities  make  him  remarkably  popular, 
whether  in  society,  in  his  professional  circles  or  in  politics.  The  man 
who  will  toil  all  day  to  do  another  a  kindness  is  sure  to  be  loved  of  all 
men,  and  such  in  an  especial  way  is  the  lot  of  Mr.  Pierce.  This 
accounts  for  his  large  majorities  in  popular  elections  in  districts  where 
his  party  do  not  usually  prevail ;  and  if  his  life  is  spared  there  is  no 
doubt  but  that  the  people  reserve  for  him  still  greater  honors  and 
higher  positions  in  the  State  and  Nation. 


Children : — 

4890.    i.      Mary  L.,  b.  Nov.  1,  1858.    She  was  graduated  at  the  Packer 
Institute.    Miss  Mary  L.  Pierce,  who  is  a  daughter  of  Hon. 


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317 


Jaroes  F.  Pierce,  and  who  graduated  at  the  recent  Commence- 
ment, June  1877.  at  the  Packer  Institute,  displayed  in  the  poem, 
"  The  Three  Knights,"  which  slie  contributed  as  her  part  of 
the  literary  exercises  of  that  beautiful  occasion,  a  scope  and 
depth  of  genuine  poetical  thought  and  expression  noticeably 
greater  than  young  ladies  of  her  age  often  exhibit.  The  critical 
readers  of  the  Eagle  have  already  enjoyed  the  production  which 
was  published  in  the  report  of  the  Commencement  proceedings, 
and  it  is  due  to  say  that  in  the  reading  of  it  to  the  audience 
the  fair  authoress  demonstrated  an  elocutionary  and  dramatic 
ability  of  a  very  vigorous  and  refined  order. — [Brooklyn  Eagle. 


4891.  ii.  William  R.,  b.  Dec.  6,  1860;  d.  Apr.  23,  1871. 

4892.  iii.  Jexxie  R..  b.  Oct.  15,  1862. 

4893.  iv.  AxxA,  b.  Feb.  22,  1871;  d.  Jan.  7,  1872. 

4894.  V.  Jessie  F.,  b.  Sept.  18,  1873. 

4895.  vi.  James  F.  Jr.,  b.  Sept.  23,  1875. 

3979.  Darttix  C.^  Pierce  {Collins^,  Bester"^,  JSfathaniel^,  Nathan- 
iel^, Timothy"^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  June  16,  1838;  m. 
Jan.  2,  1861,  Anna  M.  Robinson,  b.  Oct.  31,  18-41.    Res.  Rutland,  Yt. 

Children  : — 

4896.  i.  Lizzie  A.,  b.  Nov.  6,  1865. 

4897.  ii.  Hexey  C,  b.  Feb.  7,  1868. 

4898.  iii.  DarwixW.,  b.  Sept.  2,  1878. 

4899.  iv.  Ly^iax  R.,  b.  Feb.  16,  1876;  d.  Apr.  17,  1877. 

3995.  Horace  C.^  Pierce  {Horace^,  Isaac^,  Nathaniel^,  Na- 
thaniel^,  Timothy^,  Thomas^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  h.  Oct.  14,1850; 
m.  Sept.  9,  1874,  Althea  L.  Dalton,  b.  July  3,  1855.    Res.  Barton,  Yt. 


No  children. 

3997.  Sidney  C.9  Pierce  {John  S.^,  Isaac^,  Nathaniel^,  Nathan- 
iel. Timothy'^,  Thomas^.  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  21,  1843;  m. 
Not.  6,  1866,  Sarah  Y.  \Yhite,  b.  Nov.  7,  1843.    Res.  Boston. 

Children  : — 

4900.  i.      Hexry  C,  b.  Feb.  9,  1872;  d.  July  5,  1872. 

4901.  ii.     Florexce  G.,  b.  May  17,  1873;  d.  Jan.  18,  1877. 

4902.  iii.    Martha  H.,  b.  Sept.  21,  1876. 

4000.  Joseph  S.^  Pierce  {Seth^,  Joseph"^,  Jedediah^,  Nathaniel^, 
Timothy^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^  Thomas^),  b.  July  10,  1838;  m.  Dec. 
8,  1859,  jMatilda  Weaver,  b.  Dec.  7,  1837.    Res.  Lockport,  N.  Y. 

Children  : — 

4903.  i.      Sarah  E.,  b.  July  21,  1861. 

4904.  ii.     George  A.,  b.  Sept.  26,  1863. 

4905.  iii.    Herbert  W.,  b.  June  19,  1868. 

4013-4.  Louis  A.9  Pierce  (  William^,  William'',  Jedediah^,  Na- 
thaniel^, Timothy^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  h.  Aug.  1,  1834; 
m.  May  18,  1861,  Mary  M.  Bronson,  b.  July  21,  1840.    Res.  Chicago, 


111. 


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Children  : — 

4906.  i.      William  B.,  b.  June  27,  1864. 

4907.  ii.     Edith  M.,  b.  Apr.  8.  1866. 

4908.  iii.    Alice  E.,  b.  Oct.  15,  1868. 

4015.  Charles^  Pierce  {Williain^^  William?^  JedediahP^  Na- 
thaniel^, Timothy^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  TAomasi),  b.  June  14,  1837; 
m.  June  2,  1854,  Nancy  A.  Winslow,  b.  Dec.  13,  1843.  Res.  Hart- 
ford, Vt.     Child  :— 

4909.  i.      AbbieE.,  b.  Sept.  22,  1866. 

4018.  William  L.9  Pierce  {William^,  William'^,  Jedediah^,  Na- 
tlianiel^,  Timothy^,  Thomas'^,  Tkomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  June  14,  1846  ; 
m.  Nov.  8,  1869,  Ella  L.  Winslow,  b.  Nov.  11,  1849.  Res.  Haittbid, 
Vt.    Children  :— 

4910.  i.      Edward  L.,  b.  Sept.  2,  1871. 

4911.  ii.     Fred.  P.,  b.  Oct.  2,  1873. 

4024.  Washington  F.9  Yierg'e.  {WilliamP,  William'^,  Jedediah^, 
Nathaniel^,  Timothy^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas,^),  b.  Feb.  23, 
1843;  m.  Dec.  23,  1866,  Louisa  A.  Shumway,  b.  July  14,  1843.  Res. 
DeKalb,  111.    Children  :— 

4912.  i.      George  A.,  b.  Aug.  12,  1870. 

4913.  ii.     Edna  M.,  b.  Aug.  28,  1876. 

4027.  Henry^  Pierce  {Ira^,  William'',  Jededlali^,  Nathaniel^, 
Timothy'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  16,  1834;  m. 
Sept.  25,  1860,  Mary  N.  Reniick,  b.  Mar.  22,  1831.  Res.  Royalton, 
Vt.    No  children. 

4037.  Arthur  T^.^  Pierce  {Henry  B.^,  William'',  Jedediah^, 
Nathaniel^,  Timothy^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  2, 
1843;  ra.  Dec.  6,  1871,  Sarah  J.  Peyton,  b.  Sept.  4,  1846.  Res.  St. 
Louis,  Mo. 


Children  : —  • 

4914.  i.      Jessie  A.,  b.  June  18,  1874. 

4915.  ii.     Harry  B.,  b.  Nov.  9,  1875;  d.  Mar.  16,  1876. 

4039.  Harry  P.^  Pierce  {Henry  B.^,  William'',  Jedediah^, 
Nathaniel^,  Timothy^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  29, 
1848;  m.  May  19,  1872,  Abbie  M.  Hitchcock,  b.  May  20,  1852.  Res. 
So.  Barre,  Vt.    Children  :— 

4916.  i.      Arthur  L.,  b.  May  8,  1874. 

4917.  ii.     Son,  b.  Sept.  6,  1880. 

4044.  Edward  L.^  Pierce  {Chester^,  William'',  Jedediah^,  Na- 
thaniel^, Timothy^,  Thomas^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  July  26,  1843  ; 
m.  Oct.  24,  1871,  Julia  A.  Ashley,  b.  July  31,  1841.  Res.  Rochester,  Vt. 


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Child:— 

4918.  i.      Leslie  D.,  b.  July  13,  1876. 

4045.  SrEPHEN  H.9  Pierce  {JEdwin^,  Elisha?^  Jedediah^,  Na- 
thaniel^^ Timothy^ ^  Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  26,  1827  ; 
111.  Jan.  1,  1854,  Nancy  M.  Holmes.  He  d.  Mar.  25,  1865.  She  m. 
2nd,  John  B.  Drake  of  Saratoga,  N.  Y.    Children  : — 

4919.  i.      De Witt  E.,  b.  May  23,  1857. 

4920.  ii.     Irving  K.,  b.  Jan.  21,  1860;  d.  Mar.  23,  1863. 

4048.  SiDj^EY  E.9  Pierce  {Archibald  T.^,  Eli sha^ ,  J edediah^,  Na- 
thaniel^, Timothy^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  h.  1838; 
m.  Apr.  24,  1868,  Mary  B.  Kitnball,  b.  June  17,  1850.  Res.  White 
River  Junction,  Vt.    Children  : — 

4921.  i.      James  E.,  b.  Dec.  11,  1868. 

4922.  ii.     Bessie  M.,  b.  Mar.  27,  1872. 

4056.  Levi  L.^  Pierce  {JEbenezer  F.^,  Ehenezer'',  Jededlah^,  Na- 
thaniel^, Timothy'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  7,  1847  ; 
m.  May  13,  1871,  Sarah  Doyle.    Res.  St.  Albans,  Vt.  Children:— 

4923.  i.   . 

4924.  ii.   . 

4925.  iii.   . 

4057.  Franklin  E.^  Pierce  {Ehenezer  F.^,  Ehenezer'^,  Jedediah^, 
Nathaniel^,  Timothy"^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  June  20, 
1852 ;  m.  Jan.  31,  1873,  Addie  J.  Woodward.    Res.  So.  Royalton,  Yt. 

ISTo  children. 

4058.  Elbridge  1.9  Pierce  {Ehenezer  F.^,  Ehenezer'^,  Jedediah^, 
Nathaniel^,  Timothy'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  9, 
1854;  ni.  Dec.  24,  1874,  Josephine  Waldo,  b.  Apr.  1,  1857.  Res. 
Barnard,  Yt.' 

4069.  Francis  M.^  Pierce  {HiramP,  Ehenezer^,  Jedediah^,  Na- 
thaniel^. Timothy'^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  July  14, 
1849.    Res.  Greenville,  Ala.    Children: — 

4926.  i.   . 

4927.  ii.     —  . 

4928.  iii.   . 

4929.  iv.   . 

4068.  Edward  A.^  Pierce  {David^,  Beiijamin'^,  Nehemiah^, 
Benjambv",  Timothy^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  12, 
1841 ;  m.  Mar.  11,  1867,  Jane  Lynch.    Res.  Castile,  N.  Y. 

Children  : — • 

4930.  i.      Marcia  C,  b.  Mar.  31,  1868. 

4931.  ii.     G.  Erederick,  b.  Apr.  10,  1872. 

4082.  Capt.  Henry  O.^  Pierce  {Oliver  W.'^,  Nehemiah'^,  Nehemi- 
ah^,  Benjamin^,  Timothy'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  7, 
1830 ;  ra.  Apr.  28,  1859,  Marietta  E.  Storrs,  b.  May  10,  1841.  Res. 
Monmouth,  Me. 

Captain  Hesny  O.  Pierce  was  born  in  Monmouth,  Me.,  upon  what  is 
called  the    "Ridge,"  Feb.  7,  1830,  where  he  resided  until  1855.  He 


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received  a  common  school  and  academic  education  and  taught  his  first 
school  at  the  age  of  17.  In  the  spring  of  1858  he  went  to  Wautoma, 
Wis.,  where  he  taught  school  until  1861,  when  he  was  elected  County 
Superintendent  of  public  schools,  in  Avhich  capacity  he  served  for  two 
years.  He  left  Wautoma  in  1864  for  Fort  Atkinson,  Wis.,  where  he 
remained  teaching  until  1865,  when  he  enlisted  in  the  army.  He  was 
mustered  into  the  Volunteer  service  as  Captain  of  Company  H,  49th 
Regiment,  Wisconsin  Infantry  Volunteers,  March,  1865.  His  regiment 
was  ordered  to  Missouri,  where  it  remained  doing  guard  and  provost 
duty  until  the  soldiers  were  mustered  out,  in  November  of  the  same 
year.  He  remained  at  Fort  Atkinson  until  1868,  when  he  came  to 
Monmouth,  Me.  His  father  dying  in  1871,  he  succeeded  to  the  estate. 
He  has  been  a  member  of  the  board  of  Selectmen  for  several  years,  one 
of  the  School  Committee  for  eight  years,  and  has  represented  his  dis- 
trict in  the  Legislature. 


Children  : — 

4932.  i.  Hattie  M.,  b.  May  3,  1862. 

4933.  ii.  Carrie  C,  b.  Jan.  12,  1864. 

4934.  iii.  Mabel  S.,  b.  Jan.  31,  1868. 

4935.  iv.  John  O.,  b.  May  16,  1870. 

4936.  V.  Henry  R.,  b.  June  15,  1876. 

4937.  vi.  Florence,  b.  May  9,  1880. 

4089.  Charles  H.9  Pierce  {Bela^,  N'ehemiah?,  Kehemiah^, 
Benjamin^ ^  Timothy'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  July  8, 
1824;  m.  Nov.  12,  1863,  Sarah  M.  Sprague,  b.  March  9,  1839.  Res. 
No.  Berwick,  Me. 


Children  :— 

4938.  i.      Lizzie  M.,  b.  Sept.  24,  1865. 

4939.  ii.     Clara  S.,  b.  Mar.  8,  1867. 

4940.  iii.    Charles  S.,  b.  July  7,  1880. 

4091.  William^  Pierce-  {Bela^^  Nehemiah?^  N'ehemiah^,  Ben- 
jamin^, Tim,othy^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  1,  1830; 
m.  Aug.  1,  1865,  Jane  Barron,  b.  May  8,  1836,  d.  Oct.  28,  1872;  m. 
2nd,  Mar.  19,  1878,  Lena  C.  Allen,  b.  July  8,  1850.  He  d.  Sept.  12, 
1879.    Res.  Berwick,  Me.    Children  :— 

4941.  i.      William  B.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1866. 

4942.  ii.     Edward  E.,  b.  Apr.  2,  1871. 

4093.  Edward  P.^  Pierce  {BelaP,  Nehemiah?,  NeJiemiah^^ 
Benjamin^^   Timothy^^  Thomas^^  Thomas^,   Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  7, 


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1834;  ra.  June  5,  1873,  Nellie  F.  Kenney,  b.  Nov.  9,  1844.  Res. 
Maiden,  Mass. 


Child  :— 

4943.    i.     Edward  E.,  b.  July  30,  1876. 

4103.  George  W.^  Pierce  {Jesse^,  Nehemiah? ^  JSFehemiah^, 
JBenjamin^,  Timothy^ ^  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^)^  b.  Jan.  14, 
1840;  m.  June  7,  1866,  Isabell  Scovel,  b.  July  29,  1842.  Res. 
Albany,  N.  Y. 


Children : — 

4944.  i.      Helen  V.,  b.  Jan.  10,  1868. 

4945.  ii.     Louis  M.,  b.  July  10,  1870. 

4107.  George  B.^  Pierce  {Daniel^^  NehemiaW,  Nehemiah^, 
Benjamin^^  Timothy^^  Thomas^^  Thomas^^  Thomas^)^  b.  Feb.  27, 
1834;  m.  Apr.  26,  1860,  Mary  A.  Kingsbury,  b.  Sept.  5,  1836.  Res. 
New  Gloucester,  Maine.    Children  : — 

4846.  i.  George  K.,  b.  Jan.  21,  1861. 

4947.  ii.  Alice  M.,  b.  Oct.  15,  1864;  d.  Feb.  8,  1869. 

4948.  lit.  John  C,  b.  Feb.  8,  1867. 

4949.  iv.  MaryL.,  b.  Dec.  18,  1869. 

4950.  V.  Edward  P.,  b.  June  27,  1873. 

4951.  vi.  Merton  W.,  b.  Aug.  29,  1876. 

4109.  Rev.  John  E.^  Pierce  {Daniel^,  NeTiemiah?^  N'ehemiah^, 
Benjamin^^  Timothy^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^)^  b.  Sept.  22, 
1838;  m.  July  8,  1868,  Lizzie  A.  Grey,  b.  Aug.  14,  1838.  Res.  Con- 
stantinople, Turkey. 

Rev.  J.  E.  Pierce  was  born  in  Monmouth,  Me.,  entered  Bowdoin 
College  in  1858,  and  was  graduated  in  1862.  He  enlisted  in  the  late 
war  of  the  rebellion,  was  Orderly  Sergeant  of  Company  B,  39th  Regi- 
ment Wisconsin  Volunteers,  in  1864;  also  private  in  the  First  Wis- 
consin Heavy  Artillery,  Company  K ;  clerk  at  Headquarters,  Fort  Lyon, 
Va.,  1865.  He  entered  Bangor  Theological  Seminary  in  1865,  and 
graduated  Aug.,  1868.  Ordained  as  a  missionary  of  "A.  B.  C.  F.  M.," 
Aug.  3,  1868,  and  sailed  for  Eerzroom,  Turkey,  Aug.  15,  1868,  arriving 
there  Sept.  30th.  He  visited  the  United  States  in  Nov.,  1877,  and 
returned  to  Turkey  shortly  after. 


Children  : — 


4952.  i.      Arthue  W.,  b.  May  1,  1870. 

4953.  ii.     Bessie  G.,  b.  Nov.  15,  1872. 

4954.  iii.    George  E.,  b.  June  15,  1875. 


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4112.  Daniel  O.^  Pierce  {DanieP^  NehemiaW^  NehemiahP^ 
Benjamin^^  Timothy^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^^  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  28, 
1845  ;  m.  Ida  N.  Williams. 

4127.  Richard^  Pierce  {tfonathan^^  Richard  WJ,  Jonathan^ ^ 
Oliver^,  Stephen^  Stephen^,  Thomas^,  7'Aom«si),  b.  May  17,  1842 ; 
m.  May  5,  1875,  Mary  E.  Kinser,  b.  Apr.  9,  1844.  Res.  Townsend, 
Mass. 

4128.  Rev.  Granville^  Pierce  {JonathaiiP^  Richard  W."^, 
Jonathan^ ^  Oliver^ ^  Stephen^.,  Stephen^ ^  Thomas^,  I'homas^),  b. 
Dec.  17,  1847  ;  ra.  Feb.  28,  1873,  Jennie  C.  Emerson,  b.  Apr.  23,  1850, 
d.  Oct.  19,  1873  ;  m.  2ud,  Sept.  12,  1876,  Georgia  H.  Damon,  b.  Oct. 
2,  1846.    Res.  Medfield,  Mass. 

Rev.  Granville  Pierce  was  born  in  Townsend,  Mass.,  Dec.  17,  1847. 
After  he  was  21  years  of  age  he  pm'sued  academic  studies  at  East- 
hampton  and  Wilbraham,  Mass.,  and  during  the  winter  months  he 
taught  school  for  pecuniary  help.  In  Sept.,  1871,  he  entered  the 
Meadville  Theological  School  and  studied  theology  for  nearly  two 
yeai  s.  He  was  ordained  in  Berlin,  Mass.,  Nov.  19,  1873,  the  Rev.  H. 
P.  Cutting  of  Sterling  preaching  the  sermon.  He  remained  in  Berlin 
until  Oct.,  1876,  when  he  received  a  call  from  the  First  Unitarian 
church  in  Westboro  for  one  year.  In  Oct.,  1877,  he  was  installed 
pastor  of  the  church  in  Medfield.  The  societies  at  Berlin  and  West- 
boro were  very  anxious  that  Mr.  Pierce  should  remain  as  their  pastor, 
and  on  his  departm'e  they  both  passed  resolutions  highly  compli- 
mentary to  him  as  a  spiritual  adviser.  He  is  now  (1879)  the  pastor  of 
the  First  Congregational  Unitarian  Society  in  Medfield,  Mass. 

4155.  Charles  L.^  Pierce  {William  S.^^  Jesse^,  Stephen^ ^ 
Oliver^,  Stephen^^  Stepheii^,  I'hornas^^  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  13,  1854; 
m.  June  4,  1876,  Lowella  Murphy,  b.  Mar.  11,  1852.  Res.  Newfield, 
Me.  • 

4158.  Rev.  Edwin  W.^  Pierce  {JEdwin^,  Jesse',  StephenP^ 
Oliver^,  Stephen^,  Stephen^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Dec.  16,  1849  ; 
m.  Jan.  13,  1876,  Mary  J.  South  worth,  b.  June  6,  1854.  Res.  Glover, 
Vt. 


Children  : — 

4955,  i.      Fred.  S.,  b.  Mar.  7,  1877. 

4956.  ii.     Edwin  H.,  b.  July  17,  1879. 

4159.  Henry  D. 9  Pierce  (  Winslow  S.^,  Moses'',  Stephen^,  Oliver^, 
/Stephen"^,  Stephen^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  9,  1849  ;  m.  June 
30,  1875,  Elizabeth  S.  Yinton,  b.  Feb.  4,  1855.    Res.  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

The  following  is  from  "Citizens  of  Indianapolis." 

Henry  Douglas  Pierce,  or  Harry  Pierce  as  he  is  more  generally 
known  by  his  numerous  friends,  was  born  on  the  9th  of  April,  1849, 
while  his  pai'ents  were  en  route  to  California.  He  was  named  in 
honor  of  the  late  Stephen  A.  Douglas,  who  was  a  personal  as  well  as 


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political  friend  of  Henry's  father,  Doctor  Winslow  S.  Pierce.  In  their 
younger  days  Doctor  Pierce  and  Mr.  Douglas  agreed  that  whoever 
should  first  have  a  son  he  should  name  him  for  the  other ;  hence  the 
Douglas  occupying  a  middle  position  in  Harry's  name.  With  his 
father  he  came  to  Indianapolis  in  1 854 ;  he  received  regularly  the 
rudiments  of  his  education  in  the  public  schools  preparatory  to  college. 
He  was  with  the  Rev.  L.  G.  Hay  and  Luther  H.  Crull  at  their  academy. 
He  finished  his  education  at  Princeton  College,  New  Jersey,  attended 
two  courses  of  medical  lectures  at  the  Ohio  Medical  College  during 
Doctor  Parvin's  connection  with  it ;  the  other  at  Berkshire  Medical 
College  when  at  the  age  of  eighteen  he  passed  the  examination, 
standing  fourth  in  a  class  of  thirty,  and  received  a  certificate  entitling 
him  to  a  diploma  of  M.  D.  on  becoming  of  age.  At  the  age  of  twenty- 
one  he  received  his  diploma,  but  never  intended  to  practice  medicine, 
but  wished  a  knowledge  of  it  as  a  part  of  his  education.  He  then 
studied  law  in  the  ofiice  of  his  uncle,  Governor  Thomas  A.  Hendricks, 
in  this  city  (Indianapolis,  Ind). 

After  he  had  finished  the  study  of  his  profession,  including  a  course 
at  the  Indianapolis  Law  School,  he  practiced  one  year  alone.  Since 
that  time  he  has  been  connected  as  partner  with  ex-United  States  Sen- 
ator David  Turpie  in  the  practice  of  law. 


4957.    i.      Theresa  Vinton,  b.  Mar.  4,  1877. 

418L  Francis  M.^  Pierce  {Alfred^,  Johii?^  John^,  William^, 
Ste2^he7i'^,  Stephen^,  Thomas^^  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  7,  1834 ;  m.  Feb. 
7,  1860,^  Helen  Bishop,  b.  Apr.  16,  1834,  d.  Apr.  18,  1879.  Res. 
Hartland,  Vt. 


Children  : — 

4958.  i.      Nina  E.,  b.  Nov.  25,  1861. 

4959.  ii.     Inez  L.,  b.  Aug.  14,  1862. 

4184.  Fred.  M.^  Pierce  {John  Z.^  John',  John^,  William^, 
Stephen"^,  Stephen"^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  18,  1851;  m.  Dec. 
2,  1869,  Ella  N.  Albee,  b.  Jan.  16,  1850.    Res.  Chester,  Yt. 

Child  :— 

4960.  1.      John  F.,  b.  July  10,  1871. 

4187.  Edward  E.9  Pierce  {EzeUel  P,^,  Ezekiel  P?,  John^, 
William^,  Stephen^,  Stephen^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  17,  1848; 
m.  June  16,  1875,  Fanny  S.  Chandler,  b.  Aug.  17,  1852.  Res.  Mai- 
den, Mass. 


Child  :— 


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4194.  Fra  NK  A.^  Pierce  {A.lso7i^,  Ehenezer'^ ^  fTohn^^  IVilliam^, 
Stephen"^,  Stephen^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  24,  1854;  m.  Oct. 
25,  1869,  Persis  M.  Prentice,  b.  Nov.  19,  1849.  Children:— 

4961.  i.      Frank  E.,  b.  Jan.  8,  1871. 

4962.  ii.     Anna  L.,  b.  Oct.  26,  1874. 

4963.  iii.    Guy  L.,  b.  June  14,  1878. 

4201.  Charles  H.^  Pierce  {Jonathan^,  Jonathan'^,  Jonathan^, 
Stephen^,  JacoM,  Stephen^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^X  b.  Sept.  17,  1812; 
m.  May  1,  1849,  Lovey  J.  Brown,  b.  Feb.  3,  1817.  He  d.  Aug.  7, 
1875.    Pes.  Hyde  Park,  Mass.    Children  :— 

4964.  i.      Charles  H.,  b.  Feb.  6,  1851;  d.  Sept.  13,  1851. 

4965.  ii.     Charles  H.,  b.  Oct.  25,  1852;  d.  June  28,  1859. 

4966.  iii.    Nathan  B.,  b.  July  21,  1856;  d.  July  21,  1867. 

4204.  George^  Pierce  {Jonathan^^  Jonathan^  ^  Jonathan^, 
Stephe7i^,  Jacoh\  Stephen'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  13,  1819; 
m.  Oct.  19,  1841,  Ann  Hartwell,  b.  Apr.  2,  1815.  Res.  Hyde  Park, 
Mass.    Children  :— 

4967.  i.      Ellen  H.,  b.  Apr.  2,  1847;  m.  C.  H.  Meiggs. 

4968.  ii.     Georgia  H.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1852. 

4206.  JoHN^  Pierce  {Jonathan^,  Jonathan'^,  Jonathan^,  Ste- 
phen^, Jacob'^,  Stephen^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  29,  1823  ;  rn. 
Nov.  27,  1851,  Elizabeth  J.  Flagg,  b.  Nov.  10,  1832.  Res.  Hyde 
Park,  Mass.    Children  :— 

4969.  i.      Frank  H.,  b.  June  15,  1853. 

4970.  ii.     Elmer  L.,  b.  Apr.  13,  1856;  d.  Nov.  7,  1857. 

4971.  iii.    Emma  C,  b.  Oct.  25,  1858. 

4972.  iv.    John  E.,  b.  June  10,  1860. 

4973.  V.     Myron,  b.  Sept.  15,  1861. 

4974     vi     Otho       ^  C 

4975:    Yii.   Oswe'll.  T^'^^'     ^P^"  2'  ^^64;  \  ^  j^^^  ^gg^^ 

4976.  viii.  Mary  E.,  b.  Nov.  25,  1866. 

4210.  Rodney  M.^  Pierce  {John^^  Benjamin'^,  Jonathan^, 
Stephen^,  Jacob^,  Stephen^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  July  22,  1825 ; 
ra.  Nov.  12,  1850,  Malinda  Butterfield,  b.  Dec.  18,  1825.  Res.  An- 
dover,  Vt.    Child  :— 

4977.  i.      Sadie,  b.  Aug.  24,  1862. 

4216.  Rev.  David  J.9  Pierce  {David^,  Be')ijamin'^ ^  Jonathan^, 
Btepheiv",  Jacob"^,  Stephen^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  July  18,  1841 ; 
m.  July  7,  1870,  Marietta  A,  Hall,  b.  Apr.  27,  1842.  Res.  Laramie 
City,  Wyoming. 

Rev.  David  Jonathan  Pierce,  oldest  son  of  David,  was  born  in  Mont- 
pelier,  Blackford  County,  Indiana,  July  18,  1841,  whither  his  parents 
had  removed  from  Chester,  Vt.,  two  years  before.  At  his  father's 
death  four  years  later  the  family  returned  to  Vermont,  where  David 
was  bound  out  to  a  cousin,  Wm.  H.  Thomson,  with  whom  he  remained 
until  21  years  of  age,  and  left  broken  in  health,  to  gain  an  education, 
against  the  protest  of  his  physician.  After  five  years'  study  in  New 
Hampton  Literaiy  Theological  Institute,  Fairfjix,  Vt.,  he  taught  two 
years  as  Principal  of  Deiby  Academy,  Vt.,  completed  his  studies  in 
Newton  Theological  Institute,  where  he  graduated  in  1870,  was  mar- 


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325 


ried  to  Miss  Marietta  A.  Hall  at  New  London  Literary  Institute,  N. 
H.,  July  7,  1870,  the  day  after  her  graduation  at  the  Institute,  and  the 
young  couple  started  at  once  for  Laramie,  W yoming,  whither  he  was 
appointed  as  Pastor  of  the  Baptist  Church,  then  just  formed  by  the 
American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society.  Being  the  second  Protest- 
ant pastor  in  the  place  he  labored  at  formation  work  for  four  years, 
building  churches  at  Laramie,  Evanston  and  Greeley,  Gol.,  acting  as 
Pi'incipal  of  the  Wyoming  Institute  at  Laramie,  and  pi'eaching  for 
fifty  miles  along  the  U.  P.  R.  R.  After  four  years'  pioneer  labor 
he  accepted  a  call  to  the  Baptist  Church,  Portland,  Oregon,  where  he 
labored  for  three  years,  baptizing  over  eighty  members,  twenty  of  whom 
were  Chinese  converted  through  a  mission  school.  He  left  the  church 
with  215  members,  and  returned  to  the  mountains,  broken  down  with 
bronchitis.  The  high,  dry  air  of  Wyoming  has  brought  back  his 
health,  and  he  is  now  acting  as  pastor  at  Laramie  and  Cheyenne, 
Wyoming.    Children  : — 

4978.  i.      Elizabeth  A.,  b.  Aug.  23,  1871;  d.  May  27,  1874. 

4979.  ii.     Albert  E.,  b.  Mar.  23,  1875. 

4980.  iii.    Winnifred  1.,  b.  Apr.  4,  1877. 

4217.  Stephen  B.^  Pierce  {David^,  Benjamin?^  JTonathan^,  Ste- 
phen^^  Jacoh^,  Stephen'^,  Thomas'^^  Thomas^)^  b.  Mar.  5,  1S43;  ra. 
Sept.  4,  1877,  Annie  B.  Holt,  b.  May  23,  1856.  Res.  San  Francisco, 
Cal. 

4218.  John  K.^  Pierce  {.David^,  Befijamhi^,  Jonathan^ ^  Ste- 
phen^. Jacoh^,  Stephen^^  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  8,  1845;  m. 
Feb.  26,  1867,  Helen  M.  French,  b.  Nov.  29,  1847.  Res.  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal.    Children  : — 

4981.  i.      Archie  B.,  b.  Dec.  14,  18G7. 

4982.  ii.     William  E.,  b.  Sept.  19,  1872;  d.  Oct.  7,  1872. 

4983.  iii.    Eugene  I.,  b.  Nov.  11,  1875. 

4219.  Charles  A.^  Pierce  {Josiah  71^,  Josiah?^  Josiah^, 
Samuel^,  Samuel^,  Samuel"^,  Thomas^ ^  Thomas^),  b.  May  7,  1851  ; 
ra.  Nov.  20,  1879,  Annie  E.  Dean,  b.  Oct.  29,  1855.  Res.  Dundee, 
111. 


4243.  Prof.  Dwight  E.^  Pierce  {oJosiah^,  JElihii^,  JosiahP^  JosiaJv*^ 
Samuel"^,  SnmueP,  Thomas^,  Thoinas^),  b.  May  13,  1854;  m.  June 
26,  1877,  Fannie  E.  Lloyd,  b.  Apr.  20,  1855.    Res.  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

Dwight  Edward,  the  second  son  of  Josiah  Pierce,  was  boi-n  in  An- 
souia.  Conn.,  May  13th,  1854.  His  early  education  in  the  three  "  R's" 
was  tacked  on  or  beaten  in  in  accordance  with  the  feruling  custom 
then  extant  in  the  district  schools.  In  the  spring  of  1866  his  parents 
moved  to  the  city  of  New  Haven,  where  there  were  at  his  disposal 
many  excellent  educatif>nal  advantages.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  he 
entered  the  scientific  department  of  Yale  College,  where,  notwith- 
standing the  many  petty  interruptions  belonging  to  a  limited  purse,  he 
graduated  with  much  honor  in  the  summer  of  1875.  Immediately. 


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PIERCIE  PEDIGREE. 


upon  graduation  he  received  an  appointment  as  instrucfor  in  Matlie- 
matics  in  the  Hopkins  Grammar  School  or  Pi  eparatory  Department  for 
Yale,  from  which  he  had  graduated  but  three  years  previous.  Here 
he  remained  until  called  to  fill  the  chair  of  Mechanical  Engineering  in 
the  Lehigh  University  of  Pennsylvania  in  the  spring  of"  1877.  On  the 
26th  of  June  of  the  sauie  year  he  married  the  only  daughter  of  WiUiara 
R.  Lloyd,  who,  after  the  manner  of  woman  kind,  prese'nted  him  with  a 
blushing  daughter  upon  the  13th  of  February,  1879. 


Child  :— 

4984.  i.      Mary  L.,  b.  Feb.  13,  1879. 

4244.  William  J.^  Pierce  {J'osiah^,  JElihu^,  Josiah^,  Josiah^, 
Samuel^,  Samuel'^,  Thomas^^  Thomas^),  b.- Mar.  1,  1856;  m.  Jan.  11, 
1877,  Edna  Schofield.    Res.  New  Haven,  Conn.    Child  :— 

4985.  i.      Harry  F.,  b.  Oct.  25,  1878. 

4252.  Hon.  William  P.^  Pierce  {Austin^,  Gordon'^,  Seth^,  Seth^, 
Samuel^^  SamueP,  Thom,as^^  Thomas^),  b.  Mar.  25,  1830;  ra.  Dec. 
18,  1856,  Mary  F.  Rood.    Res.  Lamont,  LI. 

Hon.  William  P.  Piei  ce  was  born  in  the  village  of  Hamlet  in  the 
town  of  Villanova,  Chautauqua  County,  New  York,  March  25,  1830. 
He  graduated  at  the  University  of  the  City  of  New  York  in  March, 
1852.  He  practiced  medicine  in  Marshall  County,  Mississippi,  from 
the  fall  of  1852  until  the  spring  of  1856,  when  he  returned  to  Lisbon, 
Kendall  County,  Illinois.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  H.  F.  Rood, 
daughter  of  Levi  H.  Rood,  Esq.,  of  Shei  idan,  LaSalle  County,  111.  On 
the  breaking  out  of  the  war  ot  the  rebellion  he  raised  a  volunteer  com- 
pany, which  was  mustered  into  service  as  Company  D,  36th  Regiment 
Illinois  Volunteers,  and  with  which  he  served  for  about  eighteen 
months  as  Captain.  In  the  winter  of  1862  and  1863  he  applied  for  an 
examination  for  a  transfer  to  the  Medical  Staff  of  the  Army  and 
received  a  commission  in  Feb.,  1863,  as  Surgeon  of  the  88th  Illinois 
Infantry  Volunteers,  in  which  capacity  he  served  until  the  close  of  the 
war. 

He  was  elected  to  the  lower  house  of  the  Illinois  Legislature  from 
Kendall  County,  in  1867,  and  served  one  term.  In  1868  he  removed 
his  residence  to  Minooka,  Grundy  County,  and  in  1869  was  elected 
delegate  from  Grundy  and  Will  Counties  to  the  Illinois  Constitulional 
Convention.  He  had  the  honor  while  in  that  convention  to  propose 
and  carry  out  the  provisions  in  our  State  Constitution  limiting  the 
capacity  of  Counties,  Cities,  and  all  municipal  corporations  to  incur 
indebtedness,  and  also  the  provision  forbidding  all  Municipalities  from 
loaning  money  or  making  donations  in  aid  of  railroad  or  other  corpo- 
rations. In  the  winters  of  1870,  1871  and  1872  he  held  a  seat  in  the 
Illinois  State  Senate,  representing  the  Counties  of  Grundy  and  Will 


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Then  political  duties  so  far  interfered  with  his  professional  prospects 
that  after  the  close  of  his  Senatorial  term  he  removed  to  the  place  he 
now  resides  in,  Lamont,  111.,  and  renewed  his  practice  and  took  himself 
out  of  the  political  field.  In  October  of  1876  he  stumped  his  old  dis- 
trict for  Hayes  and  was  highly  gratified  with  the  result. 

4254.  Lucius  G.  C.9  Pierce  {Austi?i^,  Gordon^,  Seth^,  Seth^, 
Samuel'^,  iSmnueP,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  5,  1836  ;  m.  Sept.  27, 
1860,  Esther  Snow.    Res.  Grinnell,  Iowa.    Children  : — 

4986.  i.  Perley  A.,  b.  July  7,  1861. 

4987.  ii.  Byrox  B.,  b.  Nov.  24,  18G2. 

4988.  iii.  Edna  L.,  b.  July  18,  1864. 

4989.  iv.  Maiiy  G.,  b.  Sept.  12,  1866. 

4990.  V.  Lucius  E.,  b.  July  25,  1868. 

4991.  vi.  Gordon  D.,  b.  June  14,  1870. 

4992.  vii.  Helen  T.,  b.  June  14,  1874. 

4993.  viii.  William  S.,  b.  Sept.  1,  1876. 

4257.  Henry  A.^  Pierce  {Austi7i^,  Gondort^,  Seth^,  Seth^,  Sam- 
uel^, Samuel^^  Thomas^,  -  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  11,  1843;  m.  June  22, 
1865,  Sarah  E.  Sessions,  b.  Dec.  22,  1845.    Res.  Fredonia,  N.  Y. 

Child  :— 

4994.  i.      Julia  L.,  b.  July  28,  1876. 

4259.  Henry  E.9  Pierce  {Francis  aordo?i\  Seth^.  Seth^, 
Samuel^^  Samuel^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^^),  b.  Oct.  10,  1833;  m.  Feb. 
14,  1855,  Scineathy  Sinelsor.    Res.  Frankton,  Ind.    Children : — 

4995.  i.  Emma,  b.  May  18,  1857. 

4996.  ii.  EossiE,  b.  July  24,  1859. 

4997.  iii.  Erank  T.,  b.  Aug.  21,  1861. 

4998.  iv.  Indie,  b.  Apr.  21,  1865. 

4999.  V.  Amanda,  b.  Jan.  9,  1871. 

5000.  vi.  Eva,  b.  June  21,  1877. 

4260.  Francis  W.^  Pierce  {Fraiicis  jS.^,  G-ordoii^,  Seth^,  Seth^, 
SamiieV^^  SamueP,  Thomas^^  Tho7iias^),  b.  July  25,  1835;  m.  Aug. 
22,  1861,  Susan  Moore.    Res.  Areola,  111. 

4261.  Edmund  G.^  Pierce  {Francis  S.^,  Gordon^,  Seth^,  Seth^, 
Samuel"^,  Sa7nueP,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^\  b.  Apr.  30,  1837;  ra.  Oct. 
17,  1858,  Lydia  P.  Duell;  m.  2nd,  May  15,  1864,  Catherine  Groan- 
dyke.    Res.  Anderson,  Ind.    Children  : — 

5001.  i.  William  F.,  b.  July  10,  1865. 

5002.  ii.  Elias  A.,  b.  Feb.  14,  1867. 

5003.  iii.  MiRATHA,  b.  Nov.  6,  1868. 

5004.  iv.  Lyman,  b.  Mar.  8,  1871. 

5005.  V.  Margaret,  b.  Apr.  11,  1873. 

4262.  Albert  0.9  Pierce  {Francis  S.^  Gordon'^,  Seth^,  jSeth^, 
Samuel^^  SamueP,  Thomas^,  Tho7nas^),  b.  June  2,  1839;  m.  Dec.  10, 
1863,  Elizabeth  Pike.    Res.  Anderson,  Ind.    Children  : — 

5006.  i.     Stephen  F.,  1  ,    t„„  ot  Toa- 

5007.  ii.     JohnH.,    '[twins,  b.  Jan.  27,  186d. 

5008.  iii.    Edward  W.,  b.  Mar.  21,  1867. 

5009.  iv.    Robert  P.,  b.  Mav  27,  1868;  d.  Mar.  3,  1871. 

5010.  V.     Markie,  b.  Aug.  3\,  1877;  d.  Aug.  31,  1877. 

4270.    William  H.  H.9  Pierce  {Boyal  jS.^,  Gordon^,  Seth^,  Seth^, 


328 


PIERCE  PEDIGEEE. 


Samuel^,  Samuel^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  4,  1841  ;  in.  Jan.  22, 
1876,  Elizabeth  H.  Harwell,  b.  Sept.  4,  1855.    Res.  Cedarville,  Mo. 

He  was  b.  in  Mina,  N.  Y.  Soon  after  the  first  battle  of  Bull  Run 
be  volunteered  in  the  42d  Ill's  V.  I.  and  accompanied  Gen.  Fremont's 
expedition  to  Springfield,  Mo.  Returning  with  the  command  to  St. 
Louis  in  the  winter,  they  descended  the  l  iver  and  participated  in  the 
siege  and  capture  of  Island  No.  10,  After  the  siege  of  Corinth,  they 
w^ere  organized  in  Gen.  Rosecranz's  Army  of  the  Cumberland,  and  he 
was  present  during  the  campaign  and  battle  of  Mui  freesboro,  where  he 
was  captured  by  the  enemy  and  subsequently  taken  to  Richmond,  Va., 
wiiere  he  occupied  quarters  in  I. ibby  prison  eighteen  days — was  paroled 
and  delivered  Feb.  3d,  1863  ;  was  exchanged  during  the  following 
spring,  retui-ned  to  the  command  and  participated  in  the  battle  of 
Chickamauga,  where  he  received  a  ghastly  flesh  wound ;  was  then  sent 
North.  After  his  recovery  he  again  joined  the  command  and  was  pres- 
ent during  the  battle  of  Resaca,  and  Gen.  Sherman's  Atlanta  campaign  ; 
and  in  an  unimportant  engagement  that  occurred  near  Kenesaw  Moun- 
tain, Ga.,  on  June  18,  1864,  he  was  again  struck  in  the  face  by  a  ball 
which  passed  through  his  neck.  After  this  last  wound  he  obtained 
a  discharge,  and  is  now  (1878)  Preceptor  of  a  school  in  Cedarville, 
Dade  Co.,  Mo. 


Children  : — 

6011.  i.      Royal  A.,  b.  Mar.  14,  1879. 

6012.  ii.     Paul,  b.  Oct.  19,  1880. 

4274.  Waldo^  Pierce  {Chester^,  SmnueV^  Seth^,  Set/i^,  jSamuel*, 
jSamueP,  Thomas^,  Thomas^)^  b.  Nov.  17,  1844;  m.  Annie  Belcher. 
Res.  Spencer,  Mass. 

4275.  RuFUS  J.^  Pierce  {Granger^,  Samuel ^  SetM,  Seth^,  Sam- 
uel^, Samuel^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  12,  1839  ;  m.  Sarah  Nye. 
Res.  Worcester.    Child  : — 

5013.    i.  Scott. 

4277.  James  S.^  Pierce  {S.  Austin^,  SamueP^  Seth^,  Seth^, 
Samney^^  SamueP,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  June  8,  1831 ;  m.  May 
1,  1856,  Mary  Ellis,  b.  May  29,  1832.    Res.  Ware,  Mass. 

No  children. 

4279.  Leverett^  Pierce  {S.  Austin^,  Samuef,  /Set/i^,  Seth^, 
Samuel^,  Samuel^^  Thomas^^  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  28,  1835;  m.  Mar. 
31,  1858,  Mary  L.  Benway.    Res.  Natick,  Mass.    Children  :— 

'5014.  i.  George  F.,  b.  June  17,  1859 ;  d.  Aug.  28,  1874. 

5015.  ii.  Nelson  H.,  b.  Apr.  20,  1862. 

5016.  iii.  Abbie  L.,  b.  Mar.  8,  1866. 

5017.  iv.  LiLLiE  J.,  b.  June  7,  1868;  d.  Nov.  4,  1869. 
6018.  V.  LiLLiE  A.,  b.  Mar.  19,  1871. 


NIXTH  GENERATION. 


329 


5019.  vi.    Le^-erett,  b.  Feb.  18.  1873. 

5020.  vii.   "VV'aldo,  b.  May  24,  IsTo;  d.  Mar.  11,  1876. 

4280.  TTaldo^  Pierce  {S.  Austin^  SamueV,  Seth^,  Seth^,  Sain- 
uel^,  Samuel^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  28,  1838  ;  m.  Sept.  15, 
1860,  Abigail  Bassett.    Res.  Kensington,  Conn.    Children  : — 

5021.  i.      MixxiE.  b.  Mar.  15,  1862. 

5022.  ii.     EPvWix  L.,  b.  May  22,  1866. 

5023.  iii.    Inez  M..  b.  June  20,  1869. 

5024.  iy.    Eva  L.,  b.  Aug.  15,  1872. 

4285.  John  W.s  Pierce  {William^,  SamueV.  Seth^,  Seth'^.  Sam- 
uel^, Samuel^,  TTiomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  28,  1851  ;  m.  Mary 
Sumner.    Res.  TTare,  Mass.    Child  : — 

5025.  i.  Harry. 

4293.  George  R.9  Pierce  {Justin  31.^,  ElijaK^,  Sefh^  Seth^, 
Samuel"^,  SamueP.  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  16.  1836;  m.  Oct. 
29,  1868.  Elizabeth  Cummings,  b.  Aug.  12,  1848.    Res.  Oneida.  X.  Y. 

Xo  children. 

4297.  Willia.m  E.^  Pierce  {.Justin  M.^  Elijah-^,  Seth^.  Seth^, 
Samuel'^.  SamueV^.  Thoraas^,  Thomas^)^  b.  Feb.  22,  1853;  m.  Har- 
riet Shorley.    Res.  Moravia,  X.  Y. 

4301.  MouLTON  N.9  Pierce  {Horac^,  Elijah?,  Seth^.  SetJi^, 
Samuel'^,  Samuel'^.  Thomas"^.  Thomas^),  b.  July  21,  1837  :  m.  Dec, 
8,  1858,  Mary  Swain.    Res.  Middleport,  X.  Y.    Child  :— 

5026.  i.      Alfred  H.,  b.  Nov.  18,  1859. 

4313.  Grenville  M.^  Pierce  {Constantiu^,  Joseph  H?.  Joseph^ ^ 
Isaacs,  Tsaac^,  Sam  uel^,  Thomas^,  Thomas'^),  b.  Dec.  5,  1827  ;  m. 
Mary  C.  Baker.    Children  : — 

5027.  i.  GRENyiLLE  M.,  b.  May,  1858:  d.  Dec.  2,  1862. 

5028.  ii.  Mary  S.,  b.   ;  d.  Oct.  19,  1865. 

5029.  iii.  Leontine  D.,  b.  Dec.  19.  1861. 

5030.  iy.  Francis  T.,  b.  May  21,  1^64. 
5081.  V.  Lulee  J.,  b.  July  26,  1865. 

5032.  yi.    Henry  A.,  b.  Feb.  6,  1867. 

4330.  David  T.9  Pierce  {Hugh  Williaii?.  WilUcan^,  Wil- 
liam^, Sommers^,  IVilliam'^,  Thomas'^,  b.  Feb.  10.  1850; 
m.  June  23,  1875,  Etta  Burt.    Res.  Argyle,  X.  Y.    Child  :— 

5033.  i.      Mary  A.,  b.  Dec.  15,  1877;  d.  Apr.  15,  1879. 

4331.  John  B.9  Pierce  {Ahiel  H.^,  AMeP,  Be^ijamin^,  WUliam^, 
Somyners^,  William^.  Tho/nas^,  Thomas'^),  h.  Apr.  2,  1856;  m.  Oct. 
3,  1877,  Priscilla  Kyburg.    Res.  Dodge's  Corner,  Wis. 

4332.  Fran-k  A.y  Pierce  {Abid  H.^,  AMeP,  Benjamin^, 
William^,  Somrners^,  William^.  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  30, 
1858:  m.  Sept.  28,  1874  Laura  L.  Jackson,  b.  Xov.  11,  1852.  Res. 
Dodges  Corner,  Wis.    Child: — 

5034.  1.      Fred.  A.,  b.  Xoy.  27,  1876. 

42 


330 


PIERCE  PEDIGREE. 


4346.  Rev.  Leroy  M.^  Pierce  {Alvah  TF.^,  AlvaK',  Benjamin^, 
William^,  Sommers^,  William^,  Thomas^ ^  Thomas^)^  b.  Jan.  JO, 
1842;  m.  May  24,  1876,  CatheriDe  Billings,  d.  Dec.  6,  1837.  Res. 
Bernardston,  Mass. 

Rev.  Leroy  Matthew  Pierce  fitted  for  college  at  Springfield,  Vt., 
where  he  united  with  the  Congregational  Church.  He  entered  Middle- 
bury  College  in  1861.  In  1864  he  served  five  months  in  the  Christian 
Commission  with  the  Union  Army  in  front  of  Petersburg  and  Richmond, 
and  in  the  hospitals  in  Washington  and  at  City  Point.  He  graduated 
at  Middlebury  in  1866,  and  the  same  year  entered  Andover  Theological 
Seminary,  where  he  graduated  in  1869.  After  graduation  he  spent 
nearly  two  years  at  Glen  wood,  Mo.,  where  he  preached  the  gospel  as  a 
Home  Missionary.  He  returned  East  in  1871.  In  October  of  that 
year  he  engaged  to  preach  for  the  Congregational  Church  of  Province- 
town,  Mass.,  for  one  year.  At  the  termination  of  his  engagement  he 
received  a  cordial  invitation  from  both  the  Church  and  Society  to  be- 
come their  settled  pastor,  but  on  account  of  the  nervous  prostration 
caused  by  typhoid  fever,  by  the  advice  of  physicians  he  declined  their 
invitation.  After  nearly  a  year  of  recreation,  much  improved  in  health 
he  began  to  preach  for  the  Orthodox  Congregational  Society  in  Ber- 
nardston, Mass.,  beginning  Nov.  1,  1873.  He  is  still  pastor  of  that 
church.  He  married  May  24,  1876,  Catherine  Billings,  a  daughter  of 
Wm.  Billings,  Esq.,  of  East  Arlington,  Vt.,  and  a  graduate  of  the 
Mount  Holyoke  Seminary. 


4391.  James  O.^  Pierce  {George^,  James',  NathanP,  James^, 
James^,  James^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  2,  1848;  ra.  June  30, 

1876,  Rosabel  Mason,  b.  Nov.  25,  1858.    Res.  LeRoy,  Mich. 

Child  :— 
6035.    i.     Roy,  b.  June  9,  1877. 

4412.    Edv^^ard   C.9   Pierce   {Joshua  Joshua'' ,  JosMia^y 

Joshua^,  James^,  James^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan,  30,  1836;  m. 
Dec.  31,  1867,  Mary  C.  Say  ward,  b.  Oct.  31,  1842.  Res.  Springfield, 
Mass. 


Children : — 

5036.  i.      Edward  S.,  b.  Feb.  7,  1869. 

5037.  li.     Cora  K.,  b.  Oct.  31,  1870. 

5038.  iii.    Charles  C,  b.  Dec.  18,  1874. 


XIXTH  G-ENEEATIO:^. 


331 


4415.  Joshua  F.9  Piekce  {Joshua  D.^,  Joshua?,  Joshua^, 
Joshua^.  James^,  James^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  28,  1844;  m. 
June  7.  1871.  Emma  A.  Hutchinson,  b.  Oct.  30,  1848.  Res,  Augusta, 
Me.    Children  :— 

5039.  i.  Hexry  H.,  b.  Dec.  17,  1874. 
5010.    ii.     AxNiE  L.,  b.  Aug.  11,  1879. 

4412.  Ira9  Pierce  {Rerodfi,  SamueP.  DanieP.  Joshua^,  James^, 
James^.  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  June.  1838:  m.  Oct.  25,  1866,  Mary 
Kelley.  b.  Sept.  9,  1843.    Res.  Albany,  Yt.  Children:— 

5041.  i.      LiLLA  B.,  b.  Jan.  18,  1868. 

5042.  ii.     Fred.,  b.  Aug.  20,  1875. 

4445.  Edwins  Pierce  {Charles  F.^,  SamueP,  Daniel^.  Joshua^, 
James^.  James"^,  Thomas'^.  Thomas'^),  b.  Aug.  31,  1850;  m.  July  6, 
1875,  Abby  TToodward,  b.  July  6,  1854.    Res.^Barton,  Yt. 

Children  : — 

5043.  i.      Bertha,  b.  July  1,  1876. 

5044.  ii.     LiLLiE,  b.  Aug.  14,  1878. 

4452.  Daxiel  I.^  Pierce  {Horace^,  DanieV^  Daniel^,  Joshua^, 
James^,  James^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  17,  1849;  m.  Feb.  18, 
1874,  Carrie  J.  Lawrence,  b.  Mar.  21,  1851.    Res.  Port  Jends,  N.  T. 


Children : — 

5045.  i.      Charles  L.,  b.  Dec.  24,  1874. 

5046.  ii.     Dau.  ;  d.  young. 

5047.  iii.    Edith,  b."'Sept.  26,  1878;  d.  Aug.  1,  1879. 

4462.  Elbridge  S.^  Pierce  {NathanieP,  Isaac^,  Daniel^,  Joshua^^ 
James^.  James"^.  Thomas'^.  Thomas^),  b.  July  30,  1849  ;  m.  Nov.  22, 
1873,  Henrietta  Benton,  b.  Jan.  21,  1849.    Res.  Manchester,  X.  H. 

Child  :— 

5048.  i.      Jessie  I.,  b.  Jan.  7,  1877. 

4474.  Edward  G.^  Pierce  {Ehenezer  X.^,  JacoW.  Jacoh^.  Jacoh^, 
James^,  James^,  Thomas'^.  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  16,  1852;  m.  June  1, 
1881,  Mary  W.  Gleason,  b.  Jan.  25,  1857.    Res.  ^Yoburn,  Mass. 


332 


PIEKCE  PEDIGREE. 


4475.  RoscoE  P.^  Pierce  {Ehenezer  X.®,  Jae.olP^  Jacoh^^  Jacoh^, 
Janies^,  Janies^,  Thomas^^  Thomas^)^  b.  May  4,  1856;  in.  Jan.  13, 
1881,  Mabel  K  Boutwell,  b.  Dec.  11,  1861.    Res.  Wobiirn,  Mass. 

4481.  James  H.^  Pierce  {'Tames^^  Ephraim? ^  JEphraim^,  Jacoh^^ 
James^,  James^^  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  30,  1841  ;  m.  Apr.  18, 
1865,  Alice  J.  Weston,  b.  Aug.  4,  1843.    Res.  Stonehani. 

Children  :— 

5049.  i.  Herbert  L.,  b.  July  20,  1866. 

5050.  ii.  Forest  C,  b.  July  7,  18G9. 

5051.  iii.  Eustace  A.,  b.  Apr.  25,  1873. 

5052.  iv.  Archie  L.,  b.  Oct.  24.  1877. 

4535.  George  A.^  Pierce  {Joseph  G.^,  ILevP,  Joseph^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas'^ ^  Benjamin^ ^  Thoonas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  20,  1843;  m. 
Jessie  Carney.    Res.  Claremont,  N.  H. 

4536.  Franklin  J.^  Pierce  {Joseph  G.^,  JevP,  Joseph^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^^  Benjandn^^  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  5, 
1847;  ra.  M.  E.  Wheeler,  b.  May  30,  1854.    Res.  Newport,  N.  H. 

Child  :— 

5053.  1.   — . 

4561.  Frederick  M  ^  Pierce  {Harding^,  Haven',  Moses  H.^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Benjamin'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  21, 
1850;  m.  Mar.  4,  1879,  Sarah  E.  Whitney. 

4586.  Frank  E.^o  Pierce  {Jotham  S.^,  Moses  O.^,  Calvin^, 
Bavid^,  Baniel^,  Batiiel"^,  John^,  Thomas'^,  2'homas^),-  b.  Apr.  15, 
1852;  m.  Dec.  1,  1871,  Maria  Western.    Res.  Brewer,  Me. 

Children  : — 


4600.  HiramIO  Pierce  {James^,  Nathaniel  B.^,  Calvhi',  Bavid^, 
Baniel^,  Baniel^,  John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Jan.  27,  1844;  m. 
Lucinda  Durgin.    Res.  The  Forks  Plantation,  Me. 

4699.  Edward  T.  10  Pierce  (77ieo(^or6  W.^,  Augustus^,  Thomas 
SJ,  Joshua^,  Joshua^,  Ehenezer^,  John?,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov. 
6,  1848;  m.  Oct.  12,  1870,  Louisa  M.  Peebles,  b.  May  12,  1849,  d.  Oct. 
4,  1875;  m.  2nd,  Oct.  17,  1876,  Emma  J.  Stevens,  b.  Nov.  27,  1853. 
Res.  Nashua,  N.  H.    Children  : — 

5056.  i.      Willie  T.,  b.  Sept.  12,  1871;  d.  July  17,  1872. 

5057.  ii.     Louisa  M.,  b.  Sept.  27,  1875. 

5058.  iii.    Eva  A.,  b.  June  27,  1878 ;  d.  May  18,  1879. 

4742.  Daniel  W.^^  Pierce  {Baniel  TF.^,  'Warre7i^,  BanieP, 
Baniel^,  John^,  John^,  John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Aug.  31, 
1835;  m.  Mar.  15,  1856,  Belinda  B.  Laythe,  b.  Sept.  19,  1830.  Res. 
Goldendale,  Wash.  Ter. 


5054.  i. 
6055.  ii. 


twins,  b.  Oct.  14,  1878. 


TENTH  GENERATION. 


333 


ChildreD: — 

5059.  i.  Ella  D.,  b.  Dec.  17,  1856. 

5060.  ii.  LonaB.,  b.  Oct.  10,  1858;  d.  Oct.  30,  1858. 

5061.  iii.  Daniel  W.,  b.  Mav  11,  1861. 

5062.  iv.  Lizzie  B.,  b.  June  21,  1865. 
5068.  V.  George  E.,  b.  Dec.  14,  1867. 

5064.  vi.    Eli  E.,  b.  Feb.  12,  1870. 

5065.  vii.   EuTH  M.,  b.  July  24,  1872. 

4792.  William  W.^^  Pierce  {James'^,  Alvares^,  jSamueP, 
Thomas^,  Amos^,  Thomas'^,  Tho?nas^,  Thomas'-^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct. 
15,  1848;  m.  July  9,  1868,  Annie  E.  Jones,  divorced  Nov.  7,  1878; 
m.  2nd,  Ang.  12,  1879,  Huldah  H.  Mullifor,  b.  Sept.  20,  1859.  Res. 
Moline,  Mich.    Children  : — 

5066.  i.      Charles  S.,  b.  Sept.  25,  1870. 

5067.  ii.  -  Edith  L.,  b.  Feb.  13,  1874. 

4833.  Edgar  W.io  Pierce  {Zeicis  TT.s,  ^rl^  Palmer^  Tim- 
othy^,  Timothy^^  Timothy^,  Thomas-'',  Thomas-^  Thomas^),  b.  Mar. 
6,  1836;  m.  Oct.  14,  1868,  Frances  A.  Thorpe,  b.  June  17,  1837,  d. 
Feb.  19,  1873.    Res.  Plattsburg,  N.  Y. 

No  children. 

4838.  Henry  I.io  Pierce  {JBenjamin  C.^,  ^arl^,  Palmer'',  Tim- 
othy^, Timothy^,  Tomothy^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  May 
9,  1833  ;  m.  Dec.  30,  1857,  Celia  G.  dough,  b.  July  10,  1835.  Res. 
Milwaukee,  Wis. 


Children  ; — 

5068.  i.  Harry  S.,  b.  May  21,  1860. 

5069.  ii.  Katie,  b.  Mar.  2,  1862. 

5070.  iii.  Anna  B.,  b.  Jan.  10,  1867. 

5071.  iv.  James  C,  b.  May  11,  1869. 

5072.  V.  William  H.,  b.  Aug.  18,  1871. 

5073.  vi.  Daisy  M.,  b.  Aug.  1,  1873. 

5074.  vii.  Caroline  S.,  b.  May  23,  1875. 

4840.  EarlIO  Pierce  {Benjamin  O.^,  Earl^,  Palmer^,  Timothy^, 
Timothy^,  Timothy^,  Thomas^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  23, 
1841  ;  ra.  Mary  Adlam.    Res.  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

4841.  Frank  C.io  Pierce  {Benjamin  C.^,  Earl^,  Palmer^,  Tim- 
othy^, Timothy^,  Timothy^.  Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct. 
26,  1851  ;  m.  Feb.  18,  1873,  Milla  Kinealy,  b.  May  3,  1855.  Res. 
An  iSable  Forks,  N.  Y.    Children  :— 

5075.  i.      Jesse  C,  b.  Dec.  30,  1873. 

5076.  ii.     Harry  A.,  b.  June  26,  1879. 


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4858.  John  S.io  Pierce  {Ariiold  Y.^,  Palmer^,  Palmer'',  Tim- 
othy^, Timothy^,  Timothy"^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept. 
7,  1844;  m.  Jan.  16,  1878.    Res.  North  East,  Pa. 

4860.  Ephraim  A.io  Pierce  {Arnold  F.^,  Palmer^,  Palmer'', 
Timothy^,  Timothy^,  Timothy'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b. 
Aug.  15,  1850;  m.  Feb.  11,  1874,  Maggie  Williamson.  Res.  North 
East,  Pa. 

4861.  Roise  S.io  Pikrce  {EarP,  Palmer^,  Palmer'',  Timothy^, 
Timothy^,  Timothy'^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  May  2,  1846; 
m.  Nov.  24,  1869,  Josephine  Brown.    Res.  Bradford,  Pa. 

Children  : — 

5077.  i.      Bertrand,  b.  Jan.  25,  1873. 

5078.  ii.     Julia  L.,  b.  July  31,  1875. 

4881.  George  A.^o  Pierce  {George  P.^,  Albigence^,  Willard'', 
Nathaniel^,  Nathaniel^,  Timothy^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^,  Thomas,^), 
b.  Feb.  3,  1851 ;  m.  Lizzie  A.  Pitman.    Res.  Lexington,  Mass. 


Children  :■ — 

5079.  i.      Maud  A.,  b.  1873. 

5080.  ii.     Cora  L.,  b.  1876. 


APPE^n'DIX. 


APPENDIX. 


WILL  OF  STEPHEN"  PEIRCE,  OF  CHELMSFORD. 

In  the  nam  of  god  amen  the  seventh  Day  of  jun  1732  I  steplien 
peirce  of  the  town  of  chelmsford  in  the  connty  of  niiddelsex  with  in 
his  maigests  provnce  of  the  masasuts  Bay  in  nuengland  be  in  parfit 
memory  and  in  the  rit  exersis  of  my  understanding  and  resen  Blesed 
be  god  I  Bele  the  mortalite  of  my  body  knowing  it  is  apynti  for  all 
men  once  to  Dy  Do  mack  this  my  last  will  and  testment  that  is  to  say 
first  of  all  anprinceply  I  give  and  recommend  my  soul  in  to  the  hand 
of  god  that  gave  it  and  my  Body  to  the  earth  to  a  decent  christian 
Bural  Be  laveing  at  the  genral  reserection  i  shall  reseve  the  sam  again 
by  the  mity  power  of  god 

and  as  to  shuch  worly  estet  it  hath  plesed  god  to  Bles  me  with  in 
this  life  I  give  de  spose  of  the  same  in  In  the  folowing  maner  and 
form 

Item  my  will  is  that  all  my  dets  shall  be  paid  with  all  convent 
speed  after  my  de  seese  if  any  be. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  deare  and  well  Be  loved  wife 
Tabitha  pierce  all  my  movable  estet  with  in  my  house  and  with  out 
house  wher  any  shall  be  found  the  sam  to  de  spose  of  as  she  shall  see 
met  and  convenent  I  all  so  give  to  my  wife  the  free  use  of  my  house 
and  Barn  my  will  is  that  my  wife  shall  have  on  third  part  of  all  the 
corn  and  half  the  apis  that  shall  grow  on  my  hom  sted  durin  hur 
nateral  life  Itm  my  will  is  that  ray  son  Jacob  shall  have  the  whol 
use  and  improvmt  of  my  hom  sted  above  menshed  and  my  rit  in  the 
neck  field  and  of  2  wood  lots  Bounded  north  upon  the  hi  way  that 
gose  by  willam  Fletchers  he  paing  to  my  wife  his  mother  the  above 
said  corn  and  aples  and  keepin  a  hors  for  his  mother  to  rid  to  metin. 

Itm  my  will  is  that  after  my  wif  shall  dy  my  sou  Jacob  Peirce 
shall  have  the  free  use  and  improvement  of  all  the  above  named 
housen  and  land  durin  his  nateral  life  and  after  my  son  Jacob  shal  dy 
my  will  is  and  I  give  all  the  above  said  house  in  and  land  to  Stephen 
Peirce  my  son  Jacobs  eldest  son  and  to  roBard  Peirce  and  to  Thomas 
Peirce  my  son  Beimens  son  and  to  Stephen  Flecher  my  dafter 
Tabithas  eldest  son  thay  al  being  ray  gran  sons  thay  raay  sel  ther 
share  on  to  another  or  to  any  of  my  children  and  to  no  other 
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APPENDIX. 


Itm  my  will  is  and  I  give  to  my  son  Stephen  all  my  rit  of  land  and 
medo  that  is  in  his  horn  stedes  that  lieth  a  Both  sides  the  hi  way  as 
wel  that :  that  he  hath  no  deed  of  as  that  he  hath  Item  my  wife 
may  sell  ray  right  in  river  medow  and  in  concerd  river  neck  Shee 
decentle  Buring  me  :  Item  I  have  to  my  son  Benimen  and  to  Sary 
my  dafter  and  to  Tabitha  ray  dafter  given  to  ech  of  them  there 
poashon  in  full  all  redy  my  wil  is  that  non  of  the  airs  of  any  of  tliem 
nor  of  any  other  parson  from  by  or  under  them  shall  recouer  any  part 
of  mv  estet  under  any  pretence  whatsoever  only  my  four  gran  sons 
menshoned  on  the  other  sid. 

Itm  the  reson  why  i  have  not  settled  non  of  my  land  on  Jacob  my 
eldest  son  is  bcause  he  went  from  me  when  he  was  young  and  lerned 
a  treade  and  so  not  profitabl  to  my  estet  I  also  constitute  mack  and 
ordain  and  apynt  my  wife  and  my  son  in  law  wilam  Flecher  the  sol 
excutors  of  this  my  last  wil  and  testment  and  I  du  uterly  dis  a  prov 
of  evry  other  testments  or  wils  by  me  formerly  med  ratefiing  this  and 
confarming  this  to  be  my  last  will  and  testment  and  no  other 

In  witness  heer  of  I  have  set  to  my  hand  and  sel  and  sined  seled 
and  and  declered  by  me  Stephen  peirce  to  be  my  last  will  and 
testment 

In  presents  of  us  witnes 
Jonathan  Barron 

his 

Joseph  X  Warren 

mark 

Ephrim  Warren 

Stephen  Peirce  (Seal) 

A  Copy,  Attest,  J.  H.  Tyler,  Register. 

WILL  OF  TABITHA  PIERCE,  OF  CHELMSFORD. 

In  the  Narae  of  God,  Amen. 
The  Eighteenth  Day  of  November  Anno  Domini  One  Thousand 
Seven  hundred  &  thirty  five  &  in  the  Ninth  Year  of  the  Reign  of 
King  George  the  second  of  great  Britain  &c  Defender  of  the  Faith 
&c 

I  Tabitha  Peirce  relict  Widow  of  Stephen  Peirce  late  of  Chelms- 
ford deceas'd,  being  sich  &,  weak  of  Body  but  of  sound  mind 
memory,  knowing  the  Uncertainty  of  Life,  do  make  this  my  last  Will 
&  Testament,  revoking  &  annulling  by  these  Pi'esents  all  &  every 
Will  or  Wills  here  to  fore  by  me  made  whether  in  Word  or  Writing 
&  this  to  be  taken  only  for  my  last  Will  &  Testament  and  no  other. 

And  first  I  commend  ray  Soul  to  almighty  God,  hoping  to  receive 
the  Forgiveness  of  my  Sins  &  be  saved  thro'  the  merit  of  Christ ;  and 
my  Body  I  comit  to  the  Earth  to  be  decently  buried  at  the  Discre- 
tion of  ray  Executors  hereafter  naraed  ;  And  as  touching  my  worldly 
Estate  my  Will  &>  meaning  is  that  it  shall  be  disposed,  employed  & 
bestowed  in  manner  &  form  following  that  is  to  say. 

Iraprimis  I  give  &,  bequeath  to  my  Grandaughter  Sarah  Wheeler, 
after  my  Decease,  my  best  Bed  &  furniture,  &  warming  Pan  &>  Iron 


APPENDIX. 


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Kettle  &  Pottage  Pot  &  half  a  Dozen  of  Pewter  Plates  &  two  Pew- 
ter Platters  &  my  Tramels  &  Box  Iron 

turn  over  Jte?7i 

Item  I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  Daughter  Fletcher  my  other  Bed  & 
Furniture,  as  also  my  Brass  Kettle  &  Box  of  Drawers,  coinonly  called 
Case  or  Chest  of  Drawers. 

Item  Item  I  give  all  the  Rest  of  my  movable  Estate  to  my 
afores'd  Daughter  Fletcher  &  Daughter  Wheeler  to  be  divided  equally 
between  them. 

lastly.  I  do  constitute  make  tfc  ordain  my  son  Steplien  Pierce  <fc 
my  Son  in  Law  William  Fletcher  Executors  of  this  my  last  Will  & 
Testament  &  whereas  my  Grandson  Oliver  Pierce  is  indebted  to  me 
in  the  Sum  of  fifteen  Pounds  as  appears  by  a  Bond  under  his  Hand, 
I  order  my  Executor  to  take  that  money  to  defray  my  Funeral 
charges,  &,  if  that  shall  not  suffice  to  sell  for  the  same  Purpose  the 
Cow  I  have  now  in  possession  &  employ  the  money  as  aforesd 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereto  set  my  Hand  &  Seal  the  Day  & 
Year  first  above  written 

her 

Tabitha  X  Pierce  (Seal) 

Mark 

Signed,  sealed  publish'd 
pronounc'd  &  declar'd  to 
be  her  last  Will  &  Testamt 

In  Presence  of 
Eleazer  Tyng 
Beuiamin  parker 

Tabitha  X  Fletcher 

mark 

Middlesex  Cambridge  December  20th  1744 
To  Stephen  Peirce  Execu'^  of  the  last  Will  and  Testament  of 
Tabatha  Pierce  late  of  Chelmsford  deceased. — I  find  it  necessary  to 
acquaint  you  that  the  Law  Subjects  3'ou  to  a  very  Severe  penally  for 
your  not  Causing  the  probate  of  said  Will  to  be  made  I  do  now  again 
hereby  Cite  you  to  appear  at  my  House  in  Cam  bridge  on  the  Second 
monday  of  January  next  to  take  care  that  said  Will  be  proved. 

Jon^  Remington,  J.  Pro. 

A  Copy, 

Attest  J.  H.  Tyler,  Register. 
• 

WILL  OF  JOHX  PIERCE,  OF  STOW. 

In  the  Xarae  of  God  Amen  the  twenty  sixth  Day  of  April  Annoy : 
Dom  :  1753.  I  John  Peirce  of  Stow  in  the  County  of  Middlesex  and 
Province  or  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  England  Yeoman,  being 
well  in  Body  and  of  perfect  mind  and  memory  thanks  be  given  to 
God :  therefore  calling  to  Mind  the  Mortality  of  my  Body  and  know- 
ing that  it  is  appointed  for  all  Men  once  to  die.    I  do  make  and  ordain 


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this  my  last  will  &  testament.  That  is  to  say,  Principally  and  first  of 
all,  I  give  and  recommend  my  Soul  into  the  Hands  of  God  that  gave 
it,  and  my  Body  I  recommend  to  the  Earth  to  be  buried  in  decent 
christian  Burial  at  the  discretion  of  my  Executrix  nothing  doubting 
but  at  the  general  Resurrection  I  shall  receive  the  same  again  by  the 
mighty  Power  of  God,  and  touching  such  worldly  Estate  wherewith 
it  hath  pleased  God  to  bless  me  in  this  Life,  I  give  demise  and  dispose 
thereof  in  the  following  manner  and  Form  and  to  the  following 
Persons  hereby  excluding  all  others  that  might  claim  any  part  of  it 
from  any  Portion  in  it. 

Imjirmiis.  After  my  just  Debts  and  Funeral  charges  are  paid  I 
give  and  bequeath  to  my  beloved  Wife  Susanna  the  whole  of  my 
personal  Estate  for  ever  together  with  the  Improvement  of  all  my 
real  Estate  in  Stow  and  Charlstown  during  her  Life  except  that  part 
of  my  Fathers  Estate  now  in  possession  of  and  under  the  Improve- 
ment of  my  Brother  James  which  came  to  Me  by  Heirship. 

Item  I  give  and  Bequeath  to  my  Brother  James  Peirce  of  Charls- 
town the  Improvement  of  that  part  of  my  Fathers  Estate  in  Charls- 
town which  came  -to  me  by  Heirship,  as  long  as  He  lives  and  then  my 
Will  is  that  it  go  to  his  Children  to  be  divided  equally  amongst  them 
all  except  his  Son  John  who  is  to  have  no  Share  therein. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  Brothers  Son  John  Peirce  of 
Charlstown  the  Son  of  my  Brother  James  after  my  Wives  decease 
one  half  part  of  my  Farm  in  Stow  both  of  Lands  and  Buildings  as 
also  that  part  of  my  Fathers  Farm  in  Charlstown  which  I  purchas'd. 
He  paying  to  my  neice  Elisabeth  Osborn  £6.  13.  4  when  she  shall 
come  of  age:  But  in  Case  He  should  die  without  Heirs  of  his  Body 
begotten  then  my  will  is  that  the  sd  Lands  &c  descend  to  Thomas 
Osborn  next  mentioned. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Thomas  Osborn  my  Sisters  Son  after 
my  Wives  decease  the  other  half  part  of  my  Farm  in  Stow  Lands- 
Buildings  &Q,  He  paying  to  my  neice  Elizabeth  Osborn  his  sister 
£6.  13.  4.  when  she  shall  come  of  age.  But  in  Case  the  sd  Thomas 
Osborn  should  die  without  Heirs  of  his  Body  begotten  then  my  Will 
is  that  the  sd  Lands  <fcc  go  to  John  Peirce  above  mentioned. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  Neice  Elizabeth  Osborn  thirteen 
Pounds  six  shillings  &  eight  pence  to  be  paid  to  Her  when  she  shall 
come  of  Age  by  my  Nephews  John  Peirce  and  Thomas  Osborn  each 
an  equal  part  as  above  mentioned. 

turn  over — 

Item  My  Will  and  pleasure  further  is  that  if  both  my  Nephews 
John  Peirce  and  Thomas  Osborn  should  die  without  Heirs  of  their 
Bodies  begotten  that  then  the  Lands  &  Buildings  &c  which  I  have 
bequeathed  unto  them  shoud  go  to  my  Brother  James  Children  to  be 
equally  divided  amongst  them. 

And  I  do  herby  constitute  and  appoint  my  beloved  wife  Susanna 
sole  Executrix  of  this  my  last  will  and  Testament.  And  I  do  hereby 
utterly  disallow  revoke  &  disannul  all  former  wills  or  Bequests  hereto- 
fore made  by  me  hereby  confirming  this  and  no  other  to  be  my  last 


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will  and  Testament.  In  Witness  whereof  T  have  hereunto  set  my 
Hand  and  Seal  the  Day  and  Year  above  written. 

Signed  Sealed  published  John  Pierce  (Seal) 

pronounced  &  declared 

in  presence  of. 

Henry  Barnes 

Jonathan  Loring 

Samuel  Brigham  jun^ 

A  Copy,  Attest,  J.  H.  Tyler,  Register. 


No.  31. 

A  DEED  GIVEN  BY  JOHN  BURBEEN  TO  JAMES 
PEIRCE,  MARCH,  1693-4. 

0  alt  people  before  whome  this  Deed  of  sale  shall  come  greeting, 
Now  huOlU  ye  that  I,  John  Berbeene  of  Woodbourne  in  the 
County  of  Midd"^  in  their  Maj*^  province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay 
in  New  England  Tayler  fox  and  in  consideration  of  the  sume  of 
four  pounds  and  ten  shillings  in  money  to  me  well  and  truly  pay'^  in 
hand  by  James  Pearce  of  the  same  Towne  Husbandman,  the  receit 
whereof  I  do  by  these  presents  acknowlidge  and  therewith  to  be  fully 
sattesfyed  contented  and  pay^  and  of  every  part  and  parsell  thereof  do 
fully  freely  and  absolutely  acquitt  exonourate  and  discharge  the  said 
James  Peirce  his  heirs  exec''^  admi'"*  and  assignes  for  Ever  by  these 
presents,  have  given  granted  bargained  and  jSi'oldi,  and  do  by  these 
presents  further  giue  grant  bargain  sell  Allien  Enfeoflfe  and  conferme 
vnto  the  said  James  Peirce,  one  peice  of  Woodland  containeing  six  acres 
by  measure  little  moore  or  less,  and  it  is  sittuate  in  the  litnmitts  of  Woo- 
bourne  afors'^  neer  the  said  James  Peirces  hous,  and  it  is  bounded. 
North  by  the  land  of  James  Peirce,  West  by  y^  Woodland  of 
Ebenezer  and  Jabez  Brooks,  South  by  the  land  of  Matthew  Johnson, 
North  Easterly  by  y^  Woodland  of  me  y®  I  John  Berbeene,  and  of 
this  there  is  two  acres  and  one  halfe  acre  land  and  all  lay^  out  vpon  y® 
account  of  Swamp  Bottom,  the  premises  as  it  is  butted  and  bounded 
two  acres  and  halfe  land  and  all,  and  the  other  three  acres  and  halfe 
only  Woodland,  with  all  the  trees  wood  and  timber  standing  lying  and 
growing  vpon  the  same  with  all  that  ever  shall  grow  vpon  it,  with  all 
the  rights  titles  proffitts  privelidges  and  advantages  there  vnto  belong- 
ing to  him  the  said  James  Peirce  his  heirs  exec"^  admi"  and  assignes 
for  ever,  Ixnvt  nixtl  U  hoitt,  the  aboue  granted  premises  with  all  the 
proffitts  and  priveledges  thereof,  the  two  acres  and  halfe  aboue  men- 
tioned land  and  timber  wood,  stones  grass  and  hearbidge  with  all 
other  the  rights  proffittss  and  privelidges  thereof  and  the  three  acres 
and  halfe  of  Woodland  y^  wood  and  timber  only  (the  land  to  remaine 
the  Towns  for  hearbidge)  also  the  said  James  Peirce  is  to  haue  all  the 


342 


APPENDIX. 


privelidges  that  belongs  to  same,  as  to  take  vp  Swamp  Bottom  ac- 
cording to  towns  grant,  and  all  other  the  proffitts  privelidges  and  ad- 
vantages therevnto  belonging,  to  him  the  said  James  Peirce  his  heirs, 
exec'^  admi^^  and  assignes  for  ever,  to  his  and  their  own  only  propper 
vse  bennititt  and  behoofe,  fnrthermoore  I  the  said  John  Berbeen  do 
for  my  selfe  my  heirs  exec^^  adrai'^^  and  assigne,  promis  Covenant  and 
grant  to  and  with  the  said  James  Peirce  him  his  heirs  exec""^  admi''^  and 
assignes,  that  I  am  at  y^  signing  and  sealing  of  this  Instrument  the 
true  and  rightfull  owner  of  the  premises,  and  therefore  haue  good 
right  full  power  and  lawfuU  authorety  to  make  sale  thereof,  and  that 
the  said  James  Peirce  his  heirs  or  assignes  shall  or  may  att  all  times 
and  from  time  to  time  for  ever  here  after  peacabley  and  quietly  haue 
hold  occuppie  possess  and  enjoye  the  same  in  as  full  and  ample  man- 
ner as  I  myselfe  did  or  might  haue  done,  a  good  true  absolute  sure 
Indefeasable  title  of  Inherrittance  in  ffee  simple,  without  the  lawfull 
just  lett  hinderance,  molestation  contradiction  or  expultion  of  me,  or 
any  other  person  or  persons  from  by  or  vnd^''  me  tvavfatttisitt0,  the 
same  from  all  former  gifts  grants  sales  leaces  Joynters  dowryes  Mort- 
gages Bonds  or  ffoitittures,  or  any  such  like  trouble  or  troubles  by  me 
had  made  or  done  at  any  time  IVittttfiSi^  whereof  I  the  said  John 
Berbeen  haue  herevnto  sett  my  hand  and  affixed  my  scale,  this  day 
of  March  Annogs  Domini  sixteen  hundred  ninty  three-four,  and  in  the 
sixth  yeare  of  their  Maj*^  Reigne, 

JOHN  t  I^-  BORBEN  his  mark    [l.  s.] 

Benjamin  Peirce. 
John  evans. 

S^to  ^nUcniXiXt  made  the  twelfth  day  of  October  Anno  Domini  one 
thousand  seven  hundred  and  thirty  three  between  James  Peirce  of 
Woburn  in  the  county  of  Middlesex  in  New  England  husbandman  of 
the  one  part  and  Thomas  Fitch  of  Boston  in  the  County  of  Suffolk  in 
New  England  aforesaid  Esq  in  Trust  for  Elizabeth  Peirce  the 

wife  of  the  said  James  Peirce  of  the  other  part.  Witlte^.^Ctlt  That  the 
said  James  Peirce  in  consideration  of  the  Love  and  affection  which  he 
hath  for  and  beareth  unto  the  said  Elizabeth  his  present  wife  doth 
covenant  promise  grant  &  agree  to  and  with  the  said  Thomas  Fitch 
qualified  as  aforesaid  his  heirs  executors  administrators  and  assigns 
that  she  the  said  Elizabeth  Peirce  and  her  heii's  shall  and  will  immedi- 
ately after  the  Decease  of  the  said  James  Peirce  stand  and  be  seized  of 
and  in  a  certain  mansion  house  with  one  acre  of  Land  about  the  same 
comprehending  orcharding  and  lying  partly  on  the  east  and  partly  on 
the  west  side  of  said  house  and  so  round  the  north  end  of  the  same 
butted  and  bounded  as  follows  viz.  Southerly  on  the  Lane  or  Road 
leading  to  the  meeting  house  Westerly  on  his  land  Easterly  on  land  of 
Benjamin  Peirce  together  with  all  and  singular  the  Buildings  on  the 
said  Land  Profits  Privileges  and  appurtenances  thereto  belonging  and 
also  all  such  Household  goods  or  moveables  as  shall  remain  after  his 
decease.  To  have  and  to  hold  the  said  House  and  Land  and  Personal 
Estate  and  all  other  the  Premises  before  granted  (immediately  after 


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the  decease  of  the  said  James  Peirce)  unto  the  said  Thomas  Fitch  Esq'' 
qiiahfied  as  aforesaid  for  the  use  of  the  said  Elizabeth  Peirce  her  heirs 
and  assigns  forever  to  her  and  their  only  sole  and  proper  use  benefit 
and  behoof  from  henceforth  and  forever  more  and  the  said  James 
Peirce  doth  covenant  for  himself  and  his  heirs  to  and  with  the  said 
Thomas  Fitch  qualified  as  aforesaid  his  executors  administrators  and 
assigns  that  he  the  said  James  Peirce  is  seized  in  fee  of  the  said  Real 
and  Persoiial  Estate  and  that  he  never  will  do  anything  whereby  to 
alter  change  defeat  or  make  void  this  present  Deed  which  shall  take 
effect  and  stand  in  full  force  to  all  Intents  and  Purposes  in  the  Law 
whatsoever  without  any  Revocation.  In  Witness  Whereof  the  said 
Parties  to  these  presents  have  interchangeably  set  their  hands  and  seals 
the  day  and  year  first  before  written. 

JA3IES  PEIRCE,  &  seal. 

Signed  sealed  and  delivered  in  presence  of  us, 
Samuel  Tyler  Jux^, 
Malachy  Salter  Jun^. 
Suffolk,   ss.    Boston,    October   12*^,    1733.      Mr.  James  Peirce 
acknowledged  this  Instrument  to  be  his  act  and  deed  before  me 

Anthoxy  Stoddard,  Just.  Peace. 
Middlesex,  Cambridge,  Oct".  12^^,  1733.    Rece'd  andEntre^^by 

Fra.^  Foxcroft,  Reg"". 
A  true  Copy  of  Record  Book  34  Page  340. 

Attest  Chas.  B.  Stevens,  Reg. 

Xo.  80. 

DEED  FROM  JOHN  PHERHAM,  Sr.  TO 
STEPHEN  PEIRCE,  Jr. 


All  Christion  People  To  whome  thes  presents  shall  come  greet- 
ing know  that  I  JohnPherham  Sen^"  InThe  Towne  off  Chelms- 
ford In  The  covnty  off  Middx  in  Newingland  Hosbandman 


sendeth  Greeting  Know  Ye  That  I  the  Afore  sd  Pherham  for  and 
in  consideration  of  A  vallvaball  som  of  Mony  corrent  off  NewengLand 
To  me  in  Hand  Trevly  And  honestly  Payd  By  Stephen  Peirce  Jun^  of 
the  Towne  And  covnty  Aforesd  The  Resaipt  wheare  of  I  do  by  Theas 
Presents  Ackno'^ledg  And  Thare  with  To  be  fully  sattisfide  contented 
And  Payd  And  thare  of  and  evry  part  &  parcell  thare  of  do  Aqvit 
Exonerat  and  Clerely  Descharg  him  The  Afore  sd  Peirce  him  his 
Heirs  Excvtors  Administrators  And  Assis^nes  ffor  euer  have  granted 
bai  geued  &  sold  Aliened  enfeoffed  conveyd  and  confirmed  &  by  These 
presents  doe  fvlly  and  clerly  freely  And  Absolvtly  giue  grant  bargen 
sell  Alyen  enfeoffe  convay  pass  over  &  conficat  vnto  him  y^  Afore  sd 
Peirce  his  Hairs  Excvtors  Administrators  And  Assignes  for  ever  one 
small  lot  of  vpland  citvate  and  lying  within  that  parcell  of  Land 
knowne  by  the  name  of  wamaset  neck  A  Lying  betwene  wentterops 
mado  and  chelmsford  bovnds  bovnded  estrly  by  m^  weutrops  mado 


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APPENDIX. 


westerly  by  y®  Abone  sd  Peirce  et  being  The  fefteth  Loot  marked 
with  numbar  fifty  To  Haue  And  To  Hold  All  And  singvlar  y® 
Aboue  graned  &  bargened  primeses  as  before  spesefide  with  all  other 
the  priveleges  And  Apvrtinancis  thare  vnto  belonging  Appartaining 
or  in  Any  wise  belonging  vnto  him  y^  Afore  sd  Peirce  his  Haires 
Excvtors  Administrators  And  Asignes  vnto  his  and  thare  &  evrey  of 
thare  proper  vse  &  benifit  And  behofe  for  ever  And  I  The  Aboue  sd 
Pherham  for  ray  selfe  my  Haires  Excvtors  And  Administrators  And 
Asignes  vnto  His  And  thare  &  ev^ry  of  thare  proper  vse  and  benifit 
And  Do  covinant  promass  &  grant  to  And  with  him  the  Afore  sd 
Peirce  his  hairs  And  asignes  that  at  Thes  Present  Time  of  signeing 
here  of  i  Am  The  Trew  And  Lawf  oner  of  y®  primisis  And  thare  for 
haue  good  right  full  powovr  And  Lawftll  athority  To  seall  &  pase  ovr 
the  same  &  every  part  &  parscell  thare  of  vnto  him  The  Afore  sd 
Peirce  Haires  Excvtors  And  Asignes  And  that  he  The  Afore  sd 
Peirce  him  selfe  His  Hairs  And  asignes  shall  And  May  at  All  Times 
&  from  Time  to  time  for  evcer  here  Afgeor  by  force  and  vertue  here 
of  peacably  &  qviatly  inioy  haue  &  holde  occvppy  &  porsese  And 
inioy  All  The  aboue  granted  &  bargened  premeses  with  all  The 
preveleges  and  Apvrtinances  thare  vnto  Appertaining  or  in  Any  wise 
belonging  without  the  Lawfull  Lott  svte  Molestatation  erecttion 
expvltion  contrediction  or  deniall  of  The  sd  Pherham  my  Heirs 
Execvtors  or  Administrators  thame  or  any  of  Thame  or  any  other 
parson  or  parsons  by  from  or  vndar  Me  or  by  any  other  Lawfull 
wayse  what  so  euer  hereby  promasing  to  do  Andperforme  any 
further  act  or  Acts  thing  or  things  Device  or  Devices  that  in  the 
Law  may  be  thovght  nedfull  for  y®  more  perfeting  thes  Instrement 
That  so  y®  premeses  Aboue  Granted  may  Abide  And  Remains 
an  Absolute  And  Indeferabl  Inharitance  in  Fee  simple  vnto 
him  The  Afore  sd  Peirce  his  Hairs  Excutors  Administrators  And 
Asignes  for  euer  more  In  wetnes  whare  of  I  The  Afore  sd  Pherham 
haue  here  vnto  pvt  my  hand  and  seall  This  Aighte  day  of  May  In  the 
yere  of  over  Lord  God  seuenteen  hvndred  and  seuen  and  In  y^  sixt 
yere  of  The  Rayn  ofi"  Queen  Anne. 

JOHN  PHERHAM  SENR.       [l.  s.] 

Signad  sealed  &  delivered  In  the 
presence  of  vs 

William  Ft-etcher 
JosiAH  Fletcher 
Stephen  Peirce  Senr. 


Chelmsford  May  14th  1707  John  Pherham  senr  persnaly  aperd  and 
acknoleged  the  aboue  riten  instrument  to  be  his  free  act  and  deed  be- 
fore me  the  subcriber  Jonathan  Tyng  Jus^^ 


APPENDIX. 


345 


No.  186-7. 

DEED  OF  ROBERT  PEIRCE  TO  OLIVER  PEIRCE.  1751. 

To  ALL  Pkople  to  whom  these  presents  shall  come.  Greeting. 
Know  Ye,  That  I  Robert  Peirce  of  Clielmsford  in  the  CouTity  of 
Michllesex  in  ]ii<  .Alaj.jsty's  Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  Xew 
Enghini.l.  Huslj.'inilma'i.  F^jr  l\j  in  Consi'leration  of  the  Sam  of  Seven- 
teen Pounds  Eleven  Sliillings  Lawful  Money  of  the  Province  aforesaid 
to  me  in  hand  hefore  the  p]nsealing  hereof,  well  &  truly  paid  by 
Oliver  Pierce  of  Chelm>furd  in  the  County  &  Province  afors^ 
Husbandman  the  Receipt  whereof  I  do  hereby  acknowledge  &  myself 
therewith  fully  Satisfyed  contented,  and  thereof,  and  of  every  Part 
&  Parcel  tliereof.  do  exonerate,  acc|uit  and  discharge  him  the  said 
Oliver  Peirce  His  Executors  and  Administrators  forever  by  these 
Presents :  Havk  given,  granted,  bargained,  sold,  Aliened,  conveyed 
and  confirmeil ;  and  by  these  presents,  do  freely,  fully  and  absolutely 
give,  grant,  bargain,  sell,  aliene,  convey  and  confirm  unto  him  the  said 
Oliver  Peirce  his  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever  the  several  certain  pieces 
of  Lapland  Swamp  Mowing  Gromid  &  Orchard  Land  following,  all 
situate  in  Chelmsford  aforesai'l  the  first  a  Piece  of  Lapland  &  Swamp 
m  Concord  River  Xeck  so  called  containing  by  Estinjation  Thirty 
Acres,  more  or  less,  and  is  bounded  as  followeth,  Southerly  on  Land  of 
Joseph  Moors.  Easterly  on  Land  of  Jerathmel  Bowers,  Northerly  on 
Land  of  Zebadiah  Keyes  and  Westerly  on  a  proprietors  high-way. 
Secondly  a  Piece  of  River  3leadow  containing  by  Estimation  three 
quarters  of  an  acre,  more  or  less,  and  is  bounded  as  followeth,  Xorth- 
easterly  by  Stakes  and  Meadows  of  Robert  Peirce  afores*^  and  on  all 
other  Points  and  Parts  on  the  River  &  on  the  upland  of  Joseph  Moors. 
Thirdly  a  Small  Lott  of  upland  in  Concord  River  Xeck  aforesaid, 
bounded  on.  and  lying  West  of  Joseph  Moors  Lott  which  he  bought 
of  Samuel  Perham.  Southerly  on  a  highway  and  on  all  other  parts  & 
points  as  the  s^  Lott  hath  been,  or  now  is  bounded,  fourthly  a  Piece 
of  Orcharding  &  Mowing  Land  in  the  Home  Stead  of  my  Father 
Stephen  Peirce  late  of  Chelmsford  afores^  deceased  containing  by  Es- 
timation half  an  Acre,  more  or  less,  is  bounded  at  the  Southeasterly 
corner  at  a  stake  &  heap  of  stones  &  from  thence  runs  Northerly  as 
the  Fence  now  stands  about  four  Rods  and  an  half  to  a  stake  and 
heap  of  stones  at  the  Northeasterly  corner,  from  thence  runs  Westerly 
OD  a  straig-ht  line  by  the  Land  of  Esther  Peirce  Twenty  Rods  to  a 
stake  &  lieaj;  of  stones  at  the  Northwest  Corner,  from  thence  runs 
Southerly  on  a  Straight  Line  by  the  Land  of  Stephen  Peirce  four  Rods 
and  an  half  to  a  Stake  &  heap  of  Stones,  at  the  Southwesterly  Corner, 
and  from  thence  runs  Easterly  on  a  straiglit  line  by  the  Land  of  the  s*^ 
Stephen  Peirce  to  the  bound  tirst  mentioneil.  To  Have  axd  to  Hold 
the  s'^'  Granted  &  bargained  Premises,  with  all  the  Appurtenances, 
Priviled_;'es  &  Commodities  to  the  same  belonging,  or  in  any  wise  ap- 
pertaining to  him  the  s  -  Oliver  Peirce  his  Heirs  &  Assigns  for  ever. 
To  his  and  their  onlv  proper  use.  benetit  &  behoof  forever. 
44  ' 


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APPENDIX. 


And  the  s'^  Robert  Peirce  for  me  ray  Heirs,  Executors  and  Adminis- 
trators do  Covenant,  Promise  and  Grant  to  &  with  him  the  said 
Oliver  Peirce  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  that  before  the  Ensealing  hereof 
I  am  the  true,  sole,  and  Lawful  owner  of  the  above  bargained 
Premises,  and  am  Lawfully  seized  and  possessed  of  the  same  in  my 
own  proper  Right,  as  a  good,  perfect  and  absolute  Estate  of  Inherit- 
ance in  Fee  Simple  :  And  have  in  myself  good  Right,  full  Power  and 
Lawful  Authority  to  grant,  bargain,  sell,  Convey  and  confirm,  said 
bargained  Premises  in  manner  as  aforesaid  :  and  That  he  the  s*^ 
Oliver  Peirce  his  Heirs  &  Assigns,  shall  &  may,  from  Time  to  Time, 
and  at  all  Times  forever  hereafter,  by  force  and  Virtue  of  these 
Presents,  Lawfully  peaceably  and  quietly  Have,  Hold,  Use,  Occupy, 
Possess  and  Enjoy  the  said  demised  and  bargained  Pi  eraises,  with  the 
Appurtenances,  free  and  clear,  and  freely  and  clearly,  acquitted,  exon- 
erated &  discharged  of,  from  all  &>  all  manner  of  former  or  other  Gifts, 
Grants,  Bargains,  Sales,  Leases,  Mortgages,  Wills,  Entails,  Joyntures, 
Dowries,  Judgments,  Executions  or  Incumbrances  of  what  name  or 
Nature  soever,  that  might  in  any  Measure  or  Degree  obstruct  or  make 
void  this  present  Deed.  Furthermore,  I  the  s^^  Robert  Peirce  for  me 
my  self  my  Heirs,  Executors  and  Administrators,  do  Covenant  & 
Engage  the  above  demised  Premises  to  him  the  s^  Oliver  Peirce  his 
Heirs  and  Assigns,  against  the  Lawful  Claims  or  Demands  of  any 
Person  or  Persons  whatsoever  forever  hereafter  to  Warrant,  Secure 
and  Defend  by  these  Presents.  In  Witness  whereof  I  the  said  Robert 
Peirce  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  &  seal  the  Twenty  Sixth  Day  of 
June,  one  Thousand  seven  hundred  &  fifty  one,  and  in  the  Twenty 
fifth  year  of  his  Majesty's  Reign  King  George  the  Second  &c. 

Signed  Sealed  &  Delivered  |  ROBEKT  PEIECE       [l.  s.] 

m  presence  oi  us        j  *- 
Oliver  Fletcher. 

Middlesex  ss  Chelmsford  July  12th  1753. 
Then  the  above  named  Robert  Peirce  acknowledged  the  above 
Instrument  to  be  his  free  Act  &  Deed. 

before  me  Oliver  Fletcher,  Just^^  of  the  Peace. 


To  all  people  to  whome  this  writeing  shall  come  Know  Ye,  that  I, 
Johanna  Richardson,  widow  of  Samuel  Richardson  of  Oburne,  in  the 
County  of  Midlesex,  decsd,  for  valluable  consideration  to  mee  well  and 
truly  payd  by  Thomas  Peirce  of  the  said  Towne  and  Coun  Husband- 
man, the  receite  whereof  I  do  by  these  presents  acknowledge,  and 
therewith  to  be  fully  sattisfied,  and  of  every  part  and  parcell  thereof 
do  fully,  clearly  &  absolutely  acquitt  and  discharge  the  said  Thomas 
Peirce  his  heyres,  executo'"'',  administrato"  or  assignes  forever  by  these 
presents,  have  granted,  bargained  &  sold,  aliened,  enfeoffed  &  con- 
firmed, and  by  these  presents  do  fully,  clearly  and  absolutely  grant, 
bargaine,  sell,  alien,  enfeoffe,  &  confirme  unto  the  said  Thomas,  his 
heyres,  executo''^,  or  assignes  forever.  Three  parcells  of  land  lyng  & 
being  in  Oburne,  in  a  feild  comonly  called  New  Bridge  feilds,  all  of 


APPENDIX. 


34:7 


them  conteyneing  Twenty  acres  more  or  less,  one  parcell  couteineing 
Ten  acres,  abutteth  on  Berry  Meadow  north,  and  upon  dry  poale 
Swamp,  and  George  Pollyes  Hand  south,  and  it  Joyneth  to  the  land  of 
the  said  George  Polly  west,  and  it  adjoyneth  to  the  land  of  the  said 
Thomas  Peirce  whith  hee  purchased  of  Thomas  Browne  east.  Another 
parcell  conteyneing  Seaven  acres,  more  or  less,  lyeth  ag*  the  said 
Thomas  Peirces  owne  land  north,  and  abutteth  on  John  Monsals  mea- 
dow south,  and  adjoyneth  to  his  owne  land  east  &  west,  and  the  other 
parcel!  conteyneing  Three  acres  more  or  less,  joyneth  to  the  land  of 
George  Polly  south  &  east,  &  to  the  said  Thomas  Peirce  his  owne 
land  north  and  west,  all  of  them  lyng  in  the  said  New  Bridge  feild  part 
within  &  part  without  the  fence  of  the  said  feild.  To  Have  and  to 
Hold  occupy,  possesse  &  injoy  the  said  three  parcells  of  land  together 
with  all  the  fences  timber  &  timberlike  trees,  woodes  underwoods 
growing  on  them,  &  all  rights,  priviledges  and  appurtenances  there 
unto  belonging  to  the  said  Thomas  Peirce  to  him  his  heyres,  executo'"^ 
admstrato''^,  or  assignes  forever,  with  warrantize  from  all  former  gifts, 
grants,  bargaines,  sales,  mortgages,  joynetures,  dowers,  titles,  interests 
or  any  incomberance  whatsoever.  In  Witness  Whereof  I  have  here- 
unto set  my  hand  &  scale  the  Tenth  day  of  the  Second  month  in  the 
yeare  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  six  hundred  and  sixty  three. 

t  mark 

Johanna  Richardson,  &  a  scale. 
John  Richardson,  &  a  scale. 
Sealed,  signed  &  delivded  in  the  presence  of  John  Farrow,  Jonathan 
Thompson.    February  15*^,  1664.    Johanna  Richardson  freely  &  fully 
acknowledged   this  instrumt  to  be  her  act  and  deed,  before  me, 
Thomas  Danforth. 

Entred  &  recorded  15,  12-64. 

By  Thomas  Danforth  Recorder. 
A  true  Copy  of  Record — Book  3,  Page  118 

Attest  Chas.  B.  Stevens  Regr. 


^tt0W  Pew  h\3  t^xm  f  re^ent^  That  I,  Thomas  Burges,  of 
Charlestowne,  in  New  England,  have  sold  &  made  over  unto  Thomas 
Peirce  of  Woburne,  in  the  Coun  of  Midlesex  in  New  England,  that 
peice  of  land  lyng  in  the  bounds  of  the  said  Towne  of  Woburne, 
which  was  formly  given  mee  by  Mr.  George  Bunkers,  for  my  service 
with  him,  conteyneing  about  twenty  acres  (be  it  more  or  less)  sittuate 
and  bounded  on  the  north  by  Bartholomew  Persons  land,  and  on  the 
east  &  south  by  the  widow  Katherine  Graves  land,  and  on  the  west  by 
the  great  pine  hill  of  the  said  Mr.  Bunkers  land,  which  said  twenty 
acres  of  land  I  do  wholly  resigne,  with  all  my  right,  title  &  claime 
thereto  unto  the  said  Thomas  Peirce,  his  heyres,  executo'^^,  adms- 
trato""^  &  assignes,  for  and  in  consideration  of  a  Red  Cow  (of  him 
bought  in  liew)  haveing  a  long  white  strake  on  her  back,  being 
also  big  with  calfe,  whome  the  said  Thomas  Peirce  is  also  suf- 


348 


APPENDIX. 


ficiently  &  carefully  to  feed  &  keep  till  shee  be  well  delivd  of  her 
said  calfe  (except  the  said  Thomas  Burges  demand  her  sooner)  but  then 
the  said  Thomas  Peirce  is  to  deliv*^  the  said  Cow  &  calfe  (free  of 
all  charges  for  her  said  keeping  in  the  inteiim)  to  the  said  Thomas 
Burges,  his  heyres,  executo^*,  adrastrato^®  or  assignes  in  considera- 
tion of  the  ^!tua^  with  all  his  right,  title  &  interest  therein.  In 
Witness  Whereof  both  parties  have  each  for  themselves,  their  re- 
spective heyres,  executo''^  admstrato""^  or  assignes  interchangeably 
put  to  their  hands  &  scales  this  Twentieth  day  of  January  in  the 
fourtenth  yeare  of  the  Reigne  of  our  Soveraigne  Lord  King  Charles 
ye  Second,  and  yeare  of  our  Lord  God,  one  thousand  six  hundred 
sixty  &  two. 

THOMAS  BURGES,  &  a  seale. 
SARAH  BURGES. 
Signed,  sealed  &  delivd  in  the  presence  of 
John  Greene. 
Robert  Cutler. 

This  deed  was  legally  acknowledged  the  15"^  of  the  11th,  1662. 
Before  raee, 

Richard  Russell. 

Entred  &  Recorded  Feb.  15^\  1664. 

By  Thomas  Danforth,  Recorder. 
A  true  Copy  of  Record — Book  3,  Page  119. 

Attest  Chas.  B.  Stevens,  Regr. 

AGREEMENT  REGARDING  THE  LOCATION  OF  A  SCHOOL- 
HOUSE  IN  CHELMSFORD. 

Chelmsford,  tTuly  the  1,  1794. 
Where  as  there  is  Disputes  and  uneasness  aresun  in  this  Squadon 
amung  the  peaple  whare  to  set  the  schol  hows  altho  we  wich  for  peace 
we  Dont  find  none  and  where  to  set  it  we  can  not  agree  and  we  the 
subscribers  do  agree  to  Leave  it  to  the  Selecmen  of  the  town  of 
Chelmsford  for  the  present  year  and  do  promas  to  abide  there  judg- 
ment and  to  pay  our  eakel  parts  of  the  caust  that  shall  arise  if  so  be 
those  gentlemen  will  come  and  give  us  there  judgment  where  it  aught 
to  stand  not  regarding  one  more  then  another  the  rich  and  the  pour 
being  alike  in  matters  of  school. 

Oliver  Peirce. 
Stephen  Peirce  Jun. 
Seth  Livingston. 
Timothy  manning. 
Joshua  Marshall. 
James  Marshall. 

his 

EGBERDS  X  MEARS. 
mark 

William  Parker. 
Henery  S.  Parker. 
Samuel  Marshall. 


APPENDIX 


34:9 


RECEIPT  FOR  BEQUESTS  OF  HA^'XAH  PEIRCE. 

Chelaisford.  JJec.  20th.  1800. 
This  may  Certify  that  vre  the  Subscribers  Children  and  Heirs  to 
Hannah  Pierce  late  of  Chelmsford  Deseas'd  have  receiv'd  our  full 
Potion  and  part  of  said  Hannah  Pierce's  Estate  wliich  she  gave  us  in 
her  last  will  and  Testament  of  Stephen  Peirce  Executor  to  said  v^'ill. 
We  say  received  by  us 

Elinor  Peirce. 
Jonas  Peirce. 
John  Dunn. 
Hannah  Dun'N. 

EpHR^  PARKHrRST. 

Ether  Parkhurst. 
Abijah  Spaulding. 
Oliver  Spaulding. 
Andrew  Spat:ij)ing. 
Ruth  Spaulding. 


INDEX  I. 


of  Pierces  ordy  are  entered  m  tins  Index.  The 
of  the  book  on  which  tlie  names  occur. 


The  Christian  names 
figures  refer  to  the  pages 


Aaron,  48,  75,  76,  125. 

Abigail,  18,  20.  21,  22,  23,  25, 
2P,  27,  28,  32,  35,  38,  43,  47,  54, 
58,  63,  65,  66,67,  68,71,72,  79, 
83,  86,  101,  105  107,  108,  115, 
119,  142,  147,  159,  164,  171, 
190,  192,  207. 

Abl'i-,  210,  229,  248,  253,  258, 
277,  304,  318,  328. 

Abhy,  ]33,  147,  191,  220,  250, 
282. 

Abel,  38,  53,  61,  105,  106,  110, 

146,  162,  183,  -  31,  274. 
Abiel  105,  181. 
Abijab.  33,  72  119. 
Abiram,  81,  150. 
Abuer,  117. 
Abraham,  106. 
Achsa,  110. 

Acl3,  221,  249,  271,  302,  303. 
Adaline,  101,  I'^l,  192; 
Aflflie,  211,  296,  297. 
Acblis  'D,  124,  213. 
Adelbert,  270. 
Adella,  257. 
Adelaide,  112,  191,  232. 
Adelii.,  224. 
Adeline,  205.  214. 
Adra,  119. 
Asnes,  30,  45,  248. 
Aiansoi),  105. 

Albers  124,  145,  172,  180,  202, 
210,  221,  222,  224,  246,  267, 
276,  286,  287,  298,  306,  325. 

Albigence,  153,  244, 

Alden,  142.  296. 

Alexander,  195,  225. 

Alfred,  152,  164.  198,  205,  235, 
242,  257,  275,  329. 

Alfreria,  143,  196,  292. 

Algernon,  102,  175 

Alice,  53,  71, 115, 119,  198,  201, 
215,  221,  237,  251,  277,  278, 
294,  299,  305,  318,  321. 

Allen,  227. 

Alma,  174,  249. 

Almedia,  317. 

Aiming,  173. 

Almira,  183, 190,  194,  202,  267. 

Alruiran,  237. 

Almon,  210,  218. 

Alonzo,  305. 

Alson,  165. 

Alston,  296. 

Alton,  285. 

Alva,  286. 

Alvah,  105, 107,  181. 
Alvares,  148. 
Alvin,  119,  207,  209. 


Amanda,  146,  153,  164, 166,  228, 

231,  267,  284,  327. 
Amt  lia.  267. 

.Amos   27,  37,  50,  51,  59,  68,  81, 

110,  123,  149,  150,  236,  238, 
290. 

Amy,  286. 
Andreas,  135. 

Andrew.  144, 148,  151,  157,  165, 

184,  247,  276,  284. 
Angie,  226,  277o 
Aniionia,  232. 

Ann,  54,  55,  85,  104,  145,  157 
163,  171, 179,  197,  199,232,  234, 
252,  309. 

Anna.  55,  59,  69,  75,  80,  103, 
182,  183,  193,  195,  201,  219, 
221,  233,  235,  271,  277,317,  324, 
3.33 

Anne,  46,  72,  102,  116, 124,  166. 

Annie,  185,  203,  206,  226,  239 
300,  305,  313,  im. 

Anni^^,  83. 

Annisepb,  49,  50. 

Anson,  221. 

Arabella,  112,  244. 

Arclielaus,  135. 

Archibald,  116,  157. 

Archie,  325,  332. 

Ardelia  204. 

Aretas,  145. 

Argus,  308. 

Arnold.  241. 

Arrabella,  235,  280. 

Arthur.  116,  125,  138,  142,  217, 
220,  244,  248,  249,  255,  272, 
277,  279,  295,  301,  318,  321. 

Arvilla,  196. 

Asa,  55,  61,  68,  74,  76,  104.  105, 

111,  125,  133,  148,  159,  181, 
182,  208. 

Asaph,  72, 121,  210. 
Asenath,  171. 
Ashley,  125. 
Aubrey,  312. 
Auelia,  103. 

August!,  123,  165,  182,  282. 
Augustus,  82,  132,  192. 
Aurilla,  280. 

Austin,  172,  174,  224,  266. 
Avery,  107. 
Azel,  51,  82. 

Bariab,  23. 
Barzallai,  47,  71. 
Beatrice,  201. 
Bela,  102, 159. 
Belinda,  173,  184. 
Belle,  238. 


Bennett,  102. 

Benjamin,  20,  22,  23,  24,  27,  28, 
29",  30,  37,  38,  42,  43.  44,  52.  55, 
56,  57,  58,  59,  61,  68,  73,  78,  83, 
84,  91,  92,  96,  97,  100.  101,  105, 
109,  115,  122,  123,  142,  165, 
166,  167,  170,  171,  184,  185, 
194,  195,  241,  263,  303. 

Bertha,  213,  221,  255,  276,  277, 
331 

Bertie,  274  ,  290. 
R»  rtrand,  334. 
Bessie,  202,  273,  319,  321. 
Bester,  82, 156. 

Betsey,  46.  55,  70,  72,  74,  75, 
80,  83.  84.  86,  104,  108,  111, 
118,  119,  148.  149,  153,  154,- 
155,  181,  191,  197,  204. 

Beulah,  80. 

Blanche,  299,  308. 

Bower.,  20^. 

Bradford,  143. 

Bradle-.  ,  85. 

Breuda,  241. 

Bridget,  171. 

Rrigham,  174. 

Britton,  165. 

Brown  low,  238. 

Burt,  303. 

Burton,  237. 

Burtt,  280. 

Byron,  327. 

Caleb,  59,  68,  72,  82,  118,  121, 

1.54,  233  314. 
Caliista,  143,  263. 
Calvin,  47,  71,  74,  104, 118, 126, 

143,  180,  203,  206. 
Caudace,  80,  146,  232. 
Carl,  302. 
Carlos,  144,  229. 
Carlton,  217. 

Caroline,  112, 125,  143, 146, 151, 
152, 185,  190,  191, 194,  202,  206, 
209,  223,  228,  241,  269,  279. 
288,  311,  3.33. 

Carrie,  202.  211,  257,  271,  281, 
295,  306,  320. 

Carson,  273. 

Casidara,  172. 

Caskaline,  204, 

Caspar,  145. 

Cassandra,  197. 

Cassius,  208,  238. 

Catherine,  112,  131,  133,  151, 
205,  220.  223,  224,  252,  271. 

Cecil,  272. 

Celestia,  205. 

Cephas,  117. 


352 


INDEX. 


Charles,  71,  100,  106,  115,  116, 
119, 121.  123, 131,  142,  143, 144, 
145,  148.  151,  156,  158,  163, 
165, 173,  189.  191,  192, 199,  200, 
201,  202,  203, 205,  208,210, 211, 
214,  222,  224,  227,  229,  233,  235, 
237,  242,  244,  245,  246,  248, 
:^51,  256,  261,  262,  264,  265,  266, 
276,  279,  283  ,  286  ,  289  290, 
293,  297,  299,  300,  302,  305, 
310,  311,  312,  314,  320,  324, 
330,  331.  333. 

Charlotte,  100,  118,  126,  153, 
166,  198,  204,  209,  224,  226,  243, 
262, 

ChaunceT,  287. 
Chhuncy,  111. 

Chester,  82,  85,  151,  153,  156, 

174,  242,  265,  298. 
Chloe,  125,  237,  269,  27a. 
ChiisthaTia,  lv)2. 
Christopher,  ir,0,  214. 
Ciiristranv,  109. 
Cara,  138,  151,  210,  215,  224, 

229,  238,  273.  290,  298,  320. 
Clarance,  151 

Clarence,  221,  226,  239,  287, 
303. 

Clari  sfl,  74,  85,  110,  112,  126, 
142,  159,  196,  204,  208,  214. 
218,  252. 

CL;U(le.  223. 

ClHudius,  132. 

Clem-ut,  149,  272. 

Clementine,  211. 

Clifton,  311. 

rollins,  154. 

Consrsntine,  179. 

Content,  119. 

Cora,  201,  213,  2'^8,  262,  290, 

300, 306,  330,  334. 
Cordelia  267. 
Cornelia,  172,  175. 
Cosmo,  185. 
Cosm(  re,  106. 
Cuniminsi-p,  106. 
Curtis,  77.  143,  274. 
Cynthia,  80,  172,  173, 185. 
Cyrus,  117,  171,  204,  205,  290. 

Daisy,  238,  274,  333. 

Dana,  75,  130,  255. 

Daniel,  26,  34,  35,  47,  48,  53,  62, 
70,  73,  74,  77,  78,  83,  102,  106, 
107,  122,  123,  15,  142,  149 
154,  1.59,  174,  185,208,  226,  230, 
241,  253,  280,  302,  333. 

Dai.ville,  293. 

Darius,  148. 

Darwin,  245,  ,317. 

David,  47,  48,  58,  71,  75,  76, 
101,  102,  125,  131  157.  171, 
173,  194,  205,  206,  207,  212, 263, 
271. 

Davis,  293. 

Deborah,  26,  29,  35,  47,73,  84. 

119,  133,  182. 
Decatur,  292. 
Delano,  52,  84. 

Delia,  131,  176,  203,  207,  208, 

267,  272. 
Deliverance,  46. 
Dell,  287. 
Delpbiiip,  311. 
Desire,  156,  247. 
DeWitt,  319. 
Dexter,  111,  165,  214. 
Diademma,  159. 


Diantha,  143. 
Dianthe,  79, 121. 
Dina,  35. 
Dorathy,  132. 

Dolby,  82,  85,  102,  132,  152,  1.53, 

184,  204. 
Dora,  290. 

Dorcas,  104,119,  172,  181. 
Dorinda,  132. 
Dorothy,  181. 
Dorsey,  237. 
Drusiele,  190. 
Dwight,  125,  265. 

Earl,  103,  151,  241,  310,  311. 
Eari;e£,t,  243,  303. 
Eaton,  83, 1.55. 

Elienpzer,  26,  27,  35.  36,  37,  43, 
47,  50.  74,  82,  88,  90,  157,  165, 
191. 

Eda,  237,  308. 

Edie,  239. 

Edg:ar,  244,  264,  269,  299,  302, 
309. 

Edith,  83,  195,  262,  286,  287,  303, 

31S  3.31,  333. 
Edmond,  126,  190. 
Edmund,  75,  267. 
Efn",  202.  228,  274,  306,  318, 

.327 

Edward,  51,  71,80,115,130,132, 
lr>2,  184,  194,  207,  208,  214. 
219.  221,  222,  223,  2.31,  2.35  239. 
248  250,  252,  253,255,  258,  273, 
276,  281,  294,  299,  318,  320,  321, 
327  330 

Edwin,  136,  1.56,  163,  197,  208, 
211,  218.  220,  233.  241,  2.56, 
279,  289.  298,  300,  322. 

Effie,  226,  237,  291. 

Elbridge,  125,  189,  217,  249, 
280. 

Eleanor,  195. 

Electa,  112. 122. 

Electra,  215 

Elpro-,  301. 

Eli,  333. 

Eliab,  59,  69. 

Elias,  76,  83,  119,  159,  207,  327. 

Elihu,  102, 

Elinor,  18,  71. 

Elisha.  82. 

El  ii  ah,  102. 

Elipha'et,  305. 

Eliza,  182,  183,  196,  199,  205, 
209,  223,  225,  235,  240,  241,  246, 
256,  262,  263,  2X2,  290. 

Elizabeth,  17,  18,  20,  21.  22,  23, 
24,  25,  26,  27,  30,  31,  32,  35,  37, 
39,  42,43.50,51,52,54,  57,  58. 
63.  66,  67,  81,  82,  85,  98,  101, 
102.  104,  112,  118,  117,  133, 
142,  148,  164,  166,  172,  175, 
192,  200,  205,  208,  214,  222,229, 
238,  243.  251,  252,  263,  275, 
286,  325. 

Ella,  183,  213,  249,  262,  264,  266, 
268,  271,  286,  294,  295,  299, 
300,  303  307,  333. 

Ellen,  124,  130,  132,  182,  192, 
199,  206,  207,  222,  223,  224, 
228,  243,  249,  253,  266,  268, 
279,  280,  284,  296,  308,  324. 

Ellerv,  208. 

Ellie,"286. 

Elraa,  296,  313. 

Elmer,  312,  324. 

Elmo,  312. 


Elmore,  227,  291. 
Elnora,  247. 
EloisfN  208. 

Elsie,  198.  237,  264,  294. 
Elvira,  123,  196,  219,  302. 
Elwin,  301. 

Eineliue,  113, 130,  143,  148,  232, 
233. 

Emily,  111,  121,  124,  126,  144, 
145,  147,  152,  159,  164.  194, 
199,  201.  226,  228,  229,  257,  267. 

Emma,  144,  150,  179,  184,  194, 
199,  201,  202,  203,  206,  211, 
217,  219,  223,  229,  234,  238,  239, 
267,  268,  283, 286,  288,  293,  294, 
303  324,327. 

Rmmett,  233. 

Emoeene,  196. 

Enoch.  38,  58,  74,  103,  107,  185. 

Epaminondas,  112. 

Epht  aim,  53,  63,  66,  67,  85,  108, 

191,  oil. 
Erasmus,  45,  70,  112. 
Erast-us,  83,  124. 
ErwiT.,  329. 
Eseck,  103. 

E Stella,  263.  242. 

Esther,  29,  38,  40,  41,  46, 50,  51, 
54,  55,  58,  62.  79,  80,  82,  88, 
121,  147,  156,  162,  204,  247, 
290,  293. 

Ethel,  304. 

Etta  ,  231,  291. 

Eudora,  210. 

Eugene,  227,  268,  303,  325. 
Eug<  nia,  242. 

Eunice,  40,  41,  49,  50,  74,  81, 
103,109,  125,  147,  151,  154,  158, 
171,  19K,  233,  241,  286. 

Euridi.  e,  103. 

Eustace.  332. 

Eva,  28,212,  286,  291,  327,  329, 
332 

Evaline,  135,  153. 
Everet',  151,  2«1. 
Experience,  103. 
Ezekiel,  37,  38,  52,  5?.  82,  88, 

118,  165, 
Ezra,  197,  204. 

Fannie,  202,  211,  273,  275,  296, 
297. 

Fanny,  75,  121,  149,  151,  207, 

2(  8,  250,  293.  303. 
Ferdinand,  196. 
Fernando,  182. 
Fidelia,  125,  183,  204,  223. 
Flora,  123,  208,  237,  264,  282, 

286,  299,  303. 
Florella,  132. 

Florence,  272,  273,  288, 289,  303, 

304,  317.  320. 
Floiy,  290. 
Francellis,  226. 
Fi  ances,  124,  138.  176,  201,  204, 

206,  215,  226,  241,  243,  245, 

249,  253,  269,  270,  271,  275, 

299,  307,  308. 
Francis,  104  126,  173,  174,  214, 

219,  257,  267,  286,  329 
Frank,  125,  166,  167,  170,  189, 

192,  193,  199,  201,  207,  210, 
211.  222,  224,  227,  228,  236, 
237,  238,  246,  2.55,  260,  262, 
266,  271.  272,  273,  274,  275, 
277,  280,  285,  286,  290,  298, 
301,306,310,  314,  324,327. 

Franklin,  95,  100,  106,  115,  123, 


INDEX.  353 


133,  163,  169,  170,  184, 

227,  245,  249,  252,  257, 

291,  315. 
Fred.,  207,  210,  212,  255, 

262,  271,  281,  285,  286, 

294,  299,  301,  309,  310, 

322,  329, 331. 
Frederic,  193,  246. 
Frederick,  22,  83, 121,  143. 

198,  213,  234,  251,  278,' 

303,  319. 
Freelove,  146. 
Fi-eeman,  227,  231. 
Fremont,  292. 
Forest,  332. 
Forester,  202. 

Gardner,  142,  222,  281. 

Georganna,  138,  145. 

George,  25,  26,  32,  77,  106, 
116,  1?4,  135,  142,  144, 
156,  158,  161,  162,  163, 
182,  190,  191,  192,  194, 

197,  200,  201,  203,  211, 
222,  224,  226.  228,  242, 
244,  246  ,  248  ,  252,  253, 
266,  268.  269,  275,  276, 
280,  ^!81,  285,  286,  288, 
293,  296,  298,  299,  302, 
305,  306,  308,  311,  312, 
314,  317,  318,  321,  328,  333. 

Geortria,  324. 
Georglana,  275,  276. 
Geor^ianna,  184,  238,  258. 
Georgie,  285. 
Gershom,  58, 101. 
Gertrude,  193,  276,  294,  298. 
Gifford,  111,  198. 
Gilbert,  284. 
Gilman,  300. 
Gordon,  102,  266,  327. 
Grace,  214,  220,  223,  283, 

300,  303,  303. 
Gratton,  58. 
Granger,  174. 
Granville,  233,  254. 
Grenville,  2i0,  329. 
Guv,  294.  312,  324. 
Gye,  306. 

Hamilton,  270. 

Hammond,  159. 

Hannah,  20,  21,  25,  28,  32, 
38,  43,  44,  46,  47,  48,  51, 
53,  54,  58,  68,  69,  71,  76, 
81,  83,  86,  87,  101,  104, 
111,  113,  120,  132,  142, 
153,  156,  1^9,  184,  190, 

198,  203,  204,  207. 
Harding,  198. 

Hardy,  60,  104,  147,  179,  271 

Harlan,  214, 

Harley,  308. 

Harlow,  197. 

Harod,  190. 

Haroll,  202. 

Harolet,  2.39. 

•Harriet,  77,  100,  106,  111, 
116,  119,  121,  124,  125, 
138,  142,  143,  144,  148, 
166,  172,  173,  182,  194, 
197,  198,  199,  201,  204, 
210,  211,  214,  234,  2-5, 
239,  244,  246,  248,  251, 
254,  274,  276,  285,  290,  312. 

Harrison,  192. 

flarry,  81,  119,  150,  215, 


211, 

286, 

258, 
291, 
318, 


158, 
288, 


115, 
145, 
164, 
195, 
219, 
243, 
257, 
277, 
290, 
304, 
313, 


298, 


115, 
131, 
156. 
195, 
205, 
237, 
252, 


222, 


248,  264,  266,  300,  304,  318, 
326,  329,  333. 

Harvey,  113,  182. 
Haskins,  262. 

Hattie,  212,  222,  229,  242,  249, 
270,  273,  275,  278,  284,  285, 

293,  294,  295,  303,  320. 
Haven,  111. 

H'^l-n,  151,  193,  198,  201,  203, 
208,  244,  245,  256,  265,  309, 
321,  327. 

Helena,  205. 

Helvena,  204. 

Heman,  63,  66,  67,  68,  119. 

Henrietta,  111,  198,  204. 

Henry,  100,  109,  116,  130,  132, 
142,  144,  145,  149,  156,  158, 
163,  172,  175,  179,  190,  195, 
197,  206,  209,  210,  212,  214, 
224,  226,  229,  231,  234,  235, 
241.  242,  2i4,  245,  246,  247, 

249,  250,  251,  253,  256,  264, 
266  ,  267,  271,  275  ,  281,  283, 

294,  295,  298,  302,  303,  310, 
313,  317  ,  320  ,  329  ,  331. 

Hepzibab,  43,  59,  68,  110, 119. 
Herbert,  238,  245,  300,  306,  317, 

332. 
Hermon,  163. 
Herod,  189. 
Bers-hel,  198. 
Hervey,  74,  111,  299. 
Hettie,  285. 
Hettv,  121. 

Hez/kiah,  83,  116,  162. 
Hillman,  122. 

Hiram,  143,  147,  153,  157,  229, 

231,  232,  290,  294. 
Hittie,  42. 
Hollis,232. 
Homer,  193,  219,  283. 
Horace,  81,  154,  165,  172,  174, 

231,  245,  280. 
Horatio,  146. 
Hosea,  142,  157. 
Houghton,  132. 
Howard.  203. 
Hubbard,  142,  228. 
Hubert,  202. 
Hudson,  190. 
Hugh,  181,  239. 
Huidah,  80. 

Ichahod,  22,  23.  49,  51,  80. 
Ida,  207,  219,  230  ,  238  ,  239,  256, 

283,  284,  291,  298,  312. 
Imogene,  122. 
Indianna,  272. 
Indie,  327. 
Inez,  223,  329. 
Ingiila,  226. 
Ingram,  290. 
Ira,  110, 156,  182,  255,  279. 
Irena,  164,  204. 
Irving,  319. 
Irwin,  303. 

Isaic,  24,  27,  28,  30,  31,  38,  39, 
45,  57,  60,  71,  82,  104,  106,  107, 
115,  118,  157,  179,  285. 

Isabel,  310. 

Isabella,  226. 

Isaiah.  205. 

Israel,  116,  202. 

Jab3z,  .38,  53, 147. 

Jacob,  24,  27,38.39,40,46,47, 

62,  63,  64,  65,  65,  67,  73,  108, 

122,  158,  191,  211,  251. 


James,  22  ,  23,  25,  26  ,  28,  29, 
32,  39,  40,  42,  43,  46,  61,  62, 
63,  64,  71,  83,  101,  105,  106, 

107,  109,  110,  111,  114,  115, 
117,  133,  145,  1.51,  152,  181, 
182,  185,  189,  191,  196,  199, 
200,  201,  204,  210,  229,  2.34, 
237,  241,  244,  268  ,  272,  274, 
275,  278,  282,  285,  289,  291, 
311,  317,  319,  333. 

Jane,  113,  116,  133,  150,  173, 
233  ,  235,  238,  240,  241,  246, 
286,  305. 

Jason,  128, 196. 

Jay,  292. 

Jeannette,  201,  244. 
■Jeannie,  236. 
Jeddediah,  37,  52,  83. 
Jenetta,  145. 

Jennie,  211,  217,  229,  230,  247, 

268,  294,  298,  317. 
Jenny,  307. 
Jeremiah,  233. 
Jerome,  300. 
Jerry,  314. 
Jerusha,  74,  83. 
Jesse,  55,  88,  101, 118,  1.59,  171, 

205,  215,  238,  239,  252,  257, 

333. 

■Jessie,  273,  275,  317,  318,  331. 

Joanna,  31,  44,  45,  66,  103. 

Job,  82,  102,  152,  189. 

Joel,  163,  204,  205. 

John,  18,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24,  25, 
26,  30,  31,  32,  33,  34,  35,  36, 
37,  42,  43,  46,  47,  48,  49,  50, 
51,  53  ,  54,  58  ,  59,  60,  68,  69, 
70,  71,  73,  74,  78,  79,  80,  81, 
87,  88,  100,  106,  111,  116,  118, 
124,  126,  128,  141,  142,  144, 
146,  147,  148,  1-51,  153,  154, 
155,  1.56,  1.58,  163,  164,  171, 
172,  173,  179,  181,  185.  192, 
195,  202,  205,  206,  208,  213, 
217,  220,  223,  226,  227,  231, 
232,  233,  235,  236,  239,  241, 
242,  243,  244,  245  ,  246  ,  252, 
253,  256,  261,  262,  263,  268, 
272,  274,  282,  290,  298,  305, 
307,  308,  311,  313,  320,  321, 
323  324  327. 

Jonas,  &4,  86,' 132, 162,  189,  253, 
278. 

Jonathan,  20,  21.  23,  24,  25,  30, 
31,  35,  42,  43,  47,  48,  54,  57,  71, 
75,  76,  77,  87,  88,  101,  133,  162, 
171. 

Jophanes,  204. 
Josentbia,  146. 

Joseph,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24,  26, 
28,  30,  35,  44,  46,  47,  48,  56,  57, 
59  ,  69  ,  70,  71,  72,  82,  101,  106, 

108,  111.  112,  114,  115,  116, 
117,  122,  132,  1.33,  151,  152, 
155,  171,  176,  191,  194,  196, 
197,  199,  203,  205,  206,  218, 
224,  231j  246,  272,  290,  298. 

Josephine,  201,  213,  247,  287, 
301. 

Jo-hua,  31,  35,  39,  40,  46,  58, 
62,  76,  77,  106,  107,  133,  184, 
185,  276. 

Josi  ih,  26,  30,  36,  38,  48,  51,  58, 
73,  77.  78,  82,  101,  105,  115, 
117,  135,  146.  172,  173,  192, 
195,  204,  225,  231. 

Josie,  228. 

Jotham,  143,  204,  227. 


45 


354 


INDEX. 


Jud.,  308. 

Judirh,  58,  102,  125,  172. 

JudsoB,  213,  264. 

Julia,  117,  ]42,  144,  147,  150, 
161,  163,  165,  198,  205,  220, 
233,  234.  237,  245,  260,  266, 
327,  334. ' 

Julian,  305. 

Juliet,  125. 

Julius,  175,  212. 

Justin,  174. 

Kate,  123,  278,  280,  308. 
Katherine,  76, 190,  283. 
Katie,  223,  229,  279,  312,  333. 
Kent,  257. 

Keziah,  35,  39,  41,  47,  50,  73, 80. 
Kimball,  120. 
Kirk,  170. 

Lafayetf^.  165. 
Lathrop,  175. 
Lattace,  120. 

Laura,  80,  149,  154,  162,  164, 
179,  192,  206,  237,  245,  270, 
296. 

Lavina,  75,  117,  118,  192. 
Lawrence,  289. 
Leafy,  55. 
Leander,  182,  185. 
Lemuel,  50,  312. 
Leonard,  76, 151. 
Leontine,  329. 
Leroy,  272. 
Leslie,  228,  319. 
Lettie,  231. 

Leverett,  231,  268,  329. 

Levi,  44,  70,  78,  110,  111,  112, 

156,  196,  198,  249,  255,  286. 
Lewella,  291, 
Lewellyn.  204,  291. 
Lewis,  120,  125,  135,  143,  147, 

173,   183,  200,  212,  213,  218, 

226,  241,  294,  298. 
Libbie. 269. 
Lilla,  255,  331. 
Lillian,  226,  276. 
Lillie,  273,  328,  331. 
Lily,  274. 
Liua,  75. 
Lisseta,  111. 
Liza, 278. 

Lizzie,  116,  245,  287,  317,  320, 
333. 

Livonia,  208,  290. 
Lloyd,  165. 
Lodena,  185. 

Lois,  49,  50,  53,  82,  84,  109,  154, 

155,  201,  307, 
Lola,  75. 
Lona,  333. 
Lorain,  266. 
Lor  any,  262. 
Lorenza,  214. 
L')  enzo,  182. 
Loretta,  270. 
Lorin,  227. 
Lorou,  151. 
Louis,  246,  264,  321. 
Louisa,  74,  101,  112,  124,  146 

192,  204,  220,  283,  306,  332. 
Louise,  235,  269. 
Lovina,  292. 
Lucia,  232,  250, 
Luciati,  131, 162. 
Lucina,  144,  228. 
Lucirtda.  102,  117,  163,  164,  181 

209,  210,  228,  231,  290,  302. 


Lucius,  125,  131,  143,  165,  175, 
266,  327. 

Lucretia,  71,  81,  110, 185. 

Lucv,  51,54.  55.59,  68,  72,  74, 
75^  81,  ^2,  83,  86,  88.  102,  104. 
105,  110,  116,  119,  121, 123,  126, 
146,  147,  153,  158,  159,  162, 
164,  173,  182,  206,  211,  224, 
236,  241,  244,  249,  251,  290, 
302,  313. 

Luke,  120,  209. 

Lulie,  329. 

Luther,  47,  71,  74,  109,  118, 121, 

126,  194,  203,  205,  228,  267. 
Lutheria,  268. 

Lydia.  28,  37,  39,  47,  50,  51,53, 
54,  55,  59,  69,  74,  75,  76,  ><2, 
83,  88,  104, 110,  124,  132,  152, 
158,  171.  182,  183,  241,  264, 
270, 286. 

Lyman,  132,  241,  290,  317,  327. 

Mabel,  275,  298,  299,  304,  306, 

308,  320. 
Mahala,  119. 
Mahlon,  242. 
Mamie,  275. 
Mandlev,  174. 
Manly,  207. 

Marcia,  123,  158, 176,  199,  319. 
Marcus,  179. 
Maretta,  234. 

Margaret,  111,  144,  184,  194 

203,  246,  267,  327. 
Margery,  284. 

Maria,  104,  123,  128,  147,  148, 
149,  lf.2.  157,  158,  163,  220, 
239,  244,  253. 

Marian,  73,  150. 

Marietta,  150,  237,  250,  251, 
2R4. 

Marian,  208,  227,  264, 
Mark,  191,  195, 
Markie,327. 
Marsb,  233. 

Marshall,  88,  122, 124,  185,  198, 


Martha,  24,  30,  31,  42,  43, 
74,  82.  107,  109,  118,  125 
133,  144.  148,  161,  173, 
190,  193,  196,  203,  205, 
^09,  215,  218,  224,  241, 
245,  252,  274,  277,  286, 
296,309  313,317. 

Martin.  12-5,  148,  228,  265. 

Marv.  18,  20.  22.  23,  24,  25, 
29,' 30,  31,  32  33.  35,  37,  3r 
40,  41,  42,  43,  44,  45,  47 
50,  51,  53,  57.  58,  60.  68, 
70,  71,  72,  74,  76,  77,  80,  83 
100,  103,  106,  107,  109, 
111,  112,  113,  115,  116, 
120,  121,  123,  125,  132, 
141,  143,  144,  145,  146, 
149,  150,  151,  153,  154, 
158,  1!^9,  161,  163,  164, 
171,173,  179,  180. 181,  182, 
184,  185,  189,  190,  192. 
194,  195,  196,  197,  198. 
200,  202,  204,  205,  206, 
208,  209,  210,  211,  213, 
217,  222,  223,  224.  227, 
2/9,  230,  2.31,  233,  234, 
237,  23^,  239,  241,  242, 
247,  248,  249,  2.^3,  255, 
257,  258.  262,  263,  268, 
270,  271,  273,  274,  276, 
281,  282,  283,  285,  288, 


44, 
1''6, 
182, 
206, 
243, 


27, 
,39, 
48, 
69, 
,  85, 
110, 
118, 
133, 
147, 
157, 
166, 
183, 
193, 
199, 
207, 
215, 
228, 
236, 
245, 
256 
269, 
27% 
290, 


295,  304,  306,  308,  309,  310, 
312,  316,  321,  324,  326,  327, 
329. 

Maryetta,  172. 

Massy,  252. 

Matilda,  227,  232. 

Matthew,  190,  310. 

Mattie,  295. 

Maud,  215.  264,  308.  334. 
Mehitable,  29,  42,  43. 
Melicia.  211. 
Mellissa,  111,  119. 
Melvin,  290. 
Meriar,  195,  285. 
Meribah,  252. 
Mercy,  25, 146. 
Merriah,  47. 
Merrill.  55.  101. 
Merton,321. 
Mildred,  284. 
Milford,  269,  291. 
Millicent,  264. 
Milo,  143,  147,  163,  255. 
Milona,  143, 
Milow,  272. 
Milton,  159. 

Minerva,  149, 151. 154, 173,  174, 

245,  267,  308. 
Minnie,  237,  255,  286,  329. 
Mirantha,  327, 
Miriam,  45,  58,  102,  307. 
Molly,  101. 
Mordaunt,  241. 

Moses,  69,  73,  88,  117,  171,  198, 

204,  207,  290. 
Moulton.  269. 
Myra,  110,  133,  229, 
Myranda,  146, 154, 
Mvrletta,  217. 
Myron,  324, 
Myrtle,  300, 

Nancy,  70,  70,  73,  75,  77,  100 
101,  105,  107,  115,  117,  121 
135,  146,  163,  173,  184,  185 
190, 191,  229. 

Nanette,  283. 

Nannie,  203. 

Naomi,  84,  205, 

Nathan,  35,  58,  61,  62,  75,  105 
106, 141, 182,  243,  273,  324, 

Nathaniel,  22,  23,  37,  51,  52, 
105. 107,  154,  190,  202,  233. 

Neh^-miab,  23,  52,  83,  126,  158 
159. 

Nellie,  199,  201,  202,  222,  223 
264,  270,  273  ,  295,  296  ,  298 
300,301,303,306,  314, 

Nellv,274. 

Nelson.  127,  131,  228,  328. 
Newell,  163. 
Newt'^n,  257. 
Nina,  323. 
Nora,  301. 
Nornr>an,  233,  305. 
Norris,  200. 
Nott,  257. 

Oheci,  205,  207,  293. 
Octavia,  174. 

Olive,  52,  54,  69,  80,  83,  103 
118,  142,  148,  155,  158,  163 
191,  205. 

Oliver,  27.  38,  52.  54,  55,  84 
86,  133, 159,  172, 183,  263. 

Olivia.  143. 

Ona,  292 

Orilla,  123,  207,211. 


INDEX. 


355 


Orisse,  132. 
Orlando,  205. 
Orpha,  79, 15T,  217,  305. 
Oil-in,  163,  198, 
Orville,  122,  226. 
Osborn,  21)4 
0<car,  173.  310. 
Oswell,  324. 
Otho,  324. 

Palmer,  81, 151. 

Parish,  248. 

Parker,  85. 

Pamela,  155. 

Parneli,  80. 

Parynthia,  181,  272. 

Patty,  70,  88,  111,  147. 

Paul,  257.  328. 

Pauline,  126. 

Payson,  84. 131. 

Pelatiab,  81. 

Perley,  227,  229,  327. 

Perlie,  237. 

Perry,  246. 

Persis,  18,  20,  21, 125; 

Peter,  70,  71,  112,  119,  205,  207. 

Phebe,  27.  38,  39,  41,  43,  51.  52, 
53,  55.  61,  62,  69,  77,  82,  104, 
105,  112,  117,  120,  142,  147, 
150,  173,  210,  237,  290. 

Phillip,  151. 

Philoua,  280. 

Phineas,  50,  51,  53,  76,  79,  80, 

147,  153,  243. 
PJummpr,  210. 

Pollv,  74,  75,  82,  85,  86,  100,104, 
105. 107,  lOS  119,  122,  171,  172. 
Prentice,  146. 
Prescott,  163. 
Priscilla,  79,  82,  154,  243. 
Putnam,  161. 

Rachel,  26,  27,  44,  45,  50,  52, 

57,  70,  205. 
Raluh,  202 
Randall,  2t0. 
Rins^m,  228. 

Rebecca,  29,  35,  39  ,  55,  73  ,  78, 
85,  86,  116,  119,  120,  142,  162, 
171,  232,  251. 

Relief,  58 

Remembrance,  38,  70. 
Reuben,  47,  73,  119,  121,  207, 
242. 

Rhoda,  69.  80.  Ill,  171. 
Richard,  86.  102.  138,  143,147, 

152,  162,  172  ,  254,  264,  307. 
Rizpah,  84. 

R  .bert,  18,  23,  27,  38,  54,  85, 
107,  112,  154,  172,  237,  264. 
276,  327. 

Ro'  ney,  131, 147,  235,  263. 

Roise,  312. 

Rollu,  239. 

Romandel,  204. 

Rosa,  286,  290. 

Rqsaiina,  123. 191. 

Rtfsco'-',  255,  281. 

Rose,  203.  229. 

Rosina,  121,  209. 

Rossie,  327. 

Roswell,  173. 

Rowena,  148. 

Roxanni,  104, 120, 171,  190. 
Roy,  330. 

R-^val,  174,  182,  274,  328. 
Rufus.  52.  73,  84,  108,  117.  118, 
133,  173,  197,  208,  210,  268. 


Ruth,  26,  28,  30,  .35,  47,48,  51, 
52,  54,  58,  74,  77,  78,  80,  81, 
82,  85,  101,  141,  226,  257,  285, 
333. 

Sabiua,  206. 
Sabrinq,  231. 
Sadie,  300,  324. 

Sally,  70,  75.  76,  79,  104 , 114, 

115,  118,  119,  124,  144,  146, 
149,  162,  200,  215,  246. 

Samuel,  18,  20.  21,  22,  23,  24, 
25,  28,  29,  31,  32,  38.  39,  46  47, 
50,  58.  61,  63,  66,  67,  71,  72.  80, 
101,  102,  105,  107,  108,  109, 
117,  118,  120,  121,  122,  131, 
148,  149,  1.51,  173,  182,  190, 
192,  193,  194,  195,  202,  209, 
220,  235,  242,  252,  284,  289, 
292. 

Sanborn,  163. 

Sarah.  24,  27,  28,  30,  35,  38,  39, 
44,  45,  46,  47,  51,  54,  55,  57,  59, 
60,  68,  69,  71,  72,  74,  80  82,  84, 
86,  102.  103,  105,  107,  111,  115, 

116,  120,  121,  122,  124,  126, 
127,  130,  m,  141,  144,  145, 
151,  153,  157,  163,  171,  172, 
173,  179,  180,  181,  182,  183, 
184,  189,  191,  192,  195,  197, 
200,  201,  203,  206,  208,  209, 
211,  212,  215,  228,  235,  238, 

241,  242,  246,  248,  253,  254, 
256,  269,  270,  280,  282,  293, 
296,  317. 

Sari  a,  206. 
Schuyler,  209. 
Scott,  278,  328. 
S  elv,  308. 
Selvia,  198. 

Seth,  38,  54,  55,  101,  102,  155, 

172,  174,  204,  205. 
Septimus,  84. 
Ser  villa,  123. 
Sevla,  294. 
Sewai],  206. 
S'  well,  126,  207. 
Sheppard,  82,  152,  153,  176. 
Shubil,  144. 

Sidnev,  203,  247,  249,  279.  .314. 
S  la^,'44,  51,  54,  72,  8[),  88,  121, 

211. 
Si'ueori,  195. 
Simon.  71, 118, 119,  208. 
Solomon.  101,  171. 
Solon,  231. 
Sommers,  22,  28,  39. 
Sophia,  74,  84,  112,  147,1.53.198. 
Soohronia,  74,  103,  126,  231, 

242,  310. 
Spalding,  79. 
Stanley ,  237. 
Stella.  232  ,  275. 
Ste.  hania,  284. 

Stephen,  23,  24,  27,  31,  34,  46, 
50,  53,  54,  55,  57,  58,  71,  79, 
80, 81,  87.  88, 101, 106, 116,  150, 
156, 171,  238,  248,  255,  263,327. 

Stillman,  73. 

Submit,  148. 

Sullivan,  183. 

Sumner,  205. 

Susa.  65.  66,  67. 

Susin,  106,  113,  118,  124,  138, 
142,  154,  155,  190,  192,  196, 
197,  203,  214,  243,  244,  245, 
246,  254. 

I  Susanna,  30,  32,  40,  41,  46,  50, 


281. 


,  22, 
,  36, 
,  51, 
115, 
239, 


,43, 


55,  57,  5«,  62,  63,  79,  83,  105, 

112,  118,  157,  165. 
Susie,  274. 
Svbell,  54,  85. 
Sylvanus,  182, 198. 
Sylvester,  79,  133, 147. 
Sylvia,  173. 
Sylvinia,  85. 

Tabitha,  27,  38. 

Tamar,  81. 

Temperance,  50. 

Thankful,  44,  45,  57,  81. 

Theodore,  198, 201,  223, 268, 

Theodotia.  148,  234. 

Theresa,  165,  266.  323. 

Thomas,  17,  18.  19,  20,  21, 
23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  29,  33,  35 
37.  38,  42,  43,  46,  47,  48,  50 
59,  69,  76,  79,  104,  111, 
132,  197,  200,  223,  226, 
249,  275,  277. 

Thomazin,  30. 

Timeus,  52. 

Timothy,  26,  27,  37,  38,  42 
50,  51,  53,  60,  69,  78,  81, 
105,  108, 152. 

Triphene,  80, 122. 

Triphosa.  73,  122. 

Truman,  207,  231. 

Ulah,  286. 

Varnum,  133, 143. 
Virginia,  256. 

"Waldo,  267,  268,  329. 
Wallace,  189,  199,  217. 
Walter,  150,  189,  190,  195, 
209..  237,  248.  255, 278,  287, 
Ward,  212. 

Warren,  125,  145, 180,  231, 
271,  286. 

Washington,  199,  247. 

Watson,  311. 

We  lington,  126,  205. 

Weslev,  180, 198. 

West,  301. 

Wllber,  202.  230. 

Wilbur,  197,  217,  290. 

Wilder,  144.  230. 

WiUard,  44,  52,  70,  82,  143, 
212,  228,  231,  263.  276,  301. 

William.  22,  23,  28,  39,  50, 
54,  5H,  57,  58,  61,  71.  78,  80 
82,  85  88,  104,  106,  107, 
112,  114,  115,  116,  119, 
131,  133,  142,  145,  147, 
149,  150,  152,  l=i3,  156, 
164,  173,  174,  175,  180, 
182.  183,  189,  190,  191, 
200,  206,  207,  212,  213, 
229,  233,  235,  236,  237, 
241,  242,  244,  247,  249, 
253,  255,  260,  262,  266, 
268  ,  269  ,  271,  272,  274, 
282,  286,  288,  289,  292, 
298.  305,  308,  310.  312, 
318,  320,  325,  327,  333. 

Willie,  278,  290,  332. 

Willietta.  201. 

Willis,  253. 

Wilson.  217. 

Winnifred,  325. 

Winslow,  116,  163,  184, 
256,  257,  281. 

Win'ma,  297. 

Worthington,  131. 

Wrijihr.  249. 

Wyatt,  215. 


292. 
242, 


210, 

,  53, 
,81, 
108, 
124, 
148, 
163, 
181, 
192, 
219, 
238, 
252, 
267, 
275, 
296, 
317, 


212, 


INDEX  TO  NAMES  OTHER  THAN  PIERCE. 


This  Index  contains  other  names  than  that  of  Pierce  of  those  who  have 
intermarried,  and  of  their  descendants. 


Abbott,  52, 142, 154. 

Adams,  38,  40,  51,  54,  55,  69, 

92,  93,  106,  124,  149,  162,  179, 

180,  222,  224,  233,  236. 
Adlam,  310. 
Aiken,  125. 

Albee,  119, 195,  205,  259,  304. 
Albert,  35,  231. 
Alden,  108. 
Aldricb,  232, 

Allen,  74,  82, 119,  157, 181,  206, 

212,  235,  243,  246,  252. 
Aniadon,  208. 
Amee,  176. 
Ames,  52, 196, 244. 
Anderson,  201. 

Andrews,  55.  SI,  96,  109,  161, 

205. 
Angell,  148. 
Applet'on,  94, 100. 
Ar(  bibald,  133. 
Armitage,  267. 
Armstrong,  197. 
Arno,  204. 
Asbury,  24,  30. 
Asbdown,  182. 
Asbley,  126,  156,  158,  248. 
Askin,  235. 
Atberton,  94,  273. 
Attwood,  103,  119,  131,  163, 

181. 

Auckland ,  242. 
Austin,  80,  241. 
Averill,  231. 

Ayer,  71, 145,  146, 154,  155, 156 

Babeock,  58, 103, 123, 151. 

Backus,  49,  50. 

Bacon,  22,  23,  26,  28,  79, 194. 

Bagley,  62,  209. 

Bailey,  120, 133,  147,  248. 

Baker,  18,  22,  82,  86,  101,  105, 

119,  143,  157,  190,  207,  270. 
Balcb,  224. 

Baldwin,  77,  78,  210,  229. 
Ball,  162,  286. 
Ballard,  42,  43,  68. 
Bancroft,  190. 
Bang,  165. 
Bannister,  24, 
Banta,  242, 
Bardwell,  173. 

Barker,  52  ,  55,  100,  117,  143, 

245, 
Barnard,  107. 
Barnbart,  122. 
Barr,  174,  237. 
Bsri'tii'  145 

Barrett,  35,*  36,  62, 115,  124,174. 


Barringer,  147. 

Barron,  48,  252. 

Barrows,  102, 191. 

Barstow,  18,  71,  95,  118,  233. 

Bartlett,  109,  125, 173,  194,  214. 

Barton,  47,  83. 

Bass,  71. 

Bassett,  268. 

Batc  helGr,  54. 

Bateman,  88, 191. 

Bates,  18, 171. 

Baxter,  83. 

Beaman,  116. 

Bean,  117, 190. 

Beattie,  143. 

Beaver,  213. 

Reecb,  30. 

Beers,  286. 

Belcher,  267. 

Belden,  266. 

Belknap,  29,  65,  66,  67. 

Benedict,  223. 

Benbam,  98. 

Benjamin,  68,  183. 

Bennett,  131,  147,  197,  212,  231, 

243, 
Bent*,  247. 
Bentley,  241. 
Benton,  144,  280. 
Benway,  268. 
Bern  dock,  156. 
Berry,  142. 
Bey,  164. 

Bigelow,  76, 148,  207,  220. 
Billings,  120, 128,  201,  272. 
Bingbam,  273. 
Bircb,  34.35,  47,  58. 
Bisbop,  113, 153,  257. 
Black,  100, 122. 
Blackwell,  71. 
Blake,  207,  253. 
Blancbard,  100, 104,  176,  179, 
Bliss,  158, 172. 
BJodgett,  28,  52,  110. 
Blood,  54,  83,  111,  159. 
Bodge,  32. 
Bolton,  163. 
Bond,  182. 
Bonney,  154. 

Bootb,  115. 122,  148, 185,  190. 

Borban,  271. 

Boswortb,  183,  270. 

Bot!5ford,181. 

Boutelle,  72,  76,  162. 

Boutwell,  281. 

Bowen,63.  201. 

Bowers,  38,  44,  54,  55,  57,  218. 

Bowker,  149. 

Bowman,  48,  81,  208,  242. 


Boynton,  173,  241. 

Brack,  71. 

Brackett,  109, 173. 

Bradbury,  117. 

Bradford-,  112, 193,  233. 

Bradburst,  29,  37,  54. 

Bradlev,  146, 182. 

Bradstreet,  243. 

Bragg,  184. 

Brainard,  74. 

Braniball,  237. 

Brancb,  152. 

Brattle,  29. 

Brazer,  54. 

Brewer,  91,  97. 

Brewster,  82, 151. 

Bridges,  18, 19,  47,  48,  79,  97. 

Brierly,  220. 

Brigden,  20, 

BriggP,  143,  156,  292. 

Brigbam,  32,  73,  132,  146,  147. 

Brinsmead,  18. 

Bristol,  181. 

Brittan,  163,  164. 

Brockway,  142,  155,  232. 

Bronson,  246. 

Brooks,  18,  69,  72, 158, 176,  314. 

Brown,  18,  25,  39,  43,  47,  105, 
110,  121,  131,  153,  155,  161, 
171,  179,  190,  204,  223,  231, 
252,  263,  312. 

Browning,  242. 

Bruce,  52,  182. 

Bryant,  111,  153. 

Bugbee,  184. 

Bull,  80. 

Bullard,20,  24,  30. 
Button,  105. 
Bumpus,  142. 
Bunker.  24. 
Buiiton.  115. 
Burbank,  47,191. 
Burdett,  172. 
Burgess,  23. 
Burgin,  72. 
Burnap,  44. 
Burnett,  174. 
Burnham,  47,  206,  247. 
Burns.  112,  118,  205. 
Burrougbs,  82. 
Burt,  24,  271. 

Burton,  18,  52,  81,  180,  242. 
Busb,  86. 
Busbnell,  76. 
Buswell,  190. 

Butler,  40,  84,  85, 101. 138,  149, 
233. 

Buttertield,  86,  263. 
Butters,  36, 144. 


IXDEX. 


357 


Buttrick,  209. 
Byam,  44,  54. 

Cady,  83. 
Caldwell,  80. 107. 
Cameron,  120. 
Camp,  157,  248. 

Campbell,  51,  104,  115, 149,  150, 

200,  268. 
Canterbury,  115, 193. 
CarltOD,  61,  105,  159,  181. 
Carmichael,  123. 
Carney,  286. 
Carnochan,  150. 
Carpenter,  51,  75,  150,  2-12. 
Carr,  210. 
Carter,  47,  72,  224. 
CartTvriglit,  181. 
Case,  185. 
Casey,  185. 
Caswell,  148. 
Cliaffln,  302. 

Chamberlain,  88, 164,183,  210, 
219. 

Chambers,  24,  30. 

Chandler,  43,  54,  196.  258. 

Chaney,  118. 

Chappell,  196. 

Chapin,  102,  150. 

Chapman,  100,  204,  244. 

Chas-^,  74,  75,  76,  149,  185,  207. 

Chenpy,  217. 

Chevalier,  175. 

Ctiilds,  284. 

Chittenden,  105. 

Choate,  32,  33. 

Chubb,  189. 

Chubbuck,  18. 

Church,  189. 

Chute,  118. 

Clapp,  115.  144,  173,  184,  271. 

Clark,  46,  77. 106.  111. 121, 123. 
124,  142,  144,  154,  164,  193, 
196,  198,  204,  205,  214,  216, 
235,  243,  252. 

Clemence,  47. 

Cleavplanii,  :0,  25,  79,  109. 

CltvelaLfi,  l.:s. 

Clifford,  197. 

Cloon,  123.  174. 

ClOTjgh,  291.  310. 

Clou gh an,  214. 

Cobb,  144,  146.  204,  235,  246. 

Col  urn,  45,  62,  194,  253. 

Cochran,  189. 

Coe,  234. 

Cogswell.  1.54. 

Colbaugh,  82, 

Col  burn.  122,  132. 

Colby,  130,  154. 

Cole,  18  21.  23,  51,  82, 116. 

Coleman,  1.32. 

Collii  S,  ir'2,  106,  170,  208. 

Colton,  74. 

Com  stock,  149. 

Cod  ant,  54. 

Conkiin,  153. 

Conrad,  195. 

Constantine,  171. 

Convers,  20,  23,  26,  28. 

Converse,  218. 

Cook,  38,  58  102,  106,  132,  154, 

174,  197,  233,  282. 
Cooley,  154,  192,  194,  238. 
Coolidge,  256. 

Cooper,  4^,  111,  196,  231,  255. 
Cope  and,  290. 
Copp,  190,  226. 


Corbin,  184. 
Cordis,  104. 
Cordy,  102. 
Corey,  55, 181. 
Collet,  122. 
Cornelius,  176. 
Cornell,  302. 
Coitland,  37. 
Coryel,  234. 
Cory,  88. 
Cosgroye,  179. 
Cotton,  141. 

Counce,  20,  21,  24,  25,  32. 

Cousins,  203. 

Cour.  52. 

Cox,  243. 

Coy,  173. 

Coyningham,  54. 

roVtmnrp,  18. 

Craig.  141,  142. 

Crasin,  109. 

Crandail,  173. 

Crocker.  77,  121. 

Crosby,  76,  190. 

Cros5,'l06,  185. 

Crossman,  173. 

Cro«.we]] ,  25. 

Crowiiing^hield,  180. 

Cummings,  62,  112,  149,  268. 

269. 
Currier,  245. 
Curtis,  125.  147,  196. 
rushing,  101,  124. 
Cutler,  21,  39,  40,  70,  88. 
Cutter,  25,  72. 
Cuttice,  20. 

Dabney,  52. 
Daboll,  80. 
Dailpy,  142. 
Dal  ton,  245. 
Damon.  31,  32,  2.54. 
D^na,  201. 

iDanforth,  19,  21,  57,  184. 
IDavnlson,  30.  74. 
Dayi>,  23,  83,  1^5.  107,  111,  120, 

171,  l>ii,  181,  182,  193,  256. 
Day  iron,  119. 
Dawes,  59,  103. 
Dawson,  83. 
Day,  82. 164,  237. 
Dean,  103,  191,  202,  203,  264. 
Decker,  274. 
Dpguio,  115, 
DeLane,  269. 
Deijui^on,  286. 
Derby,  165. 
Derry, 
D-wt-i,  241. 
Dewev,  1.54. 
Dexter,  23. 
Dickerman,  101,  165. 
Dimick,  38. 

Dodoe,  55,  104,  105,  120,  121. 
181. 

D  Ibeare,  152. 
Doling,  221. 
Dnlbier,  42,  43,  68. 
Dole,  204,  290. 
Donaldson,  84. 
Dorell.  71. 
Dorr,  36,  48. 
Dow.  54. 
D  owl  in ,  106. 
Downer.  75. 
Downs  181. 
Dows--,  21. 
Doubleday,  147. 


Douglas,  48. 
Doyle,  249. 
Draper,  150. 
Dresser,  52. 
Drinker,  24. 
Drown.  112. 
Drummond,  153. 
Drury,  173. 
Dudley,  279. 
Duel],'  267. 
Duncblee,  243. 
Dunham,  143. 
Dunklee,  70. 
Dunn,  ."3,  54,  69. 
Dunnakin,  102. 
Dunton,  29. 
Durand,  197. 
Durcrin,  204,  290. 
Durham.  101. 
Durell,  242. 
Du-tin,  107. 
Dutton,  121. 

Eastman,  54.  196. 
Eaton,  52,  110.  115. 
Eddy,  121. 
Ed.^or  ,  14^,  230. 
iEkis,  1S2. 

Flaridee,  58,  104,  118,  15S. 
Edpry,  179. 
lE  liott,  191. 

I  Ellis,  86,  1.54,  183,  229,  268. 
!  Edison,  84. 
I  Elton.  149. 
Ely,  214. 

Emerson.  101,  173,  2-54. 

Emery,  121.  123. 

English,  148. 

Erskine,  73.  184. 

Eyars,  73,  103. 
lEvelHth,  193. 
lEvarts  123. 
I  Ewing,  105. 
i  Ewins,  185. 
I  Eyre,  18. 

!  Fairbanks,  54. 
,Fairchild,  132. 
I  Fairfield.  58,  102. 

Tales,  83. 

Fall,  237. 
1  Farley,  165. 
iFart  ham,  62. 
iFarnsworth,  146, 1.54. 

Farnum,  83. 

Farr,  86,  149. 

Farrar,  86. 

Faweett,  124. 

Fellows,  51. 

Felt.  19. 

Felton,  44, 105. 

Fenner,  lOl. 

Fentaman,  119. 

F-riru^on,  174. 

F-rrrasse,  61. 
|Fe?5enden,  25,  32,  162. 

Field,  5>,  102,  107. 
iFiHld-. 

'Fillel'rr.wn,  25. 

'Fil^r,  257. 

;  Finch,  103,  240,  241. 

Fi'non.  ISl. 

Fish,  51. 

Fisher.  131,  269. 

F'-ke.  40.  72. 

Fitts  1''5. 

Fla£:^,26,43,  262,  286. 
j  Flanders,  122, 173. 


358 


INDEX. 


Fletcher,  27,  38,  39,  44,  57,  69, 

101,  254. 
Flint,  79, 173. 
Fioyd,  107. 
Fluker,  31. 
Fojrg,  82, 153,  205. 
F.^llausbee,  120. 
Foote,  123. 
Forbes,  51,  219. 
Ford,  71,  75,  97. 
Forsyth,  180. 
Fosdick,  25. 
Foster,  22,  23,  58,  182. 
Fowle,  25,  27. 
Fowler,  158. 
Fox,  79,  174,  176. 
Foxcroft.  29. 
Francis,  48,  82,  124. 
Frauklin,  50. 
Freeman,  77.  80. 
French,  36,  38,  73,  86,  163,  263. 
Frink,  83. 
Frissell,  74. 

Frost,  26,  32,  33,  39,  72,  183. 

232.  243. 
FfOthingham,  19,  21. 
Frye,  191. 

Fuller,  83, 147, 159,  165. 

Gage,  245. 
Gaines,  51. 
GUe,  217. 
Gallison,  184. 
Galpm,  152, 
Gannett,  171. 
Gardner,  75,  107. 
Garfield,  58  73. 
Gairison,  114. 
Gatchell,  182. 
Gares,  48,  IBl,  180,  211. 
Geldert,  243. 
G  r  Id,  49,  50. 
Gerrith,  209. 
Gibbs,29,  42,  206. 
Gibson, 44. 
Gilford.  80, 157. 
Gilt  ert,  52,  69,  83,  147. 
GilP.  142,  213. 
Gilke\,  51. 
Gillingham,  185. 
Gilmm,  94. 
Gil-oi.,  57,  101. 
Gleason,  210. 
Goddard,  47,  76. 
Going,  121. 
GooclJ,  77. 
G  .odale,  74,  84,  235. 
Goodin,  20.  21,  26. 
Goodhup,44.  192. 
Goodrich,    48,  133,  195,  198, 
205. 

Goodspeed,  198. 
Goodwill,  197. 
Goodwin,  144  185. 
Gordon,  70,  79. 
Gore,  53. 
Goiham,  80. 
Goss,  78, 143. 
Gould,  62.  146,  215,  246. 
Granger,  125. 
Grant,  121,  246,  258. 
Graves,  23,  84,  106,  119,  184, 
203. 

Gray,  71, 130, 176,  228. 

Green,  35,  46,  51,  69,  107,  110, 

148,  228. 
Greene,  192. 
Greenough,  154. 


Greenwood.  48,  203. 
Grenville.  282. 
Grey,  253.' 
Griffin,  31. 
Griffith,  147, 156. 
Griffiths,  237. 
Griggs,  160, 161. 
Grimes,  198. 
Griswold,  227. 
Groandyke,  267.  > 
Gross,  i54. 
Grosvenor,  52. 
Grover,  171. 
Grow,  74. 
Grows,  159. 
Gullison,  31,  46. 
Girley,  83,  120,  175. 
Gurney,  271. 

Hadley,  108. 
HaiiiCS,  144,  205. 
Hakes  159 

Hale,  73,  86, 117, 171, 190,  206. 
Haley,  25. 

Hall,  20,  40,  44,  83,  104,  148, 

158,  179,  263. 
Halloway,  150. 
Hammond,  52, 133, 172. 
Hanan,  150. 
Hancock,  31,  78. 
Handy,  100. 
Har'^ack,  47. 
Hardy,  39,  59, 107,  260. 
Harkness,  208. 
Harlow,  75. 
Hamden,  46. 
Harolson,  270. 
Karper,  131. 
Harranen,  71. 
Harrington,  86,  109. 
Harris,  24,  29,  80,  133, 174  ,  236. 

263. 

Harrison,  18.  31,  46,  225. 
Harrod,  38,  57. 
Hart,  143,  214. 
Harr.-<horne,  70. 
Hartshough,  81. 
Hartwell,54,  162,  262. 
Hirvey,  107. 
Harwell,  267. 
Harwood,  44, 174. 
Has'  Itine,  181, 182. 
Haskell,  202. 
Haskius,  176. 
Hastings,  53. 
Haswell,  181. 
Hatch,  70.  174, 184,  266. 
Hauser,  105. 
Haven,  43, 156,  176. 
Hawes,  223. 
Hawkes,  62,  101,  173. 
Hawkins,  226. 
Rawrhoriie,  94, 170. 
Hayes,  54, 115. 
Hayden,  220. 
Heald,  44. 
Hebbard,  155. 
Heizer,  131. 
Hemenway,  154, 196. 
Henchman,  193. 
Henshaw,  122. 
Hermon,  150. 
Herrick,  83,  84, 153. 
Hervey,  174. 
Hewer,  209. 
Hewes,  45.  109. 
Hested,  241. 
Higgins,  104,  311. 


Hill,  20,  28,  80,  94,  232. 

Hills,  70,  162, 184,  219,  268. 

Hinckley,  45. 

Hinman,  163. 

Hitchcock,  126,  171,  248. 

Hix,  71. 

Hobbs,  32,  211. 

Hochstrasser,  153. 

Hodges,  18, 19. 

Hodgton,  107. 

Hodson,  112. 

Holbrook  107. 

Holcomb,  151. 

Hold  en,  32,  73,  198,  224. 

Holland,  152,  179. 

Hollidav,  194. 

HoUis,  69, 

Hollister,  81. 

Holmes,  229,  248,  249. 

Holt,  26,  28,  34,  37,  39,  44,  47, 

52,  61,  75,  86,  104,  105,  121, 

124,  199,  263. 
Holway,  204,  229. 
Homer,  109. 
Hooper,  83. 
Hopkins,  232. 
Hoppins,  24. 
Horning,  173. 
Horton,  144. 
Hosmer,  73,  118. 
Hossiter,  180. 
Hough,  75, 128,  155,  156. 
Houghton.  35,  47,  74,  164. 
House,  197. 
Houser,  237. 
Hovey,  132. 
Howe,  47,  51.  116, 120. 
Howes.  119,  204,  290. 
H'>yt,  84,  85,  132,  154,  182. 
Hubbard,  18.  19,  88. 
Hudson,  25. 
HufE.  115. 
Huyhes,  195.  209. 
Hunnewell,  205. 
Hunt.  38.  54,  Si,  127,  182, 
Hunter,  232.  242. 
Hunting,  198. 
Huntington,  154. 
Huntress,  209. 
Hutchins,  54,  106,  163. 
Hutchinson.  106.  146,  276. 
Hy.ie,52,  103,  160,  175. 
Hvslop,  173. 


logalls,  183,  204. 
Ingersol,  82, 
luman,  211. 
luscko,  242. 
Inshanger,  175. 
Ireland,  24. 
Ives, 173. 
Ivory, 32. 


Jackson,  19,  71,  96,  114,  207, 

228,  272, 
Jacques,  114. 
Jacquith,  72. 
James,  31,  45 
Jameson,  62,  100,  185. 
Jar  main,  236. 
Jefferson,  93. 
Jewell,  68,  73, 119, 121. 
Jewett,  72,  73,  105. 
Johnson,  23,  28,  29,  34,  35,  36, 

3^,  43,  62,  63,  64.  78,  124,  143, 

149,  150, 153, 158,  159,  198,  223, 

242,  243,  270. 


INDEX. 


359 


Jones,  68,  86,  119,  126,  173,  174, 

185,  190.  198,  241. 
Joslin,  76,  111. 
Judd,  154. 

E:ebhel,234. 
Keeler,  241. 
Kellev,  143. 
Kellogg,  80,  198. 
Kelsey,  80,  150. 
Kemp,  44,  162. 

Kendal],  23,  28,  29,  85,  36,  39, 

55,  62.  63.  82,  171. 
Kei;drick,  55,  91. 
Keunedv,  242. 
Kenney^  145.  2.52, 
Kennistoii,  107. 
Kent,  24,  29,  30. 
Kenyon,  233. 
Kettell,  104. 
Keyes,  144,  231. 
Kibbee,  243. 
Kidder,  1^5. 
Kilborn,  102. 

Kimball,  81,  100,  104,  122,  126, 

128,  156,  ii04,  249. 
Kincade,  119. 
Kinealy.  310. 
King,  54,  102,  147. 
Kingman,  76. 
KinsiSbury,  50,  52,  253. 
Kingsley,  172. 
Kinsey,  254. 
Kirkland,  130. 
Knap,  43, 
Kjianp,  204. 
Knight,  27,  50,  160,  165. 
Knox,  103. 
Kyburg,  272. 

Ladd,  83, 
Lafayette,  48,  76. 
LaFit^mbou,  100. 
Lake,  116. 
Lamb,  151. 
Lammons,  120. 
LamsoQ,  43,  44,  68. 
Lancaster,  195. 
Lander,  135,  225. 
Landi?,  112. 
Lane,  62,  142,  212,  286. 
Langdon,  92. 
Langley,  117. 
LarkiD,  31.  46. 
Larrabee,  78. 
Larhrop,  104,  126. 
Lavey,  91,  97. 

Lawren-^e,  51,  62,  72,  91,  97. 

101,  108,  280. 
Layibe,  302. 
Learned,  247, 
Leathp,  61, 108. 
Leavitt,  77. 
Lee,  25, 126. 
Leicester,  209. 
Lemmix,  128, 
Lenuon,  241, 

Leonard.  58,  82,  191,  201,  246. 
Lewis,  77,  134,  141,  149,  157, 

254. 
Lilley,  153. 
Lincoln,  107. 
Litcbfield,  S3, 122. 
Littlebale,  44. 
Llvint  sron,  207. 
Llo- d,  265. 
Lobdell,  20,  31.  45,  46. 
Locke,  29,  32,  39,  40,  42,  61. 


LockTvood,  104. 
Lotfan,  172. 
Long,  70,  237. 
LongfelloAV,  77,  94. 
Loouiis,  47,  83. 
Lorine,  32. 

Lovejoy,  49,  61,  104,  112. 
i-ioveland,  80. 
Lovell,  74. 
Low,  81. 

Lowden,  19,  21,  23. 
L<jwe,  197, 
Lowell,  77. 
Luce,  157. 
Lunberg,  70. 
Lund,  C2. 
Lyfoid,  204. 
Lynch,  250, 

Lynde,  20,  21,  22,  24,[25,  30,  32, 

58, 
Lyon,  115. 

Mainer,  47, 

Mallory,  84. 

Manchester,  174. 

Manning.  105,  145. 

.Marble,  197,  209. 

Mark,  266. 

Marole.  120, 

Myrratt,  25,  32. 

Martin,  116,  133, 143,  237.  273. 

Marsh,  62,  147,  164,  174. 

Mar.-^hall,  44,  54,  62,  69,  88, 

112,  163,  199. 
Marston,  119,  206. 
Mason,  38,  72,  105,  157,  275, 
.Mather,  270, 
May,  72. 
Mavhew,  172. 
Mavnard,  72,  205. 
McChesney,  82. 
McCoy,  72.  101. 
McFadden,  195. 
McFarland,  172. 
McGahan,  235. 
McGt- e,  125. 
McGrath,  146. 
Mclntvre,  118, 192. 
McKim,  li-0, 
McLane,  116. 
McKenzie,  219. 
McLellan,  158, 
McLoud,  172. 
Mc Maine,  233. 

McNeil,  93,  94,  95,  96,  98,  99, 

100, 
Mead,  90,  142. 
Meader,  271. 
Means,  183. 
Mears,  204. 
Meeker,  209. 
Mellens,  24,  30. 
Melvin,  62. 
Mentzer,  142. 
Merchant,  83. 
Merriam,  105,  252. 
Merrill,  38,  55,  106,  144,  205, 

293, 
Mery,  82. 
Messenger,  70. 
Meyer,  82. 
Miles,  121, 160,237. 
Miller,  32,  71,  80,  107,  150. 
Miilett,  133,  225. 
Milliken,  163. 
Mills  37,  52,  144,150. 
Minkler,  2>8, 
Minor,  74,  194. 


Minot,  147. 
Minton, 208, 
Mitchell,  71. 
Moncrief,  104. 
Montague,  121. 
Moody,  124. 
Moony,  192. 

Moore,  69,  105,  109,  133,  199, 

205,  208,  218,  244,  267. 
Morey,  107. 
Morford.  219. 

Morgan,  82,  124,  125,  153,  185. 
Morlev,  150,  151. 
Morrifl;  142, 191,  244. 
Morrison.  154. 
Morriss,  19,  32,  70, 159. 
Morse,  100,  115,  208,  210,  220, 
229, 

Morton,  174,  206. 
Moselev,  74. 
Moses, 123. 
Motley,  103. 
Moulton,  102. 
Mouser,  18. 
Mower,  185. 
Mudge,  20,  25. 
Murphy,  256. 
Muzzey,  173. 
Myers,  111,  241. 

Xagle,  153. 
Nash,  18, 125. 
Xeal,  48. 
Xelson,58,  218. 
Nevars,  34,  211. 
Xevins,  142. 
Xewburn,  237. 
Newell,  153. 

Newton,  74,  109,  171,  268. 
Nichols,  18,  19,  22,  26,  84,  133, 
195. 

Nicholson,  150. 
Northrop,  231. 
Norton,  119. 
Norwood,  115. 
Nowell,  18. 
Nudd,118. 
Nutting,  118, 171. 
Nye,  38,  58,  268. 

Oldham,  20. 
Olmstead,  102. 
Orton,  20 

Osborn,  25,  32,  71,  158. 
Osgood,  72. 
Osman,  280. 
Osmer,  27,  49,  50. 

Paddleford,  144. 

Paddock,  173. 

Page,  23,  174, 179,  205. 

P3ine,  204,  208. 

Palgrave,  18,  19. 

Palmer,  84,  123,  159,  195,  222. 

Pardee,  74. 

Park,  47, 181. 

Parker,  23,  26,  27.  33, 38,  40,  42, 
53,  61,  63,  69,  73,  83,  142,  163, 
166,  210. 

Parkhurst,  37,  44,  48,  51,  82, 

84,  85,  153. 
Parlin,  144. 
Parish,  81,  156. 
Parson,  118,  144. 
Patch,  162. 

Patterson,  62, 125,  248. 
Paul,  75,  130, 
Payson,  71. 


360 


INDEX. 


Peabody,  214. 

Peacock,  46. 

Peach,  80. 

Pearl,  52. 

Pearsons,  62,  130. 

Pease,  46,  292. 

Peasley,  223. 

Peck,  28,  249. 

Peebles,  299. 

Pepper,  174. 

Percy,  73. 

Perham,  54,  85. 

Perkins,  37,  81,  228. 

Perrin,  82. 

Perrington,  113. 

Perry,  in,  192,  235,  237. 

Persons,  192. 

Peyton,  248. 

Phelps,  81, 151,  224. 

Pblllips,  24,  37,  74,  125,  158, 

190,  244. 
Phipps,  24,  30. 
Pickering,  59. 
Pike,  267. 
Pillsbury,  122. 
Pingree,  78. 
Pinney,  233. 
Pioer,  117, 165. 
Pitcher,  138. 
Pitkin,  82,  152. 
Pitman,  314. 
Place,  171,  233. 
Plimpton,  228. 
Pluinraer,  121. 
Plumly,  234. 
Poinsett,  181. 
Polk,  168. 
Pomeroy,  150. 
Porter,  54,  63,  88, 175,  191. 
Potter,  93,  96.  98,  99,  172. 
Powers,  78,  110,  146,  231. 
Pratt,  43,  82,  151,  290. 
Prentice,  25,  32,  262, 
Prescott,  101, 146. 
Presho,  234. 
Preston,  234. 
Prince,  52. 

Proctor,  29,  45, 162,  238. 
Pullman,  158. 

Putnam,  44,  76,  104,  105,  126, 

133, 171,  311. 
PutthofE.  100. 
Pyer,  37,  50. 

Quimby,  192. 
Quincy,  193. 
Quint,  119. 

Raines,  123. 
Ramsdell,  143. 

Rand,  20,  21,  24,  25,  30,  31,  32, 

Randall,  88. 
Raney,  231. 
Ransom,  150,  169. 
Rawson,  80. 
Ray,  150,  211. 
Raynol3,  122. 
Read,  23,  69. 
Redington,  150. 
Reridington,  239,  244. 
Redman,  149. 

Reed,  25,  29,  39,  62,  63,  64,  65, 

74,  118,  21^. 
Reid,  74. 
Remick,  247. 
Remington,  116. 
Reynolos,  70. 


Rhoades,  115. 

Rice,  23,  58,  69,  110,  111,  184, 

228,  268. 
Rich,  148,  233. 
Richards,  37,  52,  236. 
Richardson,  18,  22,  23,  24,  25, 

29,  38,  39,  40,  42,  44,  63,  64,  76, 

105,  183,  192. 
Richmond,  75,  179. 
Ricketts,  166. 
Rindge,  58,  102. 
Ripley,  163. 

Robbins,  30,  68,  74, 126. 

Roberts,  27, 142,  214. 

Robertson,  142. 

Robinson,  104, 119, 132,  245. 

Roby,  40. 

Rockineld,  115. 

Rockwell,  125, 181. 

Rockwood,  162  164. 

Rogers,  107, 157, 181. 

Rood,  149,  266. 

Root,  147,  173. 

Roper,  21. 

Ropes,  76. 

Rose,  52, 

Ross,  29,  215. 

Rossiter,  214. 

Rounds,  78. 

Rowe,  206. 

Rowell,  162. 

Rowley,  214. 

Ruberly,  196. 

Rudd,  i02. 

Rugg,  154. 

Rumford,  48,  77. 

Runnells,  204. 

Rupert,  62. 

Russell,  19,  21,  22,  24,  26,  27, 
28,  30,  34,  40,  71,  106,  117,  157. 
Ryan,  148. 

SafEord,  82. 
Salisbury,  25. 
Sampson,  174. 
Samson,  292. 
SaDborn,  77,  117,  141,  204. 
Sanders,  46,  55. 
Sanderson,  79. 
Sands,  39. 

Sanford,  81,  237,  241. 
S.irgent,  62,  76, 179,  227. 
Satterlee,  81. 
Savage,  20,  22,  23, 117. 
Savoy,  112. 
Sawttll,  73, 171. 
Sawyer,  47,  111. 
Sayer,  196. 
Sayler,  238. 
Sayward,  276. 
"^cadding,  105. 
Scammou,  142. 
Scarborough,  159. 
Scarlet,  2\,  29. 
Schell,  253. 
Schultz,  215. 
Scofield,  266. 
Scott,  76,  122,  143,  199. 
Scovel,  252. 
Scovey,  111. 
Scribner,  165. 
dearies,  62. 
Seaverens,  109. 
Seavey,  280. 
Seelpy,  195. 
Sesr^ions,  175,  266. 
Severance,  131, 148. 
Severns,  231. 


Seward,  172. 
Sewell,  112,  117. 
Sexton,  161. 
Shaddock,  54,  122. 
Sharp,  174. 
Shays,  77. 
Shedd,  33. 
Shet  ard,  156. 

Sheppard,  20,  38,  46,  51,  52,  53, 

208. 

Sherman,  173. 

Sberwin,  192. 

Shoemaker,  151. 

Shoens,  299. 

Shorey,  159. 

Sh  >rlev,  269. 

Shuck,  81. 

Shumway,  102,  247. 

Sliyiock,  173. 

Sibley, 111, 126, 174. 

Sigler,  267. 

Simmons,  76,  210. 

Simonds,  36,  37,  48,  70,  71,  106. 

Sinclair,  191. 

Sinsor, 267. 

Skeales,  247. 

Slack,  247. 

Slayter,  160. 

Slayton,  109. 

Sleeper,  106. 

Small,  47,  234,  252. 

Smalley,  102. 

Smith,  18,  23,  24,  26,  37,  38,  39, 
52,  62,  68,  80,  81,  82, 103,  119, 
120,  150,  173,  174,  179,  190, 
203,  214,  257,  258,  280,  286. 

Snow,  23,  28.  47,  58,  102,  116, 
132,  159,  174,  266. 

Snowden,  273. 

Sommers.  23,  28,  39,  267. 

Soutliwick,  116 

South  worth.  231,  256. 

Spalding,  73,  86,  109,  118,  122, 
142,  162,  204. 

Sparks,  197. 

Spauldinir,  27,  37,  44,  45,  50, 
51,  56,  57,  62,  69,  150,  234,  243. 

Speare,  111. 

Spencer,  125,  204. 

Sperry,  131. 

Spikins,  142. 

Spillane,204. 

Sprague,  18,  20,  252. 

Spratt,  116. 

Spring,  109. 

Springer,  262. 

Stacv, 62. 

Stafford,  290. 

Stannard,  211. 

Stark,  232. 

Srarks,  102. 

St-arkey.  212. 

Starr,  109. 

Startup,  190. 

Stearns,  86,  103, 146,  162. 

Stedraan, 145, 231. 

Steele,  24,  108, 120. 

Sceere,  84, 143,  179. 

Sterling.  174. 

Steward,  204. 

Stewart,  138,  241. 

Stevens,  29,  31,  37,  38,  51,  52, 
54,  55,  74.  82,  111. 

Stickney,  72. 

St.  John,  123. 

Siiles,  74, 147. 

Scimpson,  143. 

Stocking,  235. 


INDEX. 


361 


StockweU,  143, 174. 

Stone,  31,  32,  35,  37,  74,  75,  124, 

146,  208. 
Storr,  251. 
Storrs,  58, 102,  267. 
Storey,  148. 
Stoughton,  86. 
Stow,  161. 

Stowe,35,  47,  94,  122,158. 
Stowell,  143. 
Stratton,  86. 
Streeter,  228,  231. 
Stricklaacl,  119. 
Strong,  152,  160. 
Strout,  181. 
Sturdy,  268. 
Sullivan,  91,  96, 180. 
Samner,  31,  74,  268. 
Sutton,  197. 
Swan,  118 
Swain,  131,  269. 
Sweetland,  73. 
Sweetser,  21. 
Sylvester,  253. 
Symond,  183. 

Taft,  76. 
Tallant,  39. 
Tarbee,  171. 
Tarr,  124, 
Tay,  39,  41. 

Taylor,  70,  101,  133,  206,  273. 

Tedd,  19. 

Teel,  40, 

TefEt,  88. 

Temple,  76, 142. 

Templeron,  86,  122. 

Terrv,  74. 

Thaiter,  183. 

Thomas,  29,  81, 174. 

Thompson,  26,  35,  36,  42,  45, 

46,  48,  65,  77,  78,  124,  125,  138, 

171,  179,  185,  205. 
Thornhill,  196. 
Thornton,  101,  229. 
Thorpe,  309,  310. 
Thrives,  114, 

Thurston,  142,  189,  191,  201, 

206. 
Tihbetts,  171. 
Tiffany,  154. 
Tift,  51. 

Tillinghast,  231. 
Todd,  125. 
Tolman,  121. 
Toothaker,  206. 
Torrey,  174. 
Tottingham,  39,  61. 
Tourtelott,  115; 
Tower,  86. 
Townsend,  159,  184. 
Tracey,  157. 
Tracy,  236. 
Trask,  182. 


Tremaine,  214. 

Tripp,  142. 

Trofant,  159. 

Trowbridge,  174. 

Trull,  55,  90. 

Truman,  25. 

Tuck,  86,  205. 

Tucker,  28,  39,  52, 181. 

Tuckerman,  82. 

Tufts,  18,  19,  24,  25,  26,  30,  32, 

33,  40,  71. 
Turner,  51,  71,  162. 
Tuttle,  100,  126, 171. 
Twombley,  174,  286. 
Tyler,  63,  65,  72,  174,  216. 
Tyng,  27. 

Ulman,  184. 

Underwood,  155,  228,  264. 
Up  ham,  163. 

Yan  Buren,  93,  167. 
Vanderhender,  196. 
Yanderventer,  180. 
Yan  Hooser,  243. 
Yan  Ness,  80. 
Yertoux,  202. 
Yinton,  256. 

Waff,  18. 

Wait,  105. 

Waite,  25.  54, 171. 

Wakefield,  70. 

Waldo,  82,  249. 

Waldron,  145,  248. 

Walker,  29,  44,  65,  66,  67, 105, 

115,  164, 181. 
Wallace,  154. 
Walters,  227. 
Walton,  117,  206. 
Walworth,  143,212. 
Warburgh,  166. 
Ward,  113,  284. 
Ware,  201. 

Warren,  23,  28,  47,  84,  110,  133, 

146,  183,  194. 
Washburn,  208. 
Washington,  48,  76,  93. 
Waterman,  191, 135. 
Waters,  74, 177. 
Watkins,  125. 
Watson,  155. 
Watters,  118. 
Wattles,  1.53. 
Weatherbee,  111. 
Weaver,  148,  246. 
Webb,  24,  30,  68. 
Webber,  246. 
Weber,  111,221. 
Webster,  94,  165,  227,  231. 
Weeks,  68,  154. 
Welch,  102, 174. 
Wellman,  121. 
Wells,  111,  172,  183,  292, 


Welsh,  19,  20. 

Wentworth,  100. 

Wetherbee,  2.54. 

West,  148, 179,  225,  227. 

Western,  290. 

Westlake,  235. 

Weston,  184,  282. 

Wheeler,  24  ,  25,  27,  37,  51,  54, 

76,  88,  111,  121,  165,  231,  247. 
Wheelock,  106, 144, 185, 190. 
Whipple,  71,  75,  84, 154. 
Whitcomb,  47,  69,  107,  119, 

241. 

White,  26,  62,  72,  80,  85,  102, 
128,  148,  157,  164,  190,  204, 
246,  266. 

Whiting,  47. 

Whitney,  52,  80,  116,  132,  133, 

189,  190,  289,  292. 
Whiton,  226. 

Whittemore,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26, 

28,  50. 
Whittier,  135 . 
Wiggins,  123. 
Wilbur,  71,  105. 
Wilcox,  159. 
Wilder,  24,  46,  224. 
Wildredge,  32. 
Wiley,  143. 
Willard,  58,  90,  101. 
Willers,  241. 

Williams,  30,  80,  83,  121,  158, 

195,  231,  253. 
Williamson,  311. 
Willis,  113,  135. 

Wilson,  21,  26,  48,  62,  102, 112, 

115,  120,  123,  125,  160,  172, 

198,  201,  234,  235,  286. 
Winans,  225. 
Winchester,  162. 
Windham,  249. 
Wing,  165. 
Winship,  29,  40. 
Winslow,  46, 174,  246,  247. 
Winthrop,  49,  176. 
Witherell,  143, 174. 
Wolverton,  121. 
Wood,  47,  54,  69,  71,  105,  114, 

122,  126,  149,  151,  160,  163, 

179,  211,  217,242. 
Woodbury,  94,  166,  168, 
Woodward,  123,  151,  182,  184, 

249,  279. 
Woolsey,  43. 
Woolwich,  18. 
Worcester,  192. 
Worthington,  74, 114, 152, 
Wright,  28,  63,  82,  101,  125, 

146,  147,  157,  212,  241,  243. 
Wyatt,  39. 
Wyeth,  40. 

Wyman,  27,  29,  33,  34,  35,  36, 
38,  42,  62,  63,  64,  65,  67,  68, 
106. 


46 


INDEX  TO  TOWNS  AND  CITIES. 


Adrian,  Mich.,  181. 
Albany,  Vt.,  185,  279,  280,  331. 
Albany,  N.  Y.,  321. 
Alford,  Mass.,  149. 
Alleg^an,  Mich.,  301. 
Alliance,  Ohio,  306. 
Alstearl,  N.  H.,  121. 
Anaheim,  Cal.,  220, 
Anderson,  Ind.,  327- 
Andover,  Vt.,  61, 104, 181,  263, 
324. 

Andover,  Mass.,  39. 
Arcade,  N.  Y.,  285. 
Areola,  111.,  327. 
Argyle,  N.  Y.,  329. 
Arlington,  Mass.,  183,  275. 
Ashburnham,  Mass.,  109, 196, 
221. 

Ashford,  N.  Y.,  111. 
Athol,  Mass.,  288. 
Aiiburn,  Me.,  206. 
Auburn,  Mass.,  121. 
Augusta,  Me.,  276,  331. 
AuSable  Forks,  N.  Y.,  310, 
333. 

Baker  City.  Ore,,  274. 
Baldwin,  Me.,  48,  77,  301. 
Bangor,  Me.,  208. 
Barnard,  Vt.,  75,  127,  131,  319. 
Barre,  Vt,,  120. 
Barrington,  111.,  264. 
Barton,  Vt.,  128,  245,  279,  317, 
331. 

Bay  City,  Mich.,  286. 
Bedford,  Ind.,  237. 
Bellevue,  Ohio,  242. 
Bellows  Falls,  Vt.,  185. 
Bellvidere,  111.,  143. 
Bellville,  Kansas,  308. 
Benoyn,  Pa.,  112. 
Bei  ton  Harbor,  Mich.,  301. 
Berlin,  Wis.,  120,  314. 
Bernardston,  Mass.,  330. 
Berwick,  Me.,  320. 
Bethlehem,  Pa.,  325. 
Biddeford,  Me., 226,  300, 
BiBgham,  Me.,  117,  204,  207, 
293. 

Bloomingdale,  N.  Y.,  311, 
Bolton,  Mass.,  47,  73,  123,  185, 

196,286. 
Bolton,  Conn.,  270. 
Boston,  Mass.,  30,  31,  39,  45. 

46,  59,  70,  71,  76,  104,  113. 

116,  123,  163,  193,  194,  201. 

202,  209,  213,  224,  229,  230 

246,  262  ,  279,  283,  284,  289 

294  296  317. 
Braddocks  Field,  Pa.,  275. 
Bradford,  N.  H.,  185,  190. 
Bradford,  Pa.,  334. 
Brandon,  Vt.,  127,  234,  305. 
Brandon,  Wis.,  291. 


Brewer,  Me.,  290,  332. 
Bridsrewater,  N.  Y.,  251. 
Brighton,  Mass.,  142. 
Brim  field,  Mass.,  174. 
Bristol,  111.,  296. 
Brookfield  Centre,  Conn,,  215. 
Brooklyn,  Conn.,  52,  84,  157, 

158,  159,  161,  198. 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  207,  314. 
Brownington,  Vt.,  144,  185, 

229. 

Buckland,  Mass.,  172. 
Burlington,  Pa.,  239. 
Butternuts,  N.  Y.,  161. 


Caledonia,  N.  Y.,  152. 
Cambridge,  Mass.,  123,  258, 
289 

Canaan,  N.  H.,155. 

Canaan,  Conn.,   50,  80,  148, 

149,  236. 
Canton,  111,,  132. 
Csstile,  N.  Y.,  250,  251,  319. 
Carrituck    Plantation,  Me., 

204,  290. 
Cavendish,  Vt.,  171.  227, 
Cedar  Falls,  Iowa,  221. 
Cedarville,  Mo.,  328. 
Centre  Bartlett,  N  H.,  281. 
Champaign,  111..  236,  307. 
Cliarl^ston,  Vt.,257. 
Charlestown,  Mass.,  17, 18, 19, 

20,  21,  23,  25,  29,  31,  32,  115, 

201  213, 
Cbatham*  Village,  N.  Y.,  232. 
Chelmsford,  Mass.,  27,  38,  44, 

53,  55,  69,  85,  86,  87,  90,  111, 

162,  163,  257. 
Chelsea,  Mass.,  133,  224. 
Chemung,  N.Y.,  313. 
Chester,  Vt.,  110, 196,  258,  286, 

323. 

Chesterfield,  N.  H.,  71,  88, 
110,  164,  165,  258,  261,  262, 
295. 

Chesterfield,  N.  Y.,240. 
Chesterfield  Factory,  N.  H., 
212. 

Chesterville,  Me.,  117,  203. 
Chicago,  111  ,  227,  302,  314,  317. 
Cincinnati,  Ohio,  113,  200,  271 
Claremont,  N.  H.,  221,  332. 
Clarendon,  Vt.,  180. 
Clinton,  Me.,  204. 
Clinton.  Mass.,  294. 
Colchester,  Conn.,  242. 
Conesreville,  Cal.,  212. 
Collinsvill8,  Conn.,  298. 
Concord,  N.  H.,  166,  298. 
Constantinople,  Turkey,  321. 
Coventry,  Vt  ,  143. 
Coventry,  Conn.,  83,  84. 
Cumberland  Mills,  Me.,  292. 


Danville,  Pa.,  306. 
Davenport,  Iowa,  202. 
DeKalb,  111.,  247,  318. 
Derwinter.  N.  Y,,  103. 
DeMoines,  Iowa,  195,  223. 
Detroit,  Mich  ,  166. 
Dodge's  Corner,   Wis.,  181, 

272,  329, 
Dresden,  Ohio,  172. 
Dublin,  N.  H.,  110,  210,  294, 

295. 

Dundee,  111,,  325. 

East  Albany,  Vt.,  232. 
East  Chelmsford,  Mass.,  162, 
253. 

East  Embden,  Me.,  109. 
East  JafErev,  N.  H.,  208,  209, 
211. 

East  Smithfield,  Pa,,  150, 151, 

238,  239, 
East  Westmoreland,  N.  H., 

262. 

Eden,  Vt,,  185. 
Edg:artown,  Mass.,  252. 
Elbridge,  N.  Y.,149,  235. 
Eldora,  Iowa,  233. 
Elmira,  N.  Y.,  313. 
Elmwood,  111.,  236,  307. 
Elyria,  Ohio,  287. 
Embden,  Me.,  195,  286. 
Empire  Prairie,  Mo.,  189,  279. 
Emporia,  Kansas,  215. 
Exeter,  111.,  150. 
Eureka,  Cal,,  285. 

Fairfield,  N,  Y.,  110,  111. 
Farmingdale,  N.  J,,  199. 
Feltonville,  Mich,,  213. 
Ferdinand,  111.,  207. 
Fitchburg,   Mass.,   Ill,  198, 

288,  294,  295. 
Flint,  Mich.,  121,  210,  211. 
Fort  Wayne,  Ind.,  181,  272, 

277. 

Framingham,  Mass.,  69, 194. 
Franklin,  Mich.,  209. 
Franklin  Furnace,  N.  J.,  297. 
Frankton,  Ind.,  267,  327. 
Fredonia,  N.  Y.,  327. 

Galesburg,  111.,  237,  308. 
Garrettsville.  Ohio,  235. 
Geneva,  N.  Y.,  172. 
Geneva,  111.,  264. 
Glover,  Vt.,  322. 
Gorham,  Me.,  133. 
Goldendale,  Wash.  Ter.,  332. 
Grafton,  Mass.,  126, 159. 
Granitevilie,  Mass.,  295. 
Great  Falls,  N.  H.,  293. 
Greenville,  Ala  ,  249,  319. 
Greenwich,  N.  Y.,217. 
Grinnell,  Iowa,  251, 327. 


INDEX. 


363 


Grosvenordale,  Conn.,  305. 
Groton,  Mass.,  54,  57, 101,  171, 
233,  254,  262. 

Hadley,  Mass.,  58,  102,  173, 

264,  266. 
Halifax,  N.  S.,  201. 
Hardwick,  Mass.,  174. 
Hartford,  Vt.,  318. 
Hartlaud.  Vt.,  257,  323. 
Harvard,  Mass.,  47,  73. 
Hastings,  Mich,,  287. 
Henrietta.  Texas,  239. 
Herkimer;  N.  Y.,  101. 
Hillsboro,  N.  H.  91,  100,  170, 

262. 

Hinsdale,  Mass.,  214,  296. 
Hiram,  Me.,  78, 141,  142,  226. 
Hiram,  Ohio,  306. 
Hiram  Centre,  Ohio,  307. 
Holden,  Mass.,  58. 
Hollis,  N.  H.,  71. 
Holly,  N.  Y  ,  303. 
Holyoke,  Mass.,  217. 
Homer,  N.  Y.,  102, 174,  269. 
Hopkinton,  N.  H.,  190. 
Hopkinton,  Mass.,  42,  69. 
Hubbardston,  Mass.,  110,  111, 

182,  198. 
Hudson,  N.  H.,  184. 
Hyde  Park,  Mass.,  324. 

Indianapolis,  Ind.,  256,  322. 
Ionia,  Mich.,  206. 

Jackson,  N.  Y.,  240. 
JafErey,  N.  H.,  72,  73,  119,  120, 
208,  294. 

Kansas  City,  Kansas,  214. 
Keene,  N  H.,  259. 
Kendall,  Mich.,  301. 
Kensington,  Conn.,  329. 
Killingly,  Conn.,  50,  233. 
Kossuth,  Iowa,  222,  223. 

Lament,  111.,  326. 
Lancaster,  Mass.,  48,  76. 
Laramie  City,  Wyoming,  324. 
Lawi-enceville,  Pa,  313. 
Langdon,  X.  H.,  224. 
Lansinghurg,  N.  Y.,  296. 
Leavenworth,  Kans-is,  223. 
Lebanon,  Conn.,  152,  241. 
Leicester,  Mass.,  42,  196, 
Leominster,  Mass.,  72,  73,  76, 

132,  133,  223,  224,  300. 
Leroy,  Minn.,  275,  330. 
Leslie,  Mich.^  270. 
Lewisville.  Pa.,  200. 
Lexington,  Me.,  292. 
Lexington,  Mass.,  313,  334. 
Livonia,  N.  Y.,  250. 
Lockport,  N.  Y.,  246,  317, 
London,  England,  224, 
Londonderry,  Vt.,   104,  164, 

272. 

Lowell,  Mass.,  Ill,  253,  255, 
306. 

Ludington,  Micli.,  256. 
Ludlow,  Vt  ,  220,  263. 
Lunenburg,  Mass.,  47, 117. 
Lyme,  N.  Y.,  121,  173. 
Lyme,  Obio,  312. 
Lyndon,  Vt.,  164,  257. 
Lyndon,  111.,  215. 
Lynn,    Mass.,  183,  226,  256, 
276,  282, 


Madison,  Me.,  205. 
Madrid,  N.  Y.,  244,  245. 
Maiden,  Mass.,  321,  323. 
Manchester,  N.  H„  191,  274, 

281,  331, 
Manhattan,  Kansas,  131. 
Mansfield,  Conn.,  38,  58,  103, 

148, 175, 
Marshall,  Minn,,  296. 
Martinsville,  P.  Q.,  145,  230. 
Medfield,  Mass.,  322. 
Meuden,  Alass  ,  194, 
Merrimack,  N.  H.,  70. 
Mexico,  N.  Y.,  123,  213. 
Middlefield,  Mass,,  296, 
Mid(Ueport,  N,  Y.,  '269,  329. 
Millbury,  Mass.,  47,  74,  75, 

IIG,  126,  132,  299. 
Milwaukie,  Wis.,  264,  333. 
Milton,  Vt.,  312. 
Mina,  N,  Y„  267. 
Minneapolis,  Kansas,  274. 
Moline,  Mich.,  305,333. 
Monmouth,  Me,,  158,  251,  253, 

319, 

Monroe,  N.  Y.,  145, 
Monroeville,  Ohio,  312. 
Montreal,  P.  Q.,  143. 
Montpelier,  Ind.,  263. 
Moretown,  Vt.,  120,  209,  294. 
Moose  River,  Me.,  291, 
Moravia,  N.  Y,,  329. 
Moscow,  Me..  119.  293. 
Morton,  Wis.,  207. 
Mount  Holly,  Vt.,  180. 
Mount  Pleasant,  Iowa,  263. 
Muir,  Mich.,  197,  287. 
Myersburg,  Pa.,  242. 

Nashua,  N.  H.,  184,  277,  299, 
332. 

Nashville,  Tenn.,  307. 
Natick,  Mass.,  328. 
Needham,  Mass.,  194. 
Neenah,  Wis.,  311. 
Newark,  N.  J.,  220. 
Newfield.  Me,,  322, 
New  Gloucester,  Me,,  321. 
New  Haven,  Conn.,  265,  278, 
326. 

New  London,  N.  H  ,  190,  290, 
Newport,  N.  H,,  332, 
New  Orleans,  La.,  288. 
New  Richmond,  Wis.,  292. 
New  York,  N,  Y.  165,  209,  215, 

221,  242,  248,  278,  297,  299, 
Norrii^gewock,  Me,,  71,  118, 

195,  205. 
North  Adams,  Mass.,  172. 
No'th  Audover,  Mass.,  252. 
North  Aurora,  111.,  2^2,  312. 
North  Berwick,  Me.,  320, 
North  Bloomtield,  N.  Y.,  122, 

213. 

North  East,  Pa.,  241,  311,  334. 
North  Leominster,  Mass.,  224, 
300. 

North  Pitcher,  N.  Y.,  103,  175, 
269. 

Noith  Rutland,  Mass.,  288. 
Nortbfield,  Vt.,  279. 
Northfield,  Mass.,  300. 
Norwich,  Vt.,  151,  173,  190, 
290, 

Norwich,  Conn  ,  301. 
Norwich,  N,  Y.,  203. 

Oneida,  N.  Y.,  329. 


Oshkosh,  Wis.,  123. 
Oswego,  N.  Y.,  295. 
Otsego,  Mich.,  228,  229. 

Paradise,  Nev.,  285. 
Paris,  Me.,  147. 
Parkersburg,  Iowa,  207. 
Patten,  Me.,  142. 
Pepperell,  Mass.,  253. 
Peru,  Mass.,  74,  123,  124,  125, 
217. 

Peru,  N.  Y.,  240. 
Peterboro,  N.  H.,  293. 
Phenix,  N,  Y.,  233. 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,  112,  255. 
Pitcher,  N,  Y.,  173. 
Pittstield,  Mass.,  125. 
Plaintield,  C^nn.,  37,  48,  50, 

51,  52,  53,  79,  80,  81,  82,  83, 

147,  151,  157, 
Plattsburgh,  N.  Y.,  308,  333. 
Pleasanton,  Mich,,  257. 
Pomtret,  Conn,,  39,  51,  82, 

233, 

Port  Jervis,  N,  Y.,  331. 
Portland,  Me.,  138,  255. 
Portland,  Oregon,  305. 
Potsdam,  N.  Y.,  154, 155,  245. 
Poultney,  Vt.,  149. 
Princeton,  Mass.,  198. 
Pulaski,  N.  Y.,  122,  212,  295, 
296. 

Putney,  Vt.,  110,  111. 

Quincy,  Cal.,  291. 

Raleigh,  N.  C,  276. 
Reading,  Vt,,  108, 192. 
Reading,  Mass.,  31,  282. 
Red  Wing.  Minn.,  277. 
Red  Oak,  Iowa,  312. 
Renssalear  Falls,  N.  Y.,  196. 
Richmond,  Vt.,  145, 
Rochester,  Vt„  248  318. 
Rochester  Depot,  Ohio,  197. 
Rockland,  Me.,  202,  203. 
RockviUe,  Conn.,  148,  304. 
Rolla,  Miss.,  271. 
Rome,  N.  Y..  172  ,  231. 
Rome,  Pa.,  253. 
Roseville,  111.,  149,  237,  238, 
308. 

Royalton,  Vt.,  82,  154,  156, 
157,  243,  246,  248,  249,  313, 
318. 

Rutland,  Vt.,  317. 
Rutland,  Mass.,  268. 

Salem,  Mass.,  266. 
Salem,  N.  Y.,  180. 
Salem,  Neb.,  302. 
Sali.-bury,  N.  H.,  191. 
Salisbury,  Vt.,  148,  235. 
Sandi^ate,  Vt.,272. 
Sandusky,  Ohio,  227. 
San  Francisco,  Cal.,  271,  325. 
Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y.,  217. 
Sharon,  Vc,  244. 
Sharpsville,  Pa.,  186,  278,  279. 
ShaAV  s  Flat,  Cal.,  291. 
Shrewsbury,  Mass.,  224. 
Sioux  Fails,  Dakota,  287. 
Skowh<-gan,  Me.,  284. 
Smithfield,  Me.,  205,  206. 
Smithtield,  Pa.,  2S8,  308. 
Solon,  Me.,  118,  204,  205,  290, 
291, 

Somerset  Mills,  Me.,  208. 


364 


INDEX. 


Southlboro,  Mass.,  75. 
Soutli  Barre,  Vt.,  248,  318. 
South  Hadley  Falls,  Mass., 

217,  298. 
Soutli  Paris,  Me.,  255. 
Soutli  Royalton,  Vt.,  153,  155, 

243,  247,  319. 
South  Thomaston,  Me.,  116, 

202,  203,  289. 
Sparta,  Miss.,  267. 
Spencer,  Mass.,  328. 
Spencerto-wn,  N.  Y.,  287. 
SpriDgfield,  Mass.,  330. 
Springfield,  Ohio,  255. 
Springville,  N.  Y.,  197.  271. 
Stafford,  Vt.,  244. 
Stanhridge,  P.  Q.,  143,  228. 
Stanstead,  P.  Q.,  144,  229,  230, 

302, 

Sterling,  Conn.,  80, 148. 
Stoneham,  Mass.,  108,  191,  192, 

282,  332. 
Stowe,  Vt.,314. 
Stowe,  Mass.,  47. 
Stratford,  Conn.,  30. 
St.  Albans,  Vt.,  208,  228,  229, 

294,  301,  319. 
St.  Johns,  Mich.,  303. 
St.  Johnsbuiy,  Vt.,  48,  78,  79, 

142,  145,  146,  147,  227,  230. 

231,  232. 
St.  Johnshury  Centre,  Vt.,  79, 

146,  231.  238,  300,  304. 
St.  Louis',  Mo.,  314,  318. 
St.  Paul,  Minn.,  255. 
Sudbury,  Mass.,  194. 
Sue  quoit,  N.  Y.,  232. 
Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  232,  304. 

Temple,  N.  H.,  70,  111. 


The  Forks  Plantation,  Me., 

290,  332. 
Thetford,  Vt.,  173. 
Thompsonville,    Conn.,  126, 

219. 

Topsbam,  Me.,  159. 
Torrington,  Conn.,  149. 
Towancia,  Pa.,  243,  313. 
Townsend,  Mass.,  162,  322. 
Townsend  Hurbor,  Mass.,  254. 
Troy,  N.  H.,  300. 
Troy,  Pa.,  238,  239. 
Turner,  Ind.,  312. 
Tyngsboro,  Mass.,  163. 

mica,  N.  Y.,  171. 

Vergeunes,  Vt.,  215. 
Veruon,  N.  Y.,  313. 
Villenova,  N.  Y.,  226. 
Vineland,  N..  J.,  255,  303. 

Wakefield,  Mass.,  283. 
Wales,  Me.,  252. 
Ware,  Mass.,  267,  268,  328,  329 
Warner,  N.  H.,  191. 
Warren,  Mass.,  218. 
Warren,  Pa.,  207. 
Washington,  D.  C,  112,  200, 
206. 

Watertown,  Mass.,  276. 
Waterville,  Me.,  293. 
Waupun,  Wis.,  203,  208. 
Wauregan,  Conn.,  233. 
Weathersfield,  Vt.,  182. 
Wellington,  Ohio,  287. 
Wellsville,  N.  Y.,  303. 
Westboro,  Mass.,  116. 
Westeily,  R.  I.  241. 
Westminster,  Mass.,  122, 275. 


Westmore,  Vt.,  303. 
Westmoreland,  Pa.,  52,  78,  79. 
Weston,  Vt.,  104, 180. 
Weston,  Mass.,  68,  69,  109,  194, 
284. 

West  Andover,  N.  H.,  280. 
West  Brnokfield,  Mass.,  268. 
West  Hebrc  n,  N.  Y.,  271. 
West  Millbury,  Mass.,  220, 
299. 

West  Newbury,  Mass.,  281. 
West  Salisbury,  Vt.,  306. 
West  Swanzey,N.  H.,  107,185. 
West  Tioy,  N.  Y.,  310. 
Whitehall,  N.  Y.,  127. 
White  River  Junction,  Vt., 

199,  249,  319. 
Wilkesbarre,  Pa.,  151. 
Wilmington,  Mass.,  35,  38,  46. 
Wilton,  N.  H.,  61,  105,  181, 

199. 

Winchendon,  Mass.,  260,  286, 
294. 

Winchester,  Mass.,  184,  276. 

Winchester,  Ind.,  307. 

Woburn,  Mass.,  21,  22,  23,26, 
27,  28,  29,  33,  35,  36,  38,  39,  42, 
43,  48,  61,  6/,  69,  78,  105,  106, 
107,  108,  183,  191,  275,  281, 
331  332. 

Woodstock,  Vt.,  75,  127,  130, 
222. 

Worcester,  Ma?s.,  116,  198, 
211,  220,  268,  287,  288,  299, 
328. 

Worthington,  Mass.,  217. 
Wyoming,  Pa.,  52,  81,  84,  85. 
Wysox,  Pa.,  152. 

Zoar,  Mass.,  263. 


ADDENDA. 


285.  JoNATHA^-6  PiEECE  {JEhenczer^^  Ehenezer^,  John^,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  17.  1757;  m.  Apr.  15,  1781,  Lydia  Bowman,  b. 
Jan.  8,  1763.  d.  June  2S.  1841.  He  d.  Aug.  20.  1808.  They  res.  in 
Southboro,  Mass.    Children  :  — 

(See  page  75.) 


597. 

i. 

Ltdia,  b.  Feb.  4,  17S2:  m.  . 

598. 

ii. 

XA^xx,  b.  June  30.  17-3 ;  m.  Asa  Holt. 

599. 

iii. 

ZS'athan,  b.  Jan.  6,  1785. 

600. 

iv. 

JoxATHAX,  b.  Apr.  21,  178S;  vrent  to  China.  X. 

,  f.  k. 

601. 

V. 

Lavds-a.  b.  Feb.  9,  1790:  m.  Julv  11.  1818,  Wm. 

Robbins,  b.  Apr, 

2-t,  1791.  She  d  Sept.  2.  156S.  Ch.  :  Lavina,  b.  Aug.  25,  1814, 
d.  Aug.  11;  1S44:  William,  b.  Apr.  14,  1816,  d.  June  21,  1819; 
Charles  B.,  b.  ^ov.  2S,  1S17.  He  is  a  physician,  and  lives  in 
TVorcester. 


602.  vi.    Aaeox.  b.  Feb.  15.  1793:  ra.  Harrier  Bellows. 

603.  vii.    SiXA.  b.  Julv  16.  ]  79i :  va.  Xov.  11.  1S16.  Almond  Ford,  b  Mar. 

25.  17-S.  He  d.  Sept.  22.  1-29.  She  d.  Xov.  11,  1870.  Ch.  : 
Adaline.  b.  Jan.  3,  1319,  d.  Oct.  15,  1851;  Joseph,  b.  Feb.  12, 
1S20;  Hezekiah.  b.  Jan.  1-^  1822:  Henrv  P.,  b.  Jan.  4,  1824. 
Lvdia  A.,  b.  Feb.  19.  1^26:  Edwin  P..  b.  Feb.  1,  1828. 

604.  viii.  SiLA,  b.  Nov.  20,  1799 ;  d.  Oct.  13,  1837. 


ELIJAH  BRIGHAM'S  DEED  TO  JONATHAX  PEIRCE. 

%Xim  all  pen  by  \\\t%t  ^XmwH  That  I  Elijah  BHgham  of 
Southborough  in  the  County  of  Worcester  and  Commonwealth  of 
Massachusetts  Gentleman,  in  Consideration  of  one  hundred  and  thirty 
pounds  lawful  3Ioney.  paid  by  Jonathan  Peiixe  of  Southborough  afore- 
said Gentleman.  the  Receipt  whereof  I  do  hereby  acknowledge, 
do  hereby  give,  grant,  sell  and  convey  unto  the  said  Jon-^  Peirce,  a 
certain  tract  of  Land  in  said  Southborough  situate  on  the  easterly  Side 
of  cleanhill  so  cal*'-',  containing  by  estamation,  Thirty  one  acres  be  the 
more  or  less,  and  is  bounded  as  followeth  viz  Begining  at  the  South- 
easterly side  of  Said  Land  at  a  heap  of  Stones  on  the  northerly  Side 
of  a  town  way,  Thence  easterly  by  said  way  56.  Rods  to  a  corner. 
Thence  northerly  by  an  other  town  way  20  rods  to  a  Laro-e  Rock, 
Thence  S.^6o.  W.  10  Rods  to  a  stake  &  stones.  Thence  N>  59'  W. 
48  rods  bounded  partly  by  a  ditch  to  a  stake  and  stones,  Thence  West 
12°  S.  81^  rods  to  a  stake  &  stones.  Thence  Southerly  by  Lamf  of 
Jonas  Ball  Esq.-  to  a  heap  of  Stones.  Thence  southerly  by  Land  of 
David  Woods  and  Land  formerly  belonging  to  Thomas  Hudson  Deca'^.. 


366 


PIERCE  PEDiaREE. 


to  the   bound  first   mentioned,    with  all  the   priviledges  there  to 

belonging.  

TO  HAVE  AND  TO  HOLD  the  afore-described  Premises  to  the  said 
Jon^  Peirce — his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  to  his  and  their  Use  and  Behoof 
forever. 

And  I  do  covenant  with  the  said  Jonathan  Peirce  and  his  Heirs  and 
Assigns,  That  I  am  lawfully  seized  in  Fee  of  the  afore-described 
Premises  ;  That  they  are  free  of  all  Incumbrances  ;  That  I  have  good 
Right  to  sell  and  convey  the  same  to  the  said  Jon^.  Peirce  

And  that  I  will  warrant  and  defend  the  same  Premises  to  the  said 
Jon''.  Peirce  and  his  Heirs  and  Assigns,  forever,  against  the  lawful 
Claims  and  Demands  of  all  Persons. 

In  Witness  whereof^  I — the  said  Elijah  Brigham — have  hereunto 
set  my  Hand  and  Seal  this  first  Day  of  May  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord 
07ie  thousand  seven  hundred  and  fmiety  four. 

ELLTAH  BRIGHAM.  [Seal] 

Signed,  sealed,  and  delivered 
in  Presence  of  us, 

Luther  Stone 
Jonas  Ball 


Worcester  ss.  may  Nineteenth  1794.        THEN  the  above 
named  Elijah  Brigham  personaly  appeard  and  acknowl- 
edged the  above  lnstrume7it  to  be  his  free  Act  and  Deed — 
before  me, 

T        -D  f  Justice  of  the 

Jonas  Ball       |  p^^^^_ 

Worcester  ss.  April  2Q"\  1796  Rec^^  and  Recorded  in  the  Registry 
of  Deeds  Lib.  127.  Pag.  506  pr  Dan  Clap  Reg^. 

Rec^  April  20th  1796 

paid 

602.  Aaron'''  Pierce  {Jonathan^.,  Ebenezer^,  Ebenezer^,  John^, 
Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Feb.  15,  1793  ;  m.   ,  1816,  Harriet  Bel- 
lows, b.  Mar.  9,  1798,  d.  June  30,  1860.  He  d.  July  16,  1856.  Res. 
Chautauqua,  N.  Y.  and  Savanna,  111.    Children  : — 

2252.  (a)  i.  Marshall  B.,  b.  Nov.  27,  1816;  m.  twice. 

2252.  (6)  ii.  Harriet  M.,  b.  Sept.  5,  1819;  m.  V.  L.  Davidson,  Etna,  Cal. 

2252.  (c)  iii.  Lorenzo  D.,  b.  Apr.  27,  1823;  m.  Fidelia  E.  Langford. 

2252.  (d)  iv.  LiLA  C,  b.  Feb.  20,  1827:  m.  David  L.  Bovven, 

2252.  (e)  v.  Mary  J.,  b.  Aug.  8,  1829;  ra.  Jolm  B.  Kodes. 

2252.  (/)  vi.  Lydia  A.,  b.  Jutie  16,  1832;  d.  Aug.  2,  1838. 

2252.  {g)  vii.  Henry  C,  b.  Oct.  26,  1834;  m.  Laura  Sliepard. 

2252.  {h)  viii.  Leonora,  b.  Feb.  2,  1841;  m.  Henry  Carson,  Corapton,  Cal. 

225^.  {i)  ix.  Eliphalet  W.,  b.  June  28,  1842;  d.  Mar.  24,  1843. 

2252.  {a)  Marshall  B.^  Pierce  {Aaron'i,  Jonathan^,  Ebenezer^, 
Ebenezer"^,  John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Nov.  27,  1816;  m.  Aug. 


ADDENDA. 


367 


26,  1839,  Julia  A.  Baker,  d.  July  10,  1854;  m.  2nd,  July  28,  1856, 
Mrs.  Mary  Jane  Austin.    Res.  Savannah,  111.    Children : — 

3562.  (a)  i.  Lydia  A.,  b.  Aug.  6,  1840;  d.  Feb.  4,  1858. 

3562.  (&;  ii.  WiLLiAiM  H.  H.,  b.  May  5,  1844;  m.  1870,  Alice  Etter.  Ees. 

Winona,  Minn.    s.  p. 

3562.  (c)  iii.  Mary,  b.  Dec.  15,  1845 ;  d.  July  6,  1846. 

3562.  (d)  iv.  Orrix  S.,  b.  Sept.  6,  1847;  m.  Belle  Milligan. 

3562.  (e)  V.  Marshall  N.,  b.  Nov.  17,  1849. 

3562.  C/)  vi.  Harriet,  b.  July  8,  1852;  m.  Dr.  Fred.  L.  Pond,  Aurora,  111. 

3562.  {gj  vii.  Charles  C,  b.  Aug.  27,  1857. 

2252.  (c)  Lorenzo  D.^  Pierce  {Aarort^,  Jonathan^,  JEbenezer^, 
Ehenezer^,  Johii^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Apr.  27,  1823  ;  m.  Dec.  25, 
1845,  Fidelia  E.  Langford.    He  d.  Sept.  10,  1867.    Res.   . 

Children  : — 

3562.  Qi)  i.      George  A.,  b.  . 

3562.  (O  ii.     Anna,  b.  ;  m.  Charles  E.  Goodwin;  res.  Franktown,  Vir- 
ginia. • 

2252.  (/*)  Hexet  C.s  Pierce  i^Aaron'^^  Jonathari^,  Eheiiezer^, 
Ehenezer"^,  John^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^),  b.  Oct.  26,  1834;  m.  Oct.  23, 
1855,  Laura  Shepard,  b.  Mar.  14,  1831.    Res.  Traer,  Iowa. 

Children  :— 

3562.  (j)  i.      Henry  S.,  b.  Dec.  3,  1862. 
3562.  {k)  ii.     Paemer  E.,  b.  Oct.  23,  1865. 
3562.  (l)  iii.    Ralph  H.,  b.  Dec.  2,  1868. 

3562.  {d)    Orrin  S.^  Pierce  {Marshall  B.^^  Aaron^^  Jonathan^ ^ 
Eheiiezer^^  Ehenezer^^  John'^^  Thomas'^,  Thomas^),  b.  Sept.  6,  1847 
m.  March,  1872,  Belle  Milligan.    Res.  Winona,  Mich,    Children  : — 

4698.  (a)  Evelint:  B.,  b.  Jan.  3,  1873. 

4698.  (6)  Alice  V.,  b.  Aug.  13,  1874. 

4698.  (c)  Orrin  M.,  b.  Oct.  20,  1875. 

4698.  (d)  Charles  L.,  b.,  Apr.  20,  1877. 

4698.  (e)  Edward  B.,  b.  Nov.  23,  1880. 


ERRATA. 


Pages  18 
Page  20. 
Page  31. 
Page  74. 
Page  112. 

Page  124. 
Page  124. 
Page  126. 
Page  128. 
Page  131. 
Page  166. 
Page  191. 
Page  193. 
Page  208. 
Page  234. 
Page  242. 
Page  340. 


and  19.    Jeffs  should  read  Tufts. 

May  17,  1716,  should  read  May  /7,  /7/'^- 
May  20,  1724,  "  "  May  20,  7728. 
Lina  "       "  8ina. 

The  account  of  Life  of  No.  492  should  appear  under  head  of 
No,  4^96. 


Chales 
Mar.  1 

Wood 
Maeia 
Stane 


should 


1807, 


/808. 


read  Charles. 
"  Sept.  20, 
"  Ward. 
"  Maria, 
"  Stone. 

Gen.  Graham  married  a  dau.  of  iVb.  2787  instead  of  No.  2792. 
Bateman  should  read  Butman. 

Country. 
Ellery. 
George. 
Son. 
Minn. 


County 
Ellely 
Geoege 
No.  3942 
Mich. 


On  page  113  the  numericals  omitted  by  error  from  1099  to  2000— which  was 
not  discovered  until  too  late  to  be  remedied. 


ADDENDA. 

Page  27.    After  No.  84,  Jacob,  m. — should  be  the  word  Bachel. 
Page  31.    After  No.  130,  Joshua,  b.  Aug.  28,  1740,  should  be  the  words  Sarah 
Saunders. 

Page  38.    No.  84,  after  m.  should  be  Bachel. 

Page  68.    Mary  (Lamson )  Pierce  d.  Sept.  25,  7792. 

Page  124.    No.  2209,  m.  Mary  W.  Sanderson. 

Page  192.    No.  3086,  Gertrude  Persons,  m.  Oct.  26,  7887,  Wm.  L.  Engrem. 
Page  219.    No.  3554.    Ida  T.  Pierce  m.  Henry  W.  Davidson. 


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